Microsoft Office Access 2007

Chapter One: Creating and Using a Database

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Table of Contents

Chapter Objectives

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AC 2: What Is Microsoft Access 2007?

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AC 3: Project — Database Creation

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AC 5: Plan Ahead (Critical Thinking): Database Design Guidelines

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AC 6: Designing a Database

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AC 9: Plan Ahead (Critical Thinking): Determining Relationships Among the Tables

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AC 12: Starting Access

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AC 13: Creating a Database

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AC 14: Plan Ahead (Critical Thinking): Determine Where to Create Database

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AC 17: The Access Window

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AC 23: Creating a Table

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AC 35: Quitting Access

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AC 36: Starting Access and Opening a Database

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AC 40: Previewing and Printing the Contents of a Table

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AC 50: Creating a Report

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AC 57: Using a Form to View Data

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AC 60: Changing Document Properties

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AC 61: Access Help

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End of Chapter Material

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Glossary of Key Terms

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Chapter Objectives

Students will have mastered the material in Chapter One when they can:


l  Describe databases and database management systems

l  Design a database to satisfy a collection of requirements

l  Start Access

l  Describe the features of the Access window

l  Create a database

l  Create a table and add records

l  Close a table

l  Close a database and quit Access

l  Open a database

l  Print the contents of a table

l  Create and print custom reports

l  Create and use a split form

l  Use the Access Help system


 

AC 2: What Is Microsoft Office Access 2007?

LECTURE NOTES

·         Key features in Access

o   Data entry and update

o   Queries (questions)

o   Forms

o   Reports

o   Web support

·         New features in the latest version of Access

o   A new style of user interface that is more intuitive

o   Navigation Pane that makes it easier to navigate among various objects

o   Professionally designed templates that make it easier to create a database

o   More sorting and filtering options

o   Change the design of forms and reports while browsing the data with Layout view

o   A split form that combines both a datasheet and a form as a single unit

o   Attachment data type allows for file attachments

 

TEACHER TIPS

Most students have very little experience with a true database management system. A database management system (DBMS) is different from file management software such as Professional File or the database feature of Excel or MS Works. In a typical file management system, each department within an organization has its own set of files, often designed specifically for particular applications. In a database management system, many programs and users share the data in a database. With file management software, data only can be retrieved from one file. With a DBMS, data can be retrieved by joining tables that have a common field.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Class Discussion: Ask students if they have ever used file management software or other DBMS packages. Have students make a list of all the places they can think of where data about them is stored. What are the implications of the same data being stored in so many different databases?

 

2. Quick Quiz:

1)      What is a database? (Answer: A collection of data organized in a manner that allows access, retrieval, and use of that data)

2)      What is a database management system? (Answer: A software tool that allows you to use a computer to create a database; add, change, and delete data in the database; sort the data in the database; retrieve data in the database; and create forms and reports using data in the database)

3)      What are three new features of Access 2007? (Answer: Any three of the following — new style of user interface; Navigation Pane; professionally designed templates; more sorting and filtering options; Layout view for changing report and form designs; split form; Attachment data type)

 

BOXES:

1. Project Planning Guidelines: Review the guidelines and refer students to Appendix A for details of the guidelines.

AC 3: Project Database Creation

LECTURE NOTES

·         Describe/review the JSP Recruiters database

·         Review the fundamental database concepts of record, field, unique identifier, and primary key

·         Review the tasks that will be covered in this chapter

o   Designing and creating a database

o   Creating tables and adding records

o   Previewing and printing the contents of tables

o   Creating reports and a form

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-1a, 1-1b

 

TEACHER TIPS

Database concepts such as record, field, and primary key are often difficult for students to grasp. Use examples that students can relate to, for example, a school database, or a database maintained by the state department of public safety (driver’s licenses). A record describes a person, a place, a thing, an event. A field is really an attribute that contains a specific piece of information within a record. A good analogy to use is an employment application form. The items that we complete on the form are fields and the completed application is a record that describes the individual who completed it.

 

Students will work with JSP Recruiters in every chapter. They should become familiar with the database and have an understanding of the purpose of each field in the database.

 

You can use the Lecture Success System for Access in conjunction with the Figures in the Book. To do this, start Access and open the database from the appropriate folder. Then, start your slide show containing the figures for the project. You can switch back and forth between the slide show and Access by using the alt+tab key combination. You can use the Figures in the Book to show the steps students should follow. If students need additional reinforcement or ask questions about the task, you can switch to Access to do a live demonstration.

 

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Class Discussion: Ask students what other type of data an employment agency would need to maintain.

 

2. Assign a Project: Divide the class into small groups. Ask each group to determine the fields that could be used to describe a student in one of the following situations. Students should indicate which field would be the unique identifier (primary key):

(1)         A database that stores information about students in a student organization

(2)         A database that stores information about students in a course

(3)         A database that stores information about students on an athletic team

(4)         A database that stores information about student health records

 

LAB ACTIVITIES

1. Have students use the Internet to research employment agencies in your local area that recruit healthcare professionals. You may want students to interview some of these companies to learn more about why employment agencies use databases to track clients, recruiters, and job candidates.

AC 5: Plan Ahead (Critical Thinking): Database Design Guidelines

LECTURE NOTES

·         General guidelines for database design

o   Identify the tables

o   Determine the primary keys

o   Determine the additional fields

o   Determine relationships among the tables

o   Determine data types for the fields

o   Identify and remove any unwanted redundancy

o   Determine a location for the database

 

TEACHER TIPS

These guidelines are intended to help students with their critical thinking skills. Students should understand the principles of database design. Spend a significant amount of class time reviewing each of these guidelines and use example databases to which students can relate. Each of these points is emphasized at appropriate locations in the chapter. Also, In the Lab 3 and Cases and Places 3, 4, and 5 challenge students to apply these guidelines to designing a database.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Assign a Project: Divide the class into small groups. Assign each group a different database to design using the Plan Ahead guidelines. Example databases include: University database (students, teachers, courses); Employment database (Employees, Departments); Bookstore database (Books, Authors, Publishers); Video Store database (Movies, Directors, Actors, DVDs).


AC 6: Designing a Database

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss database requirements for JSP Recruiters using Figures 1-2a through 1-2d

·         Review rules for naming tables and fields

·         Identify the tables (objects) that must be tracked

·         Determine which field uniquely identifies each record in a table

·         Decide which fields describe each object to be tracked

·         Define Text, Number, and Currency data types

·         Review the other available data types in Table 1-1

·         Explain redundancy using Figure 1-3

·         Explain how to minimize redundancy by placing redundant data in a separate table using Figure 1-4

·         Discuss the problems with redundancy

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-2a, 1-2b, 1-2c, 1-2d, 1-3, 1-4; Tables — 1-1

 

BOXES:

1. BTW: Database Design. Have students read the additional information on the Database Design Web page.

2. BTW: Naming Fields. Refer students to additional rules on reserved words. For a complete list of reserved words, consult Access Help.

3. BTW: Database Design Language (DBDL). Mention that DBDL is a shorthand representation for showing the structure of a relational database.

4. BTW: Currency Symbols. Discuss ways to change the currency symbols.

5. BTW: Postal Codes. Review why postal codes may need to be in a separate table.

 

TEACHER TIPS

In the JSP Recruiters database, the one table is the Recruiter table and the many table is the Client table. Other relationships types are one-to-one and many-to-many. A good analogy to use for explaining relationships follows:

 

One-to-one: Every state has one and only one capital city.

One-to-many: Every state has many cities.

Many-to-many: Every state has many interstate highways and one interstate highway goes through many states.

 

Relationships are determined by the business rules, that is, a statement that defines or constrains some aspect of the business. If JSP recruiters had the business rule that multiple recruiters could work with multiple clients, then the relationships between clients and recruiters would be many-to-many.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Quick Quiz:

1)      What are three data types? (Answer: Any three of the following: text, number, date/time, currency, memo, autonumber, yes/no, OLE object, hyperlink, and attachment)

2)      What is the maximum length of field and table names? (Answer: 64 characters)

3)      What is the maximum field width for a text field? (Answer: 260 characters)

 

2. Critical Thinking: Divide the class into small groups. Have each group make a list of all the different places on campus that might have records about one of them. In the small group, discuss: What happens if this student moves to a new address? How many of these records have to be changed? What if one or more of them is not updated? Is this a problem? How might this problem be solved on your campus?

AC 9: Plan Ahead (Critical Thinking); Determining Relationships Among the Tables

·         Determine relationship among tables

·         Discuss one-to-many relationship

·         Discuss the general guidelines: identify the “one” table, identify the “many” table, and include the primary key from the “one” table as a field in the “many” table

AC 12: Starting Access

LECTURE NOTES

·         For figures that match those in the book, change screen resolution to 1024 x 768

·         Start Windows Vista and click Microsoft Office Access 2007

·         Use Figures 1-5 and 1-6 to review the steps to start Access

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-5, 1-6

 

TEACHER TIPS

Review any special log on procedures for your location at this time.

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways of starting Access.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Quick Quiz:

1)      What is a maximized window? (Answer: A window that fills the entire screen)

 

2. Critical Thinking: In what career paths would knowledge of Access benefit you?

AC 13: Creating a Database

LECTURE NOTES

·         Review the steps to create a database using a template

·         Use Figures 1-7 through 1-14 to review the steps to create a database using the Blank Database option

·         Introduce the terms file and file name

 

TEACHER TIPS

If you are not connected to the Internet, your opening screen may look different. Cases and Places 5 has students use a template to create a Students database.

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 1-14

 

BOXES:

1. BTW: Naming Files. File names can be a maximum of 260 characters including the file extension .accdb. You can use uppercase or lowercase letters.

2. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways of creating a database.

 

TEACHER TIPS

If students are going to save their work in specific folders or on a network drive, discuss it here. If students are using a USB, you may want to encourage them to label the drive in case it becomes lost or left in the computer lab. Emphasize the need to back up your work. To back up a database, click the Manage arrow on the Office Button menu and then click Back Up Database on the submenu that displays. If you have any specific naming conventions for files and/or folders that you want students to use, discuss it here also.

 

Make sure students understand that all the tables, reports, and forms created in this project are stored within the database. They will not appear as separate files on their disk. Access 2007 uses the file extension, .ACCDB. If students are going to be using Microsoft Access 2007 at school and Access 2003 at home, they will need to save the database in 2003 format. To do so, use the Save As command on the Office Button menu and select the desired format. Some of the features illustrated in this text, such as multi-valued fields cannot be done in earlier versions of Access.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Assign a Project: Have students choose one of the templates in the Template Categories pane and use it to create a personal database that will contain information of special interest to them. Have them enter several records into this database.

 

2. Quick Quiz:

1)      What is a file name? (Answer: The name assigned to a file when it is saved)

2)      What is a folder? (Answer: A specific location on a storage medium)

AC 14: Plan Ahead (Critical Thinking): Determine Where to Create the Database

·         Review the pros and cons of each of the storage media offered as locations for a database

AC 17: The Access Window

LECTURE NOTES

·         Use Figures 1-15 through 1-25 to discuss the Navigation Pane, Access work area, Ribbon, Mini toolbar, shortcut menus, Quick Access Toolbar, Office Button, and Key Tips

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-15, 1-16a, 1-16b, 1-17, 1-18, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21a, 1-21b, 1-21c, 1-22a, 1-22b, 1-22c, 1-23, 1-24, 1-25

 

BOXES:

1. BTW: Minimizing the Ribbon. Review the techniques for minimizing the Ribbon.

 

TEACHER TIPS

The Access window in 2007 has a different appearance than 2003. The Navigation Pane makes it easy to see all the objects in a database and the tabbed windows provide an easy way to move from one open object to another.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Assign a Project: If students are familiar with other Windows applications, have them list features shared with the Access window (e.g., shortcut menus, scroll bars, status bar).

 

2. Class Discussion: Susan Kare, creator of the icons used with many software applications, claims that “the best icons are more like traffic signs than graphic illustrations,” providing a quick indication of the task they represent. Using Figure 1-16a, ask students how well the graphic on each of the Ribbon gallery choices represents the corresponding function. Which graphics are most effective (i.e., easiest to understand)? Which graphics are least effective? Why? Challenge students to make their own sketches for graphics they consider ineffective.

 

3. Quick Quiz:

1)      What is the Navigation Pane? (Answer: A list of all the objects in the database that allows the user to open objects)

2)      What are the four top-level tabs on the Ribbon? (Answer: Home, Create, External Data, and Database Tools)

3)      What is a gallery? (Answer: A set of choices arranged in a grid or in a list)

4)      What does live preview allow? (Answer: To point to a gallery choice and see its effect in the database object — without actually selecting the choice)

5)      What does the Mini toolbar contain? (Answer: Commands related to changing the appearance of text in a database object)

6)      When does a shortcut menu appear? (Answer: When you right-click an object)

7)      What does a menu contain? (Answer: A list of commands)

8)      What happens when you press a Key Tip? (Answer: Additional Key Tips related to the selected command may appear)

AC 23: Creating a Table

LECTURE NOTES

·         Point out the purpose of the ID field (default primary key)

·         Discuss how to rename columns and change the data type using Figures 1-26 through 1-31

·         Discuss ways of making changes to the structure in Datasheet view

·         Review the steps to save a table using Figures 1-32 through 1-34

·         Discuss the difference between Datasheet view and Design view

·         Using the steps in Figures 1-35 through 1-38, explain how to delete the default primary key and assign another field as the primary key

·         Review the steps for adding records to a table using Figures 1-39 through 1-46

·         Discuss making changes to the data

·         Define the AutoCorrect feature

·         Use Figure 1-47 to review the step to close a table

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-33, 1-34, 1-35, 1-36, 1-37, 1-38, 1-39, 1-40, 1-41, 1-42, 1-43, 1-44, 1-45, 1-46, 1-47


 

BOXES:

1. BTW: Creating a Table: Table Templates. Review the purpose of table templates.

2. BTW: Undo and Redo. Mention that you can undo and redo multiple actions.

3. BTW: Cut, Copy, and Paste. Mention that you can use the Cut, Copy, and Paste buttons just as you do in other Office applications.

4. BTW: AutoCorrect Options. Explain the replacement feature of Autocorrect.

5. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways of saving a table.

6. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways of closing a table.

 

TEACHER TIPS

In this section, students create the table in Datasheet view rather than Design view. They only use Design view for changes, such as changing the primary key. A problem can occur if a student accidentally enters data for a record when they are renaming columns. (This could happen by pressing a letter or by pressing the spacebar after pressing the Down arrow.) Students must delete this record before they change the primary key in Design view. There are two Questions and Answers in this section that discuss this possibility. To check for a record, open the table in Datasheet view and make sure the only row that appears after the column names has (NEW) in the ID field. To delete the record, click the record selector to select the record and then press the delete key. You may want to mention this several times.

 

If students forget to assign a primary key for a table, Access will display a dialog box with the message: There is no primary key defined. Students should click the Cancel button in the dialog box, click the Primary Key button to assign a primary key to the appropriate field, and then Save the table again.

 

Emphasize the importance of closing a table and database properly. Tables can become corrupted if the application is not closed properly.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Quick Quiz:

1)      When does Access save a record? (Answer: A record is saved as soon as you have entered or modified a record and moved to the next record.)

2)      What are the three types of corrections that AutoCorrect makes? (Answer: Corrects two initial capital letters, capitalizes the first letter in the names of the days, replaces commonly misspelled words with their correct spelling)

 

LAB ACTIVITIES

1. AutoCorrect will correct the spelling of hundreds of commonly misspelled words automatically. Create a sample database with three columns: ID, First Word, and Second Word. Have students open the sample database and intentionally type commonly misspelled words to see which of the words are replaced with their correct spelling. For example, AutoCorrect will change the misspelled word recieve to receive when the entry is completed. Ask students to find at least 10 misspelled words that are corrected with AutoCorrect.

AC 35: Quitting Access

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss quitting Access

·         Review the use of the Yes, No, and Cancel buttons

·         Describe the step to quit Access

 

TEACHER TIPS

Remind students to remove their USB device after they quit Access. Also, if there are any log off procedures at your location, review them here.

AC 36: Starting Access and Opening a Database

LECTURE NOTES

·         Review the steps to start Access using Figure 1-48

·         Use Figures 1-49 through 1-51 to discuss opening a database from Access

·         Use Figures 1-52 through 1-56 to show how to add additional records to a table

·         Review the options in the Microsoft Office Security Options dialog box

·         Discuss the purpose of the Navigation buttons in Table 1-2

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-48, 1-49, 1-50, 1-51, 1-52, 1-53, 1-54, 1-55, 1-56; Tables — 1-2

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore the other ways to open a database from Access.

2. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways of adding a new record.

 

TEACHER TIPS

If you open your database and receive a compact error message, you may not be able to view all the objects in your database. You also may not see your tables in tabbed windows. To redisplay all the objects in your database, click the Navigation Pane arrow to display the Navigation Pane menu.

 

Make sure that Tables and Related Views is selected. To make sure that objects appear in tabbed windows, click the Microsoft Office button, click the Access Options button, click Current Database, and make sure the Tabbed Documents option button is selected in the Application Options category.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Quick Quiz:

1)      When a table is open, what are the five Navigation buttons found near the lower left of the screen that permit you to go to the different records in your database? (Answer: First record, Previous record, Next record, Last record, and New (blank) record)

AC 40: Previewing and Printing the Contents of a Table

LECTURE NOTES

·         Introduce the terms portrait orientation and landscape orientation using Figure 1-57

·         Use Figures 1-58 through 1-62 to illustrate the steps to preview the contents of a table

·         Explain how to make multiple copies of a document

·         Use Figures 1-63 through 1-67 to review the steps to create an additional table using the Table button on the Ribbon

·         Review the steps to modify the primary key in Design view using Figures 1-68 through 1-73

·         Discuss field properties

·         Discuss the different field sizes in Table 1-3

·         Use Figures 1-74 and 1-75 to review the steps to add records to an additional table

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-57, 1-58, 1-59, 1-60, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63, 1-64, 1-65, 1-66, 1-67, 1-68, 1-69, 1-70, 1-71, 1-72, 1-73, 1-74, 1-75; Tables — 1-3

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways of printing a table.

 

TEACHER TIPS

If there are any special printing requirements at your institution, review them here. Students should get into the habit of previewing documents before printing to confirm that the document will print correctly.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Quick Quiz:

1)      What does portrait orientation mean? (Answer: The printout is across the width of the page)

2)      What does landscape orientation mean? (Answer: The printout is across the length (height) of the page)

 

2. Critical Thinking: Why is it important to select the proper field size for a field whose data type is Number? What would happen if you had a field that contained only decimal values and you assigned a field size of integer or long integer?

 

LAB ACTIVITIES

1. Ask students to open a sample database that has a Number data type. Then, try field sizes for the field and view the result.

AC 50: Creating a Report

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss the purpose of a report using Figures 1-76a through 1-76d

·         Use Figures 1-77 through 1-86 to illustrate the steps to create a report using the Report Wizard

·         Using the step, discuss the importance of printing reports

·         Review the steps to create additional reports

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-76a, 1-76b, 1-76c, 1-76d, 1-77, 1-78, 1-79, 1-80, 1-81, 1-82, 1-83, 1-84, 1-85, 1-86

 

TEACHER TIPS

When you use the Report Wizard to create a report, Access aligns columns containing numbers to the right and columns containing text to the left. In some cases, this will truncate column headings. In some of the exercises at the end of the chapter, students are asked to create reports where headings may be truncated.

 

BOXES:

1. BTW: Quick Reference. Point out the location of the Quick Reference Summary and the Access 2007 Quick Reference Web page.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Critical Thinking: Figures 1-76a through 1-76d illustrate four reports for JSP Recruiters. What other types of reports might JSP require?

 

LAB ACTIVITIES

1. Have students create additional reports that use the same data but a different style (bold, casual, compact, and so on). Which style do they prefer, and why?

AC 57: Using a Form to View Data

LECTURE NOTES

·         Explain the reasons for using a form

·         Define split form

·         Using Figures 1-87 through 1-90, illustrate how to create a split form

·         Use Figures 1-91 and 1-92 to discuss how to use a split form

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-87, 1-88, 1-89, 1-90, 1-91, 1-92

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Critical Thinking: What other types of forms might JSP require? How do forms and reports differ?

 

LAB ACTIVITIES

1. Have students create a split form, a multiple form, and a simple form for the Recruiter table. Which one do they prefer, and why?

AC 60: Changing Document Properties

LECTURE NOTES

·         Introduce document properties (metadata)

·         Contrast standard properties and automatically updated properties

·         Using Figure 1-93 through 1-95, illustrate how to change database properties

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-93, 1-94, 1-95

 

TEACHER TIPS

Requiring students to change database properties is one way to check to see if students have cheated on an assignment.

 

BOXES:

1. BTW: Certification. For more information on the MCAS program see Appendix F or visit the Access 2007 Certification Web page.

AC 61: Access Help

LECTURE NOTES

·         Introduce Access Help

·         Illustrate the steps to search for Access Help using Figures 1-96 through 1-98

·         Review the step to quit Access

 

FIGURES: 1-96, 1-97, 1-98

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways of obtaining help.


 

End of Chapter Material

§  Learn It Online is a series of online student exercises that test your knowledge of chapter content and key terms.

 

§  Apply Your Knowledge is a student assignment that helps you to reinforce the skills and apply the concepts you learned in this chapter.

 

§  Extend Your Knowledge is a student assignment that challenges you to extend the skills you learned in this chapter and to experiment with new skills. You may need to use Help to complete the assignment.

 

§  Make It Right is a student assignment that requires you to analyze a presentation and correct all errors and/or improve the design.

 

§  In the Lab (Lab): In the Lab is a series of student assignments that ask you to design and/or create a presentation using the guidelines, concepts, and skills presented in this chapter. The assignments are listed in order of increasing difficulty.

 

§  Cases and Places is a series of student assignments where you apply your creative thinking and problem solving skills to design and implement a solution.


Glossary of Key Terms

·         Access Help (AC 61)

·         Access work area (AC 18)

·         active tab (AC 19)

·         AutoCorrect (AC 34)

·         automatically updated properties (AC 60)

·         contextual tabs (AC 20)

·         Currency (data type) (AC 9)

·         data type (AC 9)

·         database (AC 2)

·         database properties (AC 60)

·         datasheet (AC 30)

·         Datasheet view (AC 30)

·         Dialog Box Launcher (AC 20)

·         Enhanced ScreenTip (AC 20)

·         field (AC 4)

·         file (AC 13)

·         file name (AC 13)

·         folder (AC 15)

·         Form view (AC 57)

·         gallery (AC 20)

·         Home tab (AC 19)

·         horizontal scroll bar (AC 19)

·         insertion point (AC 18)

·         Key Tip (AC 23)

·         Key Tip badge (AC 23)

·         keywords (AC 60)

·         landscape orientation (AC 41)

·         live preview (AC 20)

·         menu (AC 22)

·         metadata (AC 60)

·         Microsoft Office Access 2007 (AC 2)

·         Mini toolbar (AC 21)

·         mouse pointer (AC 18)

·         Navigation buttons (AC 38)

·         Number (data type) (AC 9)

·         object tabs (AC 18)

·         Office Button (AC 22)

·         one-to-many relationship (AC 9)

·         portrait orientation (AC 40)

·         primary key (AC 4)

·         Quick Access Toolbar (AC 22)

·         records (AC 4)

·         Ribbon (AC 19)

·         row selector (AC 28)

·         scroll arrow (AC 19)

·         scroll bar (AC 19)

·         scroll box (AC 19)

·         shortcut menu (AC 21)

·         split form (AC 57)

·         standard properties (AC 60)

·         status bar (AC 19)

·         submenu (AC 22)

·         tab (AC 19)

·         task pane (AC 20)

·         Text (data type) (AC 9)

·         unique identifier (AC 4)

·         vertical scroll bar (AC 19)

 


 

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