Free Microsoft Access Course Online

CostFREE
Duration22 hours
DeliveryOnline
StartFlexible

About this course

Free Microsoft Access Course. Study online at your own pace, around 22 hours in total.

You'll learn to build and manage databases using Microsoft Access 2019. The course covers tables, forms, queries, reports, and relationships between data. You'll also learn to import and export data, use expressions, and apply formatting. Each of the 19 modules includes hands-on activities and a quiz. A final consolidation exercise pulls everything together.

You'll finish with a Pitman Training certificate showing what you've achieved.

Who this course is for

Lesson One - Including: terminology, working with existing databases, opening a table, query, form and report, entering new records. Lesson Two - Including: planning and design, relationships, defining fields, data types and properties, creating tables, entering data, resizing columns. Lesson Three - Including: defining relationships, creating tables, formatting, modifying, using the input mask wizard, using templates. Lesson Four - Including: editing data, adding records, printing preview, changing page orientation, enforcing referential integrity in a relationship, creating a relationship report, creating a form, working with controls in form design. Lesson Five - Including: Using advanced sort, using filters, importing a table from an external database using a junction table to resolve a many to many relationship, defining a composite (primary) key, using a calculated control on a form, creating a multi-value field. Lesson Six - Including: using query wizard, setting sort criteria, using expressions to set criteria, creating different types of queries. Lesson Seven - Including: adding a field with data validation in a table, creating a form with subform, entering data using a form/ subform combination, creating a split form, creating and modifying the design of a report, using the concatenate expression, adding a subreport to an existing report. Lesson Eight - Including: exporting an html document, understanding object dependencies, importing and exporting a spreadsheet, importing a text file, using the analyze table function, using the analyze performance function. Lesson Nine - Including: adding and modifying a chart, changing the tab order in a form, displaying the current date and time in a form. Lesson Ten - Including: creating a macro, adding a control button to a form, backing up a database, viewing database properties, compacting and repairing a database, encrypting a database using a password, saving the database as a previous version.

Entry requirements

Basic computer skills and an interest in learning about the Access program.

What you will learn

  • You'll create and manage databases in Microsoft Access 2019.
  • You'll build tables, set data types, and define field properties.
  • You'll set up relationships between tables to link your data.
  • You'll design forms and subforms to enter and view records.
  • You'll write queries and use expressions to find and filter data.
  • You'll produce reports and control how they print.
  • You'll import data into Access and export databases to other formats.

How you will learn

You study through 19 online modules. Each module includes media demonstrations, hands-on activities, and a knowledge check quiz. At the end of the course, you complete a consolidation exercise and a Validation Test. These check your understanding of the full course. Pass the Validation Test and you earn your certificate.

What you will need to bring

You'll need basic computer skills and some familiarity with Windows before you start. Pitman Training Wetherby will confirm anything else you need before you begin.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Data entry clerk, inputs and manages records using database software.
  • Office administrator, handles data, reports, and records for a team.
  • Database administrator, builds and maintains databases for an organisation.
  • HR administrator, manages staff records and produces reports.
  • Finance assistant, tracks transactions and runs queries on financial data.
  • Operations coordinator, uses data tools to support day-to-day business tasks.

What you could study next

  • Microsoft Excel Course, builds on your data skills with spreadsheets and analysis tools.
  • Microsoft Office Specialist Certification, a recognised qualification covering the full Office suite.
  • Level 3 Certificate in IT User Skills, a step up for those wanting a broader IT qualification.
  • SQL or database design training, useful if you want to work with larger or more complex databases.

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