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Access - Building forms

Identify the role of forms and reports in the database. Create, manage and change forms style, change the location, Size and Appearance of controls with Access!
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  • Duration: 1 day
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Course outline

Duration : 1 day

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AudienceAny data base user or manager

Prerequisites

Windows - User or equivalent

Following training: Access - Data structuring and normalization

Objectives

  • Identify the role of forms in the database.
  • Identify the role of forms and reports in the database

Teaching method

Presentations - Demonstrations - Guided and Individual Exercises

Contents

Chapter 1 - Creating Forms

  • Using the form creation wizard
  • Creating a blank form
  • Accessing the form's operating modes
  • Manipulating form sections
  • Changing the way records are displayed
  • Setting the tab order
  • Changing the appearance of a form window
  • Displaying history in memo fields

Chapter 2 - Changing the Location, Size and Appearance of controls

  • Manipulating controls
  • Manipulating the organization of controls in creation mode (Tabular, Stacked)
  • Identifying types of controls
  • Adding a control
  • Modifying the organization parameters of Tabular controls
  • Controlling access to dependent controls in a form
  • Modifying the value of a control
  • Modifying the value of a control's property

Chapter 3 - Managing Form Styles and Templates

  • Creating a template
  • Using, creating, and modifying automatic layouts with themes
  • Reproducing the layout
  • Using conditional formatting
  • Adding images to continuous forms
  • Using margins and verticality in a control
  • Using tooltips
  • Controlling access to dependent controls in a form

Chapter 4 - Creating Nested and Independent Forms

  • Using forms based on a multi-table query
  • Using the sub form
  • Modifying the sub form
  • Creating Pivot Tables

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Yves Pilon
Yves Pilon
Trainer
Yves Pilon is passionate about technological tools. His knowledge of web and office softwares has made him an expert on all Microsoft Office tools. Yves' excellent pedagogy has earned him praise from our clients on several occasions. He stands out for his spirit of synthesis and active sense of listening to the needs of the participants. The expertise he has accumulated over the years gives him the ability to ensure a productive transfer of knowledge to our clients.
Pierre-Edouard Brondel
Pierre-Edouard Brondel
Trainer and Desktop Application Consultant
Renowned as an educational expert in the IT and office technology field who has accumulated more than 25 years of experience, Pierre-Édouard is first and foremost passionate about human capital.