Microsoft Access Archives

Creating Calculated Fields in Microsoft Access

When setting up reports in Access, we’re trying to learn something which wasn’t in the original data. Something calculated, derived, or otherwise figured out from the existing information. It’s fairly easy to do, though there are a few steps. After determining the requirement—a sales tax …

Data Types, Properties, and Relationships in Access

A fundamental aspect of Access databases is the setup of relationships between tables. It’s usually the nature of business databases to have them. So the actual creation of the relationship isn’t hard to do. But there are a couple of not-so-obvious things the user needs …

How to Normalize Data in Microsoft Access

The term “normalization” gets thrown about quite a bit in database circles, to try to explain part of data organization. But it’s vague, to someone not acquainted with database-ese. The idea of making data “normal” is not too far from the meaning used by database …

How to Align Fields in Access Forms

Working with Microsoft Access can be kind of intimidating when you start, especially because there seem to be so many details to absorb and keep track of. And even fairly experienced database people have to watch out for the little things. One which really drives …

How to Import Excel Data into Microsoft Access

How to Import Excel Data into Microsoft AccessWatch this video on YouTube In this Microsoft Access tutorial, you’ll learn how to import data from a Microsoft Excel worksheet and create a table from it in an Microsoft Access database. To learn more about Microsoft Access, …

How to Use VBA in Microsoft Access Tutorial

In this Microsoft Access Tutorial, you’ll see how to begin using VBA in Microsoft Access 2007. The basic concepts of objects, properties methods and events are explained and then you will see how to attach VBA code to the load event of a Microsoft Access …

Using ADO to Retrieve Data : Microsoft Access Tutorial

In this Microsoft Access Tutorial you’ll see how to connect to a database using ADO Connection, Command and Recordset objects in VBA code, how to populate text boxes from fields in the data retrieved, and how to create command buttons that use ADO Recordset methods …

MS Access Resources

Microsoft has recently published a very thorough set of MS Access 2010 resources to the TechNet site. Access has always been the part of the Office Suite that straddles the end-user/IT Professional fence. The resources on TechNet are definitely geared toward Access Developers rather than folks that might be using MS Access more casually.