We kept Office 97 because the lab is just now switching over to Office 2000 and many people either still have the 97 version on their computers or know how to use it. Just remember, a database created in Office 2000 cannot be opened in Office 97. Read the materials provided for Topic 1 Practice setting up a database in Microsoft Access Practice sorting, executing queries, using fundamental statistical functions, and creating and printing reports. Demonstrate skill competency by completing the activities for this topic. The fundamental differences between Access 97 and 2000 are minor, except that you cannot open a file in 97 that is created in 2000.
Data are pieces of information that become useful when they are organized in a meaningful way.
A database is an organized collection of data. You may think of a database as an electronic box of file cards. A teacher could have cards for each class in the day, grouped together. Each group of cards can be thought of as a table. Each card is a record, and the information on each card are fields, such as name, address, phone, zip code, and so forth.