Access 2016 - Advanced

Course Overview

You've covered many of the basic functions of Microsoft® Office Access® 2016, and now you're ready to learn advanced Access features such as database management, advanced form design, packaging a database, encrypting a database, preparing a database for multi-user access, and more. Knowledge of these features separate database professionals from the casual database users or occasional designers. Today's training, added to that which you've gained from the Microsoft® Office Access® 2016: Beginner and Microsoft® Office Access® 2016: Intermediate courses, rounds out your Access education and provides you with marketable job skills.

Duration

12 hours. Training times can be arranged in more manageable sessions of 3 hours over 4 days. It can be arranged according to your date and time requirements and can be delivered virtually or on-site at your premises.

Delivery Method

Training times can be arranged according to your date and times requirements, delivered virtually or on-site at your premises by one of our professional facilitators. Alternatively, you can join a virtual public course by clicking on the Register Now button.

Who Should Attend

Students taking this course are database administrators or prospective database administrators who have experience working with Access 2016 and need to learn advanced skills.

Prerequisites

To ensure your success in your course you should have experience working with Microsoft Access 2016, including a working knowledge of database design and creation, form design and creation, report design and creation, a working knowledge of database querying and the various table relationships. You can obtain this level of skill and knowledge by taking the following Logical Operations courses:

• Microsoft® Office Access® 2016: Beginner
• Microsoft® Office Access® 2016: Intermediate

Course Content

1. Implementing Advanced Form Design

• Add controls to forms
• Enhance navigation and organisation of forms
• Apply conditional formatting

2. Sharing Data Across Applications

• Import data into Access
• Export Access data
• Link tables to external data sources
• Create a mail merge

3. Using Macros to Improve User Interface Design

• Create a Macro
• Restrict records using a condition
• Validate data using a Macro
• Automate data entry using a Macro

4. Using VBA

• Getting started with VBA
• Enhance Access using VBA

5. Using Advanced Database Management

• Manage a database
• Determine object dependency
• Document a database

6. Distributing and Securing a Database

• Splitting a database for multiple user access
• Implement security
• Convert an Access database to an ACCDE file
• Package a database with a digital signature

7. Managing Switchboards

• Create a database switchboard
• Modify a database switchboard
• Set startup options

The Secret to Success

Short courses are an easy and effective way to upskill your people. This enables them to apply their new knowledge in your workplace immediately.