Microsoft Access – The best Excel add on

Wednesday 19 November 2008 09:30 - 12:30

Objectives

This course will help overcome the hurdle of getting to grips with database technology and show how a reasonable understanding of Access can improve many aspects of your business IT systems.

Please note this is not a ‘hands-on’ course.

Who should attend?

Accountants in practice or business who use Microsoft Office suite and accounting software and are keen to find out more about how best to extract, combine and work with the data at the heart of their business.

Topics

Introduction to databases – how to decide what to put where
The missing link – how Access can help you use Excel to get information you want, how you want to see it
Combine data from different sources and add whatever is missing
Go further with Access – never again use Excel for data entry, an introduction to simple Access forms
Use Access to help manage your reporting
Its not all good – database dangers

Registration opens 30 minutes before each event

Speaker

Simon Hurst, a Chartered Accountant, has been involved in computer software for 16 years. His training organisation, The Knowledge Base, provides a wide range of training and consultancy services to accountants and other professionals.