Category Archives: Microsoft Access

Open Favourite Documents Quickly in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access

Posted on August 12, 2014 by garysch

We all have documents we use regularly and even though they conveniently appear on our recent file list we can make them even more prominent. This can be done by pinning these files in the recent files list. This is … Continue reading →

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VBA: Using the IF Statement

Posted on May 29, 2014 by garysch

The IF statement is one of the most important concepts to use when programming, it is simply used all the time. The IF statement helps the program make decisions based on criteria you have set. So it can decided on … Continue reading →

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VBA: Understanding Variables

Posted on May 27, 2014 by garysch

If you are getting into macros then you need to know about programming in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and with that you need to know about variables. VBA is a great tool for automating so many tasks in Microsoft … Continue reading →

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How to Use Excel PivotTables

Posted on February 17, 2014 by garysch

Excel is full of great tools for doing data analysis, in fact it is sometimes useful to import data from another application or database and analyse it in Excel. One of these great tools is the PivotTable. It is quick … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Access: How to Use the Update Query

Posted on January 2, 2014 by garysch

If you have been following my blog since the beginning of this week you will have seen that I have been looking at action queries in Microsoft Access. These are queries that are using for changing the data sets such … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Access: How to Use the Append Query

Posted on December 31, 2013 by garysch

So you’ve imported some data into your Microsoft Access database and now need to add that data to an existing table. It would be handy to copy and paste but using an append query does the trick and you can … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Access: How to Use Make Table Query

Posted on December 29, 2013 by garysch

Microsoft Access has different types of queries to do everything from just viewing selected data to archiving it using a make table query, deleting data, appending data and updating data. For the next few days I will be adding video … Continue reading →

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