Microsoft Access Tutorial - FunctionX

- Introduction - Creating A Database - Tables Design - Introduction To Microsoft Access Objects - Controlling The User's Input - Relationships - Subdatasheets - Forms Design Overview - Exploring And Analyzing Data - Query Design And Exploration - Forms Properties - Calculated Fields - Advanced Queries - Exploring Forms Controls - Designing And Improving A Report - Importing From And Exporting Data To Other Applications - Macros - Switchboard - Introduction to VBA - Shortcuts - A Complete Database Created With The Keyboard -

Introduction To A Microsoft Access
Database
1 - Introduction:
A database is a collection of information organized as to make it easy to view it, search it, retrieve the right detail, and collect the necessary facts in an easier, timely, and effortless manner as possible. 2 - Relational Database:

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An organized database is composed of inter-related parts. Since you define these parts, you also organize them in a manner that helps some parts of your database to supply specific information to others. In one part, you would cover one category of data, such as people's personal information
(name, date of birth, salary, hobbies, etc), in another you would cover what they buy in a store.

3 - Microsoft Access:
Microsoft Access is a relational database used on desktop computers to manage information on different levels for different purposes.
Microsoft Access can be used for personal information management, in a small business to organize and manage all data, or in an enterprise to communicate with servers.

4 - Database Management System (DBMS):
A database is an organized collection of data. Organization means method, it assumes discipline, it also anticipates efficient