Chapter 1 Introduction to Microsoft Access Notes to the Instructor This chapter introduces the Microsoft Access 2010 database management software. Students will learn about using tables, displaying database information, finding answers to questions with database queries, using forms, and printing database reports. Some students already have an adequate working knowledge of Microsoft Access and therefore this chapter may be unnecessary review for them. We suggest that you poll your students to determine their experience levels before proceeding. If you determine that the class has sufficient experience, it may be best to proceed to Chapter 2, Databases and Accounting Systems. The many exercises presented in Chapter 1 convey the chapter’s content via a hands-on approach. It is important that the students read and carefully follow each exercise. The exercises sometimes build on one another. The exercises are an important part of the carefully crafted student learning experience. Lecture Outline The pages that follow provide an outline of the contents of Chapter 1. Objectives • Understanding the Access work environment. • Creating and using Access objects including tables, queries, forms, and reports. • Customizing the Access environment. • Opening and displaying tables. • Retrieving information with queries. • Modifying tables’ contents with action queries. • Creating and using forms to display data. • Designing and using database reports.