GO! with Microsoft Access 2010 Introductory

For introductory computer courses on Microsoft Access 2010 or courses in computer concepts with a lab component on Access.   Teach the course YOU want in LESS TIME!    The primary goal of the GO! Series, aside from teaching computer applications, is ease of implementation. This approach is based on clearly defined projects for students and a one-of-a-kind supplements package for instructors.

Table of Contents:
GO! with Microsoft Access 2010 Intro Table of Contents Common Features Chapter 1 Using the Common Features of Office 2010 Scenario: Oceana Palm Grill Project 1A: Menu Plan Objective 1      Use Windows Explorer to Locate Files and Folder Activity 1.01     Using Windows Explorer to Locate Files and Folders Objective 2      Locate and Start a Microsoft Office 2010 Program Activity 1.02     Locating and Starting a Microsoft Office 2010 Program Objective 3      Enter and Edit Text in an Office Program Activity 1.03     Entering and Editing Text in an Office Program Objective 4      Perform Commands From a Dialog Box Activity 1.04     Performing Commands From a Dialog Box Objective 5      Create a Folder, Save a File, and Close a Program Activity 1.05     Creating a Folder, Saving a File, and Closing a Program Objective 6      Print a File Activity 1.06     Printing a File Project 1B: Memo Objective 7      Open an Existing File and Save it With a New Name Activity 1.07     Opening an Existing File and Saving it With a New Name Objective 8      Explore Application Options Activity 1.08     Viewing Application Options Objective 9      Perform Commands from the Ribbon Activity 1.09     Performing Commands from the Ribbon Activity 1.10     Minimizing and Using the Keyboard to Control the Ribbon Objective 10   Apply Formatting in Office Programs Activity 1.11     Formatting and Viewing Pages Activity 1.12     Formatting Text Activity 1.13     Using the Office Clipboard to Cut, Copy, and Paste Objective 11   Use the Microsoft Office 2010 Help System Activity 1.14     Using the Microsoft Office 2010 Help System in Excel Objective 12   Compress Files Activity 1.15     Compressing Files Chapter 1 Getting Started with Access Databases Scenario: Capital Cities Community College Project 1A: Contact Information Objective 1: Identify Good Database Design Activity 1.01 Using Good Design Techniques to Plan a Database Objective 2: Create a Table and Define Fields in a New Blank Database Activity 1.02 Starting with a New Blank Database Activity 1.03 Creating Fields in a Table Activity 1.04 Renaming Field in a Table Activity 1.05 Adding a Record to a Table Activity 1.06 Assigning the Data Type of a Field in Datasheet View Activity 1.07 Adding Additional Records to a Table Activity 1.08 Importing Data from an Excel Workbook to an Existing Access Table Objective 3: Add and Change the Structure of Tables Activity 1.09 Deleting a Table Field in Design View Activity 1.10 Modifying a Field Size and Description in Design View Activity 1.11 Setting a Primary Key and Saving a Table Activity 1.12 Adding a Second Table to a Database by Importing an Excel Spreadsheet Activity 1.13 Adjusting Column Widths Activity 1.14 Printing a Table Objective 4: Create and Use a Query, a Form, and a Report Activity 1.15 Using the Simple Query Wizard to Create a Query Activity 1.16 Creating a Form Activity 1.17 Creating, Modifying, and Printing a Report Objective 5: Save, Close, and Change the Properties of a Database Activity 1.18 Changing Database Properties Activity 1.19 Closing and Saving a Database Project 1B: Student Workshops Objective 6: Create a Database Using a Template Activity 1.20 Creating a New Database Using a Template Activity 1.21 Building a Table by Entering Records in a Multiple Items Form Objective 7: Organize Database Objects in the Navigation Pane Activity 1.22 Organizing Database Objects in the Navigation Pane Objective 8: Create a New Table in a Database Created with a Template Activity 1.23 Creating a New Table and Changing Its Design Objective 9: View a Report and Print a Table in a Database Created with a Template Activity 1.24 Viewing a Report Activity 1.25 Printing a Table Chapter 2 Sort and Query a Database Scenario: Capital Cities Community College Project 2A: Instructors and Courses Objective 1: Open an Existing Database Activity 2.01 Opening and Renaming an Existing Database Activity 2.02 Resolving Security Alerts and Renaming Tables Objective 2: Create Table Relationships Activity 2.03 Creating Table Relationships and Enforcing Referential Integrity Activity 2.04 Printing a Relationship Report Objective 3: Sort Records in a Table Activity 2.05 Sorting Records in a Table in Ascending or Descending Order Activity 2.06 Sorting Records in a Table on Multiple Fields Objective 4: Create a Query in Design View Activity 2.07 Creating a New Select Query in Design View Activity 2.08 Running, Saving, Printing, and Closing a Query Objective 5: Create a New Query from an Existing Query Activity 2.09 Creating a New Query from an Existing Query Objective 6: Sort Query Results Activity 2.10 Sorting Query Results Objective 7: Specify Criteria in a Query Activity 2.11 Specifying Text Criteria in a Query Activity 2.12 Specifying Criteria Using a Field Not Displayed in the Query Results Activity 2.13 Using Is Null Criteria to Find Empty Fields Project 2B: Athletic Scholarships Objective 8: Specify Numeric Criteria in a Query Activity 2.14 Opening an Existing Database and Importing a Spreadsheet Activity 2.15 Creating Table Relationships Activity 2.16 Specifying Numeric Criteria in a Query Activity 2.17 Using Comparison Operators Activity 2.18 Using the Between . . . And Comparison Operator Objective 9: Use Compound Criteria Activity 2.19 Using AND Criteria in a Query Activity 2.20 Using OR Criteria in a Query Objective 10: Create a Query Based on More Than One Table Activity 2.21 Creating a Query Based on More Than One Table Objective 11: Use Wildcards in a Query Activity 2.22 Using a Wildcard in a Query Objective 12: Use Calculated Fields in a Query Activity 2.23 Using Calculated Fields in a Query Objective 13: Calculate Statistics and Group Data in a Query Activity 2.24 Using the MIN, MAX, AVG, and SUM Functions in a Query Activity 2.25 Grouping Data in a Query   Chapter 3 Forms, Filters, and Reports Scenario: Capital Cities Community College Project 3A: Students and Majors Objective 1: Create and Use a Form to Add and Delete Records Activity 3.01 Creating a Form Activity 3.02 Adding Records to a Table by Using a Form Activity 3.03 Deleting Records from a Table by Using a Form Activity 3.04 Printing a Form Objective 2: Create a Form by Using the Form Wizard Activity 3.05 Creating a Form by Using the Form Wizard Objective 3: Modify a Form in Design View and in Layout View Activity 3.06 Modifying a Form in Design View Activity 3.07 Adding, Resizing, and Moving Controls in Layout View Activity 3.08 Formatting and Aligning Controls in Layout View Objective 4: Filter Records Activity 3.09 Filtering Data by Selection on One Field Activity 3.10 Using Filter By Form   Project 3B: Job Openings Objective 5: Create a Report by Using the Report Tool Activity 3.11 Creating a Report by Using the Report Tool Activity 3.12 Modifying a Report in Layout View Objective 6: Create Reports by Using the Blank Report Tool or the Report Wizard Activity 3.13 Creating a Report by Using the Blank Report Tool Activity 3.14 Creating a Report by Using the Report Wizard Objective 7: Modify the Design of a Report                Activity 3.15 Modifying a Report in Layout View Activity 3.16 Modifying a Report in Design View Objective 8: Keep Data Together in a Printed Report Activity 3.17 Keeping Data Together and Printing a Report   Chapter 4 Enhancing Tables Scenario: City of Westland Plains Project 4A Maneuver Data and Enforce Data Integrity Objective 1 Manage Existing Tables Activity 4.01 Backing Up a Database Activity 4.02 Adding File Locations to Trusted Locations Activity 4.03 Copying a Table and Modifying the Structure Activity 4.04 Appending Records to a Table Activity 4.05 Splitting a Table into Two Tables Activity 4.06 Appending Records from Another Database Objective 2 Modify Existing Tables Activity 4.07 Finding and Deleting Records Activity 4.08 Finding and Modifying Records Activity 4.09 Adding and Moving Fields in Design View  and Datasheet View Activity 4.10 Checking Spelling Objective 3 Create and Modify Table Relationships Activity 4.11 Creating Table Relationships and Testing Referential Integrity Activity 4.12 Setting and Testing Cascade Options   Project 4B Format Tables and Validate Data Entry Objective 4 Create a table in design view Activity 4.13 Creating a Table in Design View Objective 5 Change Data types Activity 4.14 Changing Data Types Objective 6 Create a Lookup Field Activity 4.15 Creating a Lookup Field Based on a List of Values Activity 4.16 Creating a Lookup Field Based on Data in Another Table Objective 7 Set Field Properties Activity 4.17 Creating an Input Mask using the Input Mask Wizard Activity 4.18 Creating an Input Mask using the Input Mask Properties Box Activity 4.19 Specifying a Required Field Activity 4.20 Setting Default Values for Fields Activity 4.21 Indexing Fields in a Table Objective 8 Create Data Validation Rules and Validation Text Activity 4.22 Creating Data Validation Rules and Validation Text Activity 4.23 Testing Table Design and Field Properties Objective 9 Attach Files to Records Activity 4.24 Attaching a Word Document to a Record   Chapter 5 Enhancing Queries Scenario: Board Anywhere Surf and Snowboard Shop Project 5A Create Special-Purpose Queries Objective 1 Create Calculated Fields in a Query Activity 5.01 Creating a Calculated Field Based on Two Existing Fields Activity 5.02 Creating a Calculated Field Based on One Existing Field and a Number Objective 2 Use Aggregate Functions in a Query Activity 5.03 Adding a Total Row to a Query Activity 5.04 Creating a Totals Query Objective 3 Create a Crosstab Query Activity 5.05 Creating a Select Query as the Source for a Crosstab Query Activity 5.06 Creating a Crosstab Query Objective 4 Find Duplicate and Unmatched Records Activity 5.07 Finding Duplicate Records Activity 5.08 Finding Unmatched Records Objective 5 Create a Parameter Query Activity 5.09 Creating a Parameter Query Using One Criteria Activity 5.10 Creating a Parameter Query Using Multiple Criteria   Project 5B Create Action Queries and Modify Join Types Objective 6 Create a Make Table Query Activity 5.11 Creating a Select Query Activity 5.12 Converting a Select Query to a Make Table Query Objective 7 Create an Append Query Activity 5.13 Creating an Append Query for a Table in the Current Database Activity 5.14 Creating an Append Query for a Table in Another Database Objective 8 Create a Delete Query Activity 5.15 Creating a Delete Query Objective 9 Create an Update Query Activity 5.16 Creating an Update Query Activity 5.17 Creating an Update Query with an Expression Objective 10 Modify the Join Type Activity 5.18 Viewing the Results of a Query Using an Inner Join Activity 5.19 Changing the Join Type to an Outer Join   Chapter 6 Customizing Forms and Reports Scenario: Wild Islands Breeze Project 6A Customize Forms Objective 1 Create a Form in Design View                 Activity 6.01 Creating a Form in Design View                 Activity 6.02 Adding Sections to the Form Objective 2 Change and Add Controls                 Activity 6.03 Changing Controls on a Form                 Activity 6.04 Adding Controls to a Form Objective 3 Format a Form                 Activity 6.05 Adding a Background Color                 Activity 6.06 Adding a Background Picture to a Form                 Activity 6.07 Modifying the Borders of Controls Objective 4 Make a Form User Friendly                 Activity 6.08 Adding a Message to the Status Bar                 Activity 6.09 Creating Custom ControlTips                 Activity 6.10 Changing the Tab Order   Project 6B Customize Reports Objective 5 Create a Report Based on a Query Using a Wizard                 Activity 6.11 Creating a Report Using a Wizard                 Activity 6.12 Modifying a Report Created Using a Wizard Objective 6 Create a Report in Design View                 Activity 6.13 Creating a Report in Design view                 Activity 6.14 Modifying the Sections of a Report Objective 7 Add Controls to a Report                 Activity 6.15 Adding Label and Text Box Controls to a Report                 Activity 6.16 Adding an Image Control and a Line Control to a Report Objective 8 Group, Sort, and Total Records in Design View                 Activity 6.17 Adding a Grouping and Sort Level to a Report                 Activity 6.18 Adding Calculated Controls to a Report

About the Author :
Shelley Gaskin, Series Editor for the GO! Series, is a professor of business and computer technology at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. She holds a master's degree in business education from Northern Illinois   University and a doctorate in adult and community education from Ball State University. Dr. Gaskin has 15 years of experience in the computer industry with several Fortune 500 companies and has developed and written training materials for custom systems applications in both the public and private sector. She is also the author of books on Microsoft Outlook and word processing. Carolyn McLellan is the Dean of the Division of Information Technology and Business at Tidewater Community College in Virginia Beach, Virginia.  She has an M.A. degree in Secondary Education from Regent University and a B.S. degree in Business Education from Old Dominion University.  She taught for Norfolk Public Schools for 17 years in Business Education and served as a faculty member at Tidewater Community College for eight years teaching networking, where she developed over 23 new courses and earned the Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft Certified System Engineer industry certifications.  In addition to teaching, Carolyn loves to play volleyball, boogie board at the beach, bicycle, crochet, cook, and read.   Nancy Graviett is a professor in the Business and Computer Science department at St. Charles Community College in Cottleville, Missouri, where she is the program coordinator for the Business Administrative Systems program and teaches within the program. Nancy is also very active with distance learning and teaches in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats. She holds a master’s degree from University of Missouri. Nancy holds Microsoft® Certified Application Specialist certification in multiple applications and provides training both on and off campus. In her free time, Nancy enjoys quilting and spending time with family and friends.