Easy to Learn Microsoft Access and their rich features

"Want to learn Microsoft Access the easy way? Start here with the fundamentals..."

If you have wondered where you start to learn Microsoft Access the quickest and simplest way, then welcome to About Access Databases as this website will step you through and guide you to learning Access the easy way!

The first lesson covers Access fundamentals introducing you to the concepts, objects and general features of this rich application. Topics include the Database Window, how to create a database following the tutorials and generally understanding Access terminology.

Access beginners sometimes find this application overwhelming as there are a lot of objects and components to an Access Database. We are going to start by de-mystifying some of these objects and introduce you to Access Terminology first and foremost.

Access Main Interface

Microsoft Access is part of the Microsoft Office suite of applications and if you have some prior knowledge and experience with the likes of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word then acclimatising to Access will be even easier as some of the general features, look and feel will be familiar to you.

Make sure you spend the time learning the terminology before moving onto learning about the Access interface and general features.

The next part of the process will be to start to look at planning and creating an Access database. This is where you are introduced to the pre-defined wizards and templates to speed up the starting process.

You will find plenty of links that will take you through to specific areas of interest which include tutorials, sample databases, templates, designing tables, queries, forms and reports.

At some point, you will want to start adding, editing and saving record information in your new Access database by storing records in either a table or a form.

Note: You can download the database file of your version to test the examples explained and illustrated throughout this website.

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