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Review of Microsoft Access 2003: 1. Florida Gulf Coast University Tutorial

The document provides resources and exercises for reviewing Microsoft Access 2003. It includes links to tutorials on creating and manipulating databases, tables, queries, forms and reports. It also lists exercises on reviewing field properties, sorting and filtering tables, and creating queries and forms using the sample Northwind Traders database.

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Review of Microsoft Access 2003: 1. Florida Gulf Coast University Tutorial

The document provides resources and exercises for reviewing Microsoft Access 2003. It includes links to tutorials on creating and manipulating databases, tables, queries, forms and reports. It also lists exercises on reviewing field properties, sorting and filtering tables, and creating queries and forms using the sample Northwind Traders database.

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Review of Microsoft Access 2003

The two resources below will help you review what you should already know about
Microsoft Access 2003. The BTT1O1 demos show Access 2000, but there are few
differences with Access 2003.
Some practice exercises follow the two resources.

1. Florida Gulf Coast University Tutorial


A good, text-based introduction with helpful screen shots.
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/access/

2. BTT1O1 Demos
Animated demos of the Access topics you learned in BTT.
http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/jarvisci/BTT/BTTdemos/BTTdemos.html

a. Creating a new database


• create a new db file
• create a new table; view the table
• create a field with an input mask
• create a field that validates data

b. Sorting and filtering data in a table.


• sorting data in a table
• filter by selection
• filter by form (1 criterion)
• filter by form (2 criteria)
• filter by form using "or"
c. Queries
• create a basic query
• select and sort data in a query
• create a query for calculating totals
• create a crosstab query
• add a total column to a crosstab query
• query with one parameter
• query, add a second parameter
• export a query to MS Word

d. Reports
• create a report (grouped report with sum calculations)
• edit a report

Merging Access fields with a Word document


• merge Access fields with a Word document

3. Review Exercises
Copy the NorthwindTraders_Access2000 database file from the PickUp Do NOT try to load the
file by double-clicking on
folder to your home drive. Launch Access, open the file in Access, and it in the PickUp folder.
view the Orders table.

1. Working with Field Properties in Design View


a. View the Orders table in Design View. What is the data type of the
CustomerID field? What is the data type of the EmployeeID field?
b. In the Products table, what is the data type of the Discontinued field?
c. In the Categories table, what is the data type of the Picture field?
d. In the Categories table, what is the field size of the CategoryName field?

2. Sorting
a. Using the Orders table, do a Sort on a single field to see date of the most
recent order. Using the Orders table, do a Sort and Subsort on two
adjacent fields to see the date of the most recent order handled by
employees Nancy Davolio.

3. Filtering by Selection, Filtering by Form


a. Using the Orders table, do a Filter by Selection with one criterion to see
how many orders went to France. (Click on Remove Filter button when
finished.) Using the Orders table, do a Filter by Selection to see how many
orders were handled by employee Margaret Peacock.
b. Using the Orders table, do a Filter by Form to see how many orders went
to Strasbourg or Münster. Using the Products table, do a Filter by Form
using more than one criterion: sort by Supplier with subsort by Category
to see how many categories include supplies by G'day, Mate.
4. Queries
a. Using the Customers table, create a query in Design View (click on the
New Object button) using two criteria to show the following:
Company Name Contact Name Contact Title Country
Bon app' Laurence Lebihan Owner France
Du monde entier Janine Labrune Owner France
Ottilies Käseladen Henriette Pfalzheim Owner Germany
Paris spécialités Marie Bertrand Owner France

b. To see how many orders have been placed for Germany and for France,
using the Orders table create a Query in Design View, click on the Σ
button to insert a Total row, and select ShipCountry for the Field in two
columns. In the second column select Count for the Total row. How many
shipments went to France? How many to Germany?

5. Forms
a. Use the Form Wizard to create a form to enter data into all the fields of the
Employees table. Use the Justified layout and Standard style and give it
the name Employees form. View the completed form.
b. Edit the form in Design View

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