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Tables and Fields

• Indexes and their application
• Validation rules in tables
• Value lists
• Search fields
• Creating and using OLE Object data types

Queries

• Queries using the Union operator
• Crosstab queries
• Logical, date, text, conversion, and aggregate functions
• Identifying duplicate and unmatched records

Forms

• Creating subforms
• Viewing totals
• Opening subforms in a new window
• Setting default values for controls
• Switching form views

Reporting

• Numbering records within groups
• Creating multi-column reports
• Designing report templates
• Creating user-defined "labels"

Charts

• Creating charts
• Embedding charts in forms and reports
• Editing and modifying charts

Macros

• Creating simple macros
• Macro Wizard
• Adding conditions
• Assigning macros to control events
• Methods for running macros
• Creating macro groups
• Autoexec macro
• AutoKeys macro
• Testing macros in "single-step mode"

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Data export and import

• Exporting tables and queries
• Exporting reports as snapshots
• Exporting reports to Microsoft Word
• Importing data from other databases
• Importing text files (CSV)
• Importing Excel spreadsheets
• Linking tables from external databases

Database Relational Model and Data Integrity

• Foreign keys and maintaining consistency
• Cascade deletion and updating related records
• Methods for joining tables
• Inner, outer, right, and left joins
• Joining tables without using the "JOIN" clause
• Testing data integrity

Database Tools and Maintenance

• Compacting and repairing databases
• Backing up and restoring
• Database Documenter
• Database replication
• Synchronization
• Viewing dependencies between objects

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