Many people are familiar with Microsoft Word and Excel, but have never used Microsoft Access. I was one of those people. Access is a database software program. It is used for filing data and information. I had never used it for anything before, so everything about the program was completely new to me. It was very confusing to try to learn how to use a complex software program in one lesson. I think that actually doing some of the applications in the Database project will help me feel more comfortable with the program. Also, I have never really had the need for a program like this yet. I can see how this can be helpful in a business environment because you are using large amounts of related information. But I found that even though I was amazed at all that this program can do, I still wouldn't use it very much for personal use.
Some of the concepts behind using Microsoft access are that databases store all data in tables. The data can be categorized into different fields and the fields can be connected to each other if they have a relationship in common. When entering data make sure that the data is not being redundant. That is, that it is not being entered in more than once. This is called Normalization. There are different data types that you can record. You can have text, numbers, dates, objects, and so on. In Access you can also create reports of the information and forms. You can work your way through Access by using the ribbon bar at the top of the screen. It has different tabs to help you through, just like in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
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