Access is a robust database program you can use to store and manage large quantities of data. You can use Access to manage anything from a home inventory to a giant warehouse of products. Access can help you organize your information into tables, speed up data entry with forms, and perform powerful analysis using filters and queries. In this part, you learn how to build and maintain a database file, add tables, create forms, and analyze your data using filters, sort, and queries.

Chapter 18 teaches you how to create a database, while Chapter 19 demonstrates how to populate the database with data using tables. Chapter 20 shows you how to simplify data entry with forms, and Chapter 21 explains a few ways you can manipulate your database data.

Chapter 18: Database Basics 274

Chapter 19: Adding Data Using Tables 280

Chapter 20: Adding Data Using Forms 294

Chapter 21: Finding and Querying Data 310