
Explore access 2016 with a microsoft certified instructor, covering database basics, the ribbon interface, macros, desktop usage on windows 10, and web apps.
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Acquire access 2016 by choosing between Office 365 subscription or a standalone one-time purchase, verify system requirements, and consider trial options and installation guidance.
Explore the course structure of Access 2016, featuring chapters and sections arranged to be followed in sequence, with exercise files, demonstrations, and backup copies in the course files folder.
Explores what's new in Access 2016, highlighting the tell me feature, new themes, and the improved show table dialogue. Notes exporting linked data sources to Excel 2016 and updated templates.
Discover how to use Access 2016 on touch devices, switch between touch and mouse modes, perform gestures like tap and swipe, and adjust the size of text and objects.
Start access 2016, create desktop databases from templates, and explore web apps. Customize templates with tables, queries, forms, reports, macros, and modules, and handle the security warning to enable content.
Save the current Access 2016 database to the course files folder, closing open objects, then create a new blank desktop database for esprit de tour.
Explore the Access workspace, including the ribbon, quick access toolbar, status bar, and navigation pane, with hands-on tips for pinning databases and using forms, design view, and backstage view.
Explore how to access and use help in Access 2016, including online help, the tell me feature, navigation, search, and contextual tips for creating tables and navigating dialogues.
Explore the Access 2016 ribbon: tabs, groups, and controls; use the scroll wheel, dialog launcher, contextual tabs, collapse and pin options, and basic customization for a personalized interface.
Master the quick access toolbar in Access 2016 by customizing default buttons, save, undo, redo, and touch mode, and adding commands like print preview, with the bar below the ribbon.
Explore contextual menus in Access 2016, using right-click or tap and hold to access commands; see how single or multiple selections alter options like build event.
Use the status bar in access 2016 to switch between form, layout, and design views with bottom-right buttons, and see the filtered indicator when a list is filtered.
Learn how to use keyboard shortcuts in Access 2016, including common Windows shortcuts and access-specific keys. Find shortcuts on the ribbon and locate a list in help.
Master Access 2016 keyboard tips and shortcuts, including F7 spell check, and navigate commands via the ribbon and quick access toolbar using the key tips approach.
Explore Access 2016 options, from live preview and screen tips to choosing default file formats and language settings, and secure current databases with navigation and personalization controls.
Design and create the trip table in Access 2016, define a unique ID, add a three-character trip code, mark it as required and indexed with no duplicates.
Discover how indexing and primary keys speed searches in Access 2016, while maintaining indexes may slow updates, using trip code and id, with design and datasheet views guiding field creation.
Learn to use lookup wizard in Access 2016 to create activity level fields with a value list (leisurely, moderate, challenging), limit to the list, and display via a combo box.
Learn to configure numeric fields in Access 2016, choosing integer for duration days and setting validation rules greater than zero, store currency minimum price and maximum price with currency punctuation.
Begin exercise one in access 2016 by creating a movie rental database night movies with a movie table for title, director, year, and runtime, later extending to genre and actors.
Discover two basic import methods for Access 2016: importing data from Excel workbooks and from text files, including tab delimited formats, with guidance on appending and field mapping.
Generate the night movies database in Access 2016 by creating a single movie table and importing 50 films from Excel or tab-delimited text, with field names and avoiding reserved words.
Back up your Access 2016 desktop database regularly by copying the active .accdb file, and save backups with dates before major changes or risky updates.
Learn how compacting and repairing an Access 2016 database reduces bloated files, fixes corruption, and improves performance by backing up first and running the repair with exclusive use.
**This course includes practice exercises and LIFETIME access**
If you need to manipulate large buckets of data and turn them into meaningful business decisions, then this 4-course bundle showing you how to use both Access and Excel to an advanced level is for you.
We start with the basics in each program before moving onto more complex functionality such as importing data into Excel from an Access database.
Access 2016 Beginners
What you'll learn:
What’s new in Access 2016
How to add records, and save and delete data.
Using Access to set-up a database (desktop or web).
To explore the Ribbon interface and how to work with touch devices.
Create and work with forms and sub-forms.
Sorting data in MS Access and running queries in Access.
How Macros work in Access 2016 and how to use them.
How to import data from external sources.
Access 2016 Advanced
What you'll learn:
How to effectively link to other data sources outside of Access
How to split a database by splitting the frontend and backend.
Dive into options for packaging your application for distribution.
Learn to create, update and maintain macros.
Explore the use of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Learn the advanced options for forms and queries
Excel 2016 Beginners
What you'll learn:
How to get started with workbooks whether using a mouse or touch device.
The new and improved features in Excel 2016.
How to create sophisticated charts and graphs using custom visuals or templates.
How to personalize your use of Excel 2016.
To use autofill and flash fill to enter data quickly.
How to apply themes and cell styles.
Practical methods in which you can backup and recover your Excel spreadsheets.
How to format dates and numbers
Excel 2016 Advanced
What you'll learn:
Advanced charting and graphing in Excel
How to use detailed formatting tools
Lookup and advanced lookup functions
Financial functions including calculating interest and depreciation
Statistical functions
Connecting to other workbooks and datasets outside of Excel e.g. MS Access and the web.
How to create awesome visualizations using sparklines and data bars
Mastery of PivotTables and Pivot Charts
Scenario Manager, Goal Seek and Solver
Advanced charts such as Surface, Radar, Bubble and Stock Charts
This bundle includes:
4 courses covering Excel & Access 2016
36 hours of video tutorials
Over 240 individual video lectures
Exercise files to practice what you learned
Demo files used by the trainer
Certificate of completion
Here’s what our students are saying…
“I took this class as a requirement for a new job. I have never touched access before and I was able to pick it up very quickly with this video. The course flowed very nicely and started with the very basic information first before moving on to more complicated tasks. The instructor was very easy to understand and everything was presented at great pace. Since learning how to use access with this class, I have been to create my own database to practice my skills and learn new ones. I would recommend this class to anyone who would like to get a great understanding of access.”
- Greg Wehner
“Time and money well invested! I have been learning by trial and error by myself watching youtube clip. Nevertheless, I never had the impression that I mastered Access or even its basic fundamentals. One day you start to doubt that you may not have the right approach at all. A moment has come to take a break and put the time to learn things well. With this course I feel that I master the basics, but also all the little details very useful that simplifies life. We also learn several tips and tricks to start a project well and avoid getting bogged down later. Above all, I learned a lot of things that I never doubted possible. The instructor is easy to understand and easy to listen to. I devoured the sections without seeing the time pass. In short it is a very complete course and pleasant to follow. I recommend.”
- Gabriel Beaulieu
“Brilliant. Enjoyed it immensely. Learned everything I needed to know.”
- Brenda Bell
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