Lynda - Setting Up a Database in Excel 2010 with Dennis Taylor

Lynda - Setting Up a Database in Excel 2010 with Dennis Taylor
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Subjects: Business, Databases, IT, Business Intelligence,
Software: Excel



In this course, author Dennis Taylor shows how to use Excel for creating a simple database. The course explains the limits of Excel as a data management tool and spells out the design considerations for creating a database. It also demonstrates using tables to simplify database creation as well as the Form and Data Validation tools to manage data.
Topics include:

Understanding database design concepts
Using the Text to Columns feature
Creating fields
Using tables
Adding total fields
Formatting tables with the Design tab
Using the Form tool to build and view data
Using data validation to restrict data entries