Microsoft Access 2007 Fundamentals

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Learn how Microsoft's powerful database can help you store and manage information you've collected about your business, home, or community.

Learn how Microsoft's powerful and award-winning database can help you manage, store, search, analyze, and display important information you've collected about your business, home, community, or any other entity. In this practical and project oriented hands-on workshop, you'll learn how to create tables filled with fields and records. You'll build relationships between the tables to eliminate redundancies and slash data entry time. You'll discover how to achieve huge reductions in data entry errors by setting default values, creating validation rules, and building input masks. You'll find out how to make your database more user-friendly with custom data entry forms, smart lists, and other sophisticated controls. You'll learn how to retrieve exactly what you need from your database with powerful queries and reports, and you'll even start automating routine tasks with labor-saving macros.

Courses are delivered to you through expertly executed lessons, online instruction and interaction with like-minded students. Our courses are designed to deliver all of the benefits of studying in a classroom whilst giving you the flexibility to study at a time and place to suit your needs. You can access your classroom 24/7 from any device with an internet connection.

This course has a 3 month duration. You'll complete comprehensive lessons, quizzes and assignments before submitting your final exam at the end of the course to achieve your certificate. Courses must be completed within the 3 month access period.

A Microsoft Access database is made up of seven interrelated components: tables, fields, records, forms, queries, reports, and macros. In today's lesson, you'll become familiar with each of these components and--perhaps more importantly--you'll learn how each component can help you successfully collect and manage a wide variety of business, personal, or scientific data. And you'll get hands-on experience building tables; creating fields; and manipulating records.

Today, you're going to learn how to take advantage of a variety of powerful customization options that will help you simplify the process of adding data to an Access table. You'll get hands-on experience with validation rules, default values, and input masks—time-saving tools that will improve your productivity while increasing the accuracy and reliability of the data you collect.

This lesson will literally slash the amount of time you spend performing data entry tasks. You'll deftly sidestep an issue that often plagues Access novices: how to avoid typing and re-typing the same pieces of information over and over again in each of the many tables that make up your database. Today, you'll discover the powerful and time-saving secret of table relationships.

In this lesson, we'll give your database a professional makeover. Your database will achieve new levels of attractiveness and sophistication with the introduction of powerful forms. You'll find that forms make it faster, easier, and more pleasant for you to review, add, edit, or remove the information in your tables.

Today, you'll embellish your forms with powerful custom controls like buttons and combo boxes. These custom controls can help you automate tasks you might otherwise find difficult or time-consuming to carry out manually. As a result, you'll work at greater efficiencies and with fewer opportunities for error.

One reason we create a database is so we have a place to store information that we've collected. We store data in a database because we know that we will need to review that information again. By squirreling the data away today, we give ourselves future opportunities to review, search, analyze, sort, and subtotal that information as needed. Today, you'll discover how to use an Access query to scan a vast collection of data and retrieve only the exact pieces of information that you require.

In today's lesson, you'll overcome all those thorny query issues that often stump both beginning and advanced Access users. You'll learn how to scan the entirety of your database for a single word (or even a tiny word fragment) with pinpoint precision. You'll find out how to seek out a range of dates or numbers instead of placing all your bets on a futile and time-consuming search for a single value. And if you ever find yourself with a better understanding of what you don't want to see than what you do, you'll understand how to perform a reverse query.

In a well-designed database, information will be evenly distributed across multiple tables. The advantages of this distributed approach are too numerous to elucidate here, but the approach does raise one important question: is there any way to take all of the information that has been scattered across several tables and bring it together in one place? Fortunately, there is a simple solution. Today, you'll receive ample opportunities to try your hand at combining information from an assortment of tables into a single pool of data.

If you really want to show off the data in your database, you'll want to showcase it with a report. A report will help you organize and format your data, making it more accessible and more attractive. There really is only one surefire way to understand what a report is and what it can do for you: you'll just have to create one. And that's exactly what you're going to do in today's lesson.

In our last lesson, you learned how to convert a table filled with raw information into a handsome, well-organized report suitable for printing. But what if you want to create a report that only shows some, instead of all, of the information contained within a table? Is that even possible? You'll find out in today's lesson.

Access comes with a number of pre-formatted reports designed to meet just about any conceivable need. But there will be rare occasions when you want to produce a report that is a little, well, different. A report that goes beyond the norm. A report that communicates with its reader in a new and unique way. In today's lesson, you'll learn how you can use the Report Design tool to whip up your very own custom reports from scratch.

In this, our final lesson, you'll learn all about Access macros. An Access macro can automate just about any database activity you can imagine, from running queries to printing reports to opening and closing forms or tables. However, a macro can perform these activities at a much higher rate of speed and with far more accuracy than you or I could ever manage to muster. This is one of the most popular and eye-opening lessons in the course, covering a fascinating topic you won't want to miss.

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Once you've made the payment, we'll send you a confirmation email with a link to start your course. Feel free to get started whenever you're ready!

You'll have 3 months access to your course. In that time you are free to study at your own pace. The course duration is 24 hours.

Online learning is a flexible way to study that fits around your schedule, giving you the freedom to learn at your own pace from anywhere in the world. You'll have 3 months to complete the course and can take the multiple-choice questions and final exam whenever it suits you.

If you need help, you can contact us anytime. You can also join the discussion area where you can interact with other students. The discussion area for each lesson is open for the entire duration of the course.

Of course! We offer a 7-day money back guarantee. As long as you haven't completed the course, you can get a full refund within 7 days of enrolling.

We do not offer extensions or transfers for this self-paced course. However, you will have 3 months to complete the course, and if you need to cancel within the first 10 days of enrolment, we offer a money back guarantee.

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From the moment that you enrol in the Microsoft Access 2007 Fundamentals you will become an integral part of our learning community. You'll find yourself with the freedom to learn at a speed that suits you, on any device, from anywhere in the world. Achieving your career goals no longer has to mean compromising family and work commitments.

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This course will help you understand business environments, financial statements, and strategy so you can make more profitable business and personal financial decisions.

Are you interested in making better business decisions to increase your company's profits, move you up the corporate ladder, and help you reach a better, personal financial position? Then you need to take this course.

Using practical explanations and real-life examples, this course will show you how money flows through a typical business. You will learn the basics of how a business operates, including how to develop successful business strategies and how to use financial statements to make better business decisions.

Whether you're an employee, sales executive, supervisor, or manager, this course will help you understand basic financial information and use that information to make decisions that will positively affect your company's financial situation.

This is a business finance course for non-financial employees and managers. In this course, you will obtain significantly improved business acumen skills and financial understanding. Position yourself to be more confident in your business and financial decisions!

Courses are delivered to you through expertly executed lessons, online instruction and interaction with like-minded students. Our courses are designed to deliver all of the benefits of studying in a classroom whilst giving you the flexibility to study at a time and place to suit your needs. You can access your classroom 24/7 from any device with an internet connection.

This course has a 3 month duration. You'll complete comprehensive lessons, quizzes and assignments before submitting your final exam at the end of the course to achieve your certificate. Courses must be completed within the 3 month access period.

In this first lesson, you'll learn the difference between financial knowledge and business acumen in a way that's easy to understand. You'll also be introduced to a few basic financial strategies and explore what business finance can do for you, your company, and your personal finances.

To gain a strong foundation in business finance, you need understand the basic business model, its components, and how they fit into the larger organization. You'll see how finances flow through the business and begin to master basic financial terminology. At the end of this lesson, you'll be able to apply what you've learned to your personal household and finances.

Do you know what ROI refers to? What's a Sales Forecast, and why is it so important? In this lesson, you'll learn these terms and many more. You'll also gain an understanding of financial forces, which provide a foundation for developing financial strategies and driving profit. You'll wrap up the lesson with a look at a very real example of the impact of unplanned expenses on the bottom line.

Financial statements can be one of the most mysterious parts of business finance. As you'll see, however, all you need is basic information about what is reported and why to make sense of the three basic financial statements. With this lesson under your belt, you'll be ready to take on the next crucial step in mastering business finance: recording and tracking the annual finances on these statements.

In this lesson, you'll gain a broader understanding of the first of the financial statements we'll be considering: the Income Statement. You'll visit the hypothetical company Bouncy Balls Incorporated (BBI), and examine its annual statement to comprehend what all these numbers mean. You'll also learn what's recorded on the Income Statement and how to analyze it using financial ratios to gain some valuable perspective on how BBI is doing.

Still working with the fictitious company BBI, you'll explore what information is included in the Balance Sheet, how it differs from the other financial statements, and how to analyze it using financial ratios.  You'll continue your work to determine BBI's financial position and see where changes in business strategy may be needed.

You'll finish your introduction to the basic financial statements as you review the Statement of Cash Flows. You'll see how financial personnel use this statement as you continue your tour of BBI. As you work through the Statement of Cash Flows, you'll start to put all of the information together to improve your understanding of BBI's financial position.

In this lesson, you'll listen in at a roundtable meeting of executives at BBI as they discuss the company's financial statements. The meeting offers a great opportunity for you to get an insider's look into how executives develop another component of a company's financial filings—the Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A). As you learn to interpret this filing, you'll gain valuable insights into how you can understand the "story behind the numbers" for any company.

Now you're going to put all of the financial knowledge you've gained during this course to work as you consider some strategies for improving BBI's financial condition. You'll explore how executives bring their financial knowledge in line with business needs to make solid business decisions that will have a positive impact on the company financials.

In this lesson, you'll tackle a key issue in business: cost cutting. Expenses are such a huge part of business. Here, you'll see how to use your new knowledge of financial reporting and your business acumen skills to develop strategies that have a positive impact on a company's bottom line.

Continuing your exploration of financial strategy, you'll use the decision-making process to examine the inventory situation at BBI and develop strategies to increase supply and production efficiencies. You'll also see how to develop strategies to improve the BBI cash position so that more things can be done to increase the bottom line.

Now that you've gone through various strategies to increase sales, decrease expenses, and better manage company assets, it's time to see how to complete an overall strategic analysis of an organization. You'll increase your ability to think "big picture" and see how to take advantage of opportunities in your workplace and personal life. This lesson focuses on using an analytical process called SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) to develop strategies to move your business and your personal financial life in a positive direction. You'll also explore a process for successfully implementing the strategies you develop.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Once you've made the payment, we'll send you a confirmation email with a link to start your course. Feel free to get started whenever you're ready!

You'll have 3 months access to your course. In that time you are free to study at your own pace. The course duration is 24 hours.

Online learning is a flexible way to study that fits around your schedule, giving you the freedom to learn at your own pace from anywhere in the world. You'll have 3 months to complete the course and can take the multiple-choice questions and final exam whenever it suits you.

If you need help, you can contact us anytime. You can also join the discussion area where you can interact with other students. The discussion area for each lesson is open for the entire duration of the course.

Of course! We offer a 7-day money back guarantee. As long as you haven't completed the course, you can get a full refund within 7 days of enrolling.

We do not offer extensions or transfers for this self-paced course. However, you will have 3 months to complete the course, and if you need to cancel within the first 10 days of enrolment, we offer a money back guarantee.

The Learning Environment

From the moment that you enrol in the Basics of Business Finance you will become an integral part of our learning community. You'll find yourself with the freedom to learn at a speed that suits you, on any device, from anywhere in the world. Achieving your career goals no longer has to mean compromising family and work commitments.

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Our Values

Learn At Your Own Pace

We believe in personalised learning. That's why we provide all the tools and support you need to succeed at your own pace. With flexible learning, you'll stay motivated and retain more information. Plus, you can balance your studies with work and family commitments to make your dreams a reality.

We Won't Break The Bank

Education should be accessible to anyone who wants to learn. That's why we offer some of the most competitive prices in the industry with payments plans for just $25 per week. Investing in your future is a smart choice and doesn’t have to break the bank.

Industry-Led Courses

There's no better way to learn than from experts with years of experience in your field. That's why each of our 200+ industry-led courses are designed to give you a real-life perspective on your industry. With our expert mentors, you'll learn from people who have a wealth of knowledge and experience, and who are passionate about sharing it with you.

Get The Personal Support You Deserve

At Vibe Learning, we're real people who are dedicated to providing you with personal support every step of the way. Our industry experts are not only professional and knowledgeable but also incredibly passionate about sharing their expertise with you. With their guidance, you'll gain invaluable insights and practical knowledge to help you succeed.

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