ACCESS

WHAT IS ACCESS?

•ACCESS IS A DATABASE SOFTWARE PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY MICROSOFT.

WHAT IS DATA?

• DATA = INFORMATION• DATA/INFO ABOUT A SPECIFIC TOPIC!!!

EXAMPLES OF HOW TO USE ACCESS

• CAREER RESEARCH—THE JOBS YOU LIKE• COLLECTION OF RECIPES ---ALL IN ONEOR• COLLECTION OF RECIPES –SPECIFIC TO

CHOCOLATE• COLLECTION OF CD’S• ALL YOUR RELATIVES NAMES, ADDRESSES,

BIRTHDAYS, ETC.• SKYWARD IS A DATABASE• GOOGLE IS A DATABASE

WHAT DOES ACCESS ALLOW YOU TO DO?

• TO STORE INFORMATION

• FIND INFORMATION

• ANALYZE THE INFO AND YOU CAN PRINT IT OUT

• ALSO SHARE IT…

• MANAGE INFORMATION

• MANIPULATE/CHANGE/MODIFY

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS/ATTRIBUTES OF ACCESS?

• THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OBJECTS/TOOLS• WITHIN THE SOFTWARE:• YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE ALL OF THEM…….

• THE MAIN ONE THAT YOU MUST USE IS CALLED A TABLE.• TABLE = HEART & SOUL OF A DATABASE• NO TABLE = NO DATABASE

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• WHAT DOES THE TABLE DO?• STORES THE DATA (INFORMATION)

• IT PUTS THE DATA IN COLUMNS AND ROWS• COLUMN IS CONSIDERED IN A DATABASE TO BE A FIELD (UNIT OF

INFO)

• ROWS ARE THE VARIABLES THAT CHANGE WITH EACH ENTRY…….(records)

• ALL THE OTHER OBJECTS ARE THE TOOLS YOU USE TO ANALYZE, MANIPULATE, AND STORE THE DATA.• Such as:• Reports• Forms• Queries• Filters