Microsoft® Office Access 2007 Live Lessons   Mastering the Smartest, Fastest Ways to Use Access 2007   Alison Balter   DVD includes: . 6+ HOURS OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION . OVER 80 TIPS & TECHNIQUES . SKILLS YOU CAN LEARN IN FIVE MINUTES OR LESS   You’ve got Microsoft Office Access 2007...now get the most out of it, faster and more easily than ever before! In more than 80 quick video lessons, Alison Balter shows you all you need to maximize your productivity with Access 2007’s best new tools and shortcuts and its brand-new ribbon interface!   Microsoft Office Access 2007 teaches Access 2007’s most sophisticated features and techniques visually: just watch! You’ll master high-powered Office Access 2007 skills at your own pace—and get specific answers and solutions immediately, whenever you need them!   These practical videos show you how to make the most of Access 2007 tables, forms, reports, security, macros, even replication! You’ll discover power techniques for improving performance… supercharging your queries… creating smarter reports… publishing Access data to the Web… administering, repairing, and documenting databases… and plenty more!   For anyone who wants to master Access 2007 fast—especially upgraders from previous versions and professionals who want to analyze their own data!   Looking for a better way to master today’s rapidly changing technologies? Want expert help, but don’t have the time or energy to read a book? Can’t find classroom training worth the money? Discover LiveLessons: self-paced, personal video instruction from the world’s leading experts. LiveLessons are video courses, on DVD with a book supplement, that are organized into bite-sized, self-contained sessions—you’ll learn key skills in as little as five minutes! Each lesson begins with well-defined learning objectives and ends with comprehensive summaries, which help you track your progress. Follow along as your instructor shows exactly how to get great results in your real-world environment.   World-renowned Access expert Alison Balter presents easy, practical video introductions to Access 2007’s most powerful enhancements: everything from the Quick Access Toolbar to new Split Forms, Views, and Attachment Data Types! Click play to follow along as Alison walks you through using Access 2007’s most important new features…all you need to do is watch!   Alison Balter, founder and President of InfoTechnology Partners, Inc., has been programming, teaching, and writing about Access for more than 12 years. She has authored or coauthored 13 books on Access and speaks regularly on Access at conferences worldwide. Her clients have included Shell Oil, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Southern California Edison, Accenture, Prudential Insurance, and the International Cinematographer’s Guild.   Databases  

Table of Contents:
Section 1 What’s New in the Access 2007 User Interface 1 Lesson 1: Exploring the Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lesson 2: Using the Navigation Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lesson 3: Performing Tasks with the Quick Access Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lesson 4: Working with Tabbed Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Lesson 5: Advanced Navigation Pane Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3   Section 2 What’s New with Access 2007 Tables 5 Lesson 6: Working with the Attachment Data Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Lesson 7: Adding Rich Text to Memo Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Lesson 8: Using Memo Field History Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Lesson 9: Multivalued Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Lesson 10: Working with Field Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Lesson 11: Adding Totals to a Datasheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8   Section 3 Overview of Other Special Topics You Need to Know About with Access 2007 9 Lesson 12: What’s New with Security: An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Lesson 13: What’s New with ADP Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Lesson 14: What’s New with Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10   Section 4 What’s New with Access 2007 Forms 13 Lesson 15: Creating a Form in Layout View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Lesson 16: Working with the Layout Design Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Lesson 17: Using Stacked and Tabular Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Lesson 18: Getting to Know Split Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Lesson 19: Using Alternate Background Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Lesson 20: What Form Properties Are Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16   Section 5 What’s New with Access 2007 Reports 19 Lesson 21: Creating a Report in Layout View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Lesson 22: Working with the Layout Design Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Lesson 23: The Group, Sort, and Total Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Lesson 24: Using Alternate Background Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Lesson 25: Report Properties and Why to Use Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21   Section 6 Creating Macros in Access 2007 23 Lesson 26: The Basics of Creating an Access Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Lesson 27: More About Running an Access Macro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Lesson 28: Modifying an Existing Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Lesson 29: Documenting a Macro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Lesson 30: Creating Conditional Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Lesson 31: Working with Embedded Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Lesson 32: Adding Error Handling to the Macros That You Build. . . . . . 26 Lesson 33: Including Variables in Your Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Lesson 34: When Should You Use Macros? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Lesson 35: Creating an AutoExec Macro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27   Section 7 Power Table Techniques 29 Lesson 36: Working with Field Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Lesson 37: Working with Table Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Lesson 38: Using Indexes to Improve Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32   Section 8 Power Query Techniques 33 Lesson 39: Adding Calculated Columns to Select Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Lesson 40: Applying Advanced Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Lesson 41: Creating and Running Parameter Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Lesson 42: Creating and Running Action Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Lesson 43: Using Aggregate Functions to Summarize Numeric Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Lesson 44: Working with Outer Joins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Lesson 45: Refining Queries with Field, Field List, and Query Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38   Section 9 Power Form Techniques 39 Lesson 46: Control Properties and Why to Use Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Lesson 47: Bound, Unbound, and Calculated Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Lesson 48: Using the Expression Builder to Help You to Enhance Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Lesson 49: The Command Button Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Lesson 50: Building Forms Based on More Than One Table. . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Lesson 51: Basing Forms on Queries and Embedded SQL Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45   Section 10 Power Report Techniques 47 Lesson 52: Control Properties and Why to Use Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Lesson 53: Inserting Page Breaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Lesson 54: Bound, Unbound, and Calculated Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Lesson 55: Using the Expression Builder to Help You to Enhance Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Lesson 56: Building Reports Based on More Than One Table. . . . . . . . . . 49 Lesson 57: Working with Section Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Lesson 58: Basing Reports on Queries and Embedded SQL Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51   Section 11 Sharing Data with Other Applications 53 Lesson 59: Exporting to Another Access Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Lesson 60: Exporting to an Excel Spreadsheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Lesson 61: Exporting to Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Lesson 62: Exporting to a PDF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Lesson 63: Importing from Another Access Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Lesson 64: Importing Spreadsheet Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Lesson 65: Importing Text Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Lesson 66: Linking to Tables in Another Access Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Lesson 67: Introduction to Linking to an ODBC Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Lesson 68: The Linked Table Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57   Section 12 Access and the Internet 59 Lesson 69: Saving Database Objects as HTML. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Lesson 70: Linking to HTML Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Lesson 71: Importing HTML Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Lesson 72: Exporting Data to XML. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Lesson 73: Importing XML Data into Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61   Section 13 Database Administration 63 Lesson 74: Backing Up a Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Lesson 75: Compacting and Repairing a Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Lesson 76: Converting a Database to Another File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Lesson 77: Creating an ACCDE File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Lesson 78: Using the Database Splitter Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65   Section 14 Database Documentation 67 Lesson 79: Preparing an Application to Be Self-Documenting . . . . . . . . . 67 Lesson 80: Using the Database Documenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Lesson 81: The Object Dependencies Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69   Section 15 Finishing Touches 71 Lesson 82: Setting Startup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Lesson 83: Controlling Environmental Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71