Go with office 2013 1e a01 ppt

• Database—an organized collection of • Flat database—simple database file not linked to any other collection of data • Relational database—database that has multiple collections of re

GO! with Office 2013 Volume 1

By: Shelley Gaskin, Alicia

Vargas, and Carolyn

McLellan

Access Chapter 1 Introduction to Microsoft Access 2013

• Identify Good Database Design

• Create a Table and Define Fields

in a Blank Desktop Database

• Change the Structure of Tables

and Add a Second Table

• Create a Query, Form, and Report

• Close a Database and Exit Access

• Create a New Table in a Database

Created with a Template

• Print a Report and a Table

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• Database—an organized collection of

• Flat database—simple database file not

linked to any other collection of data

• Relational database—database that

has multiple collections of related data

Identify Good Database Design

• Tables—foundation of database

where data is organized into

rows and columns

• Record—all categories of data

pertaining to one person, place,

or idea represented by a row in a database table

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Identify Good Database Design (cont.)

• The first principle of good

database design—organize

data in the tables so that

redundant data does not occur

• The second principle of good

database design—use

techniques that ensure the

accuracy and consistency of data

as it is entered

Identify Good Database Design (cont.)

Create a Table and Define Fields in a Blank

Desktop Database

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Create a Table and Define Fields in a Blank

Desktop Database (cont.)

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Create a Table and Define Fields in a Blank

Desktop Database (cont.)

Change the Structure of Tables and Add a

Second Table

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Change the Structure of Tables and Add a

Second Table (cont.)

Change the Structure of Tables and Add a

Second Table (cont.)

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Change the Structure of Tables and Add a

Second Table (cont.)

Create a Query, Form, and Report

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Create a Query, Form, and Report (cont.)

Create a Query, Form, and Report (cont.)

Close a Database and Exit Access

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Use a Template to Create a Database

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Use a Template to Create a Database (cont.)

Organize Objects in the Navigation Pane

Create a New Table in a Database Created

with a Template

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Print a Report and a Table

• Normalization ensures the data in

your database is accurate and

organized

• Databases can be created from

scratch or from a template

• Before entering records, define data

types and name the fields

• Forms, Queries, and Reports are

objects used in Access

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Copyright

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