Access 2016 For Dummies

Your all-access guide to all things Access 2016

If you don’t know a relational database from an isolationist table—but still need to figure out how to organize and analyze your data—Access 2016 For Dummies is for you. Written in a friendly and accessible manner, it assumes no prior Access or database-building knowledge and walks you through the basics of creating tables to store your data, building forms that ease data entry, writing queries that pull real information from your data, and creating reports that back up your analysis. Add in a dash of humor and fun, and Access 2016 For Dummies is the only resource you’ll need to go from data rookie to data pro!

This expanded and updated edition of Access For Dummies covers all of the latest information and features to help data newcomers better understand Access’ role in the world of data analysis and data science. Inside, you’ll get a crash course on how databases work—and how to build one from the ground up. Plus, you’ll find step-by-step guidance on how to structure data to make it useful, manipulate, edit, and import data into your database, write and execute queries to gain insight from your data, and report data in elegant ways.

• Speak the lingo of database builders and create databases that suit your needs
• Organize your data into tables and build forms that ease data entry
• Query your data to get answers right
• Create reports that tell the story of your data findings

If you have little to no experience with creating and managing a database of any sort, Access 2016 For Dummies is the perfect starting point for learning the basics of building databases, simplifying data entry and reporting, and improving your overall data skills.

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting Started with Access 2016
Chapter 1: Access 2016 Basic Training
Chapter 2: Navigating the Access Workspace
Chapter 3: Database Basics
Chapter 4: Sounds Like a Plan

Part II: Getting It All on the Table
Chapter 5: Table Tune Ups
Chapter 6: Remodeling Your Data
Chapter 7: Types, Masks, and Triggers

Part III: Data Management Mania
Chapter 8: A Form for All Reasons
Chapter 9: Importing and Exporting Data
Chapter 10: Automatic Data Editing
Chapter 11: Access and the Web

Part IV: The Power of Questions
Chapter 12: Finding, Filtering, and Sorting Your Data — Fast
Chapter 13: I Was Just Asking … for Answers
Chapter 14: I Want These AND Those OR Them
Chapter 15: Number Crunching with the Total Row
Chapter 16: Express Yourself with Formulas
Chapter 17: Take Charge with Action Queries

Part V: Simple and Snazzy Reporting
Chapter 18: Fast and Furious Automatic Reporting
Chapter 19: Professionally Designed Reports Made Easy
Chapter 20: Headers and Footers and Groups, Oh My!
Chapter 21: Magical Mass Mailings

Part VI: More Power to You
Chapter 22: Analyze This!
Chapter 23: Steer Users in the Right Direction with Navigation Forms

Part VII: The Part of Tens
Chapter 24: Ten Common Problems
Chapter 25: Ten Uncommon Tips