Microsoft Access 2013 Tutorial

Microsoft Access 2013 is the tenth full release of Access, and it marks 21 years since the first version was released in 1992. It has come a long way since then. MS Access 2013 has a fresh new look too.

Microsoft Access 2013, along with its fresh new look, is included in the Office 2013 suite. If you have a copy of Access you'll be able to do all the examples. Even if you have an earlier copy of Access, you should still be able to complete the examples, as most of the tasks are basic, fundamental tasks that are inherent in most versions of Access.

This Microsoft Access tutorial is for beginners. No knowledge of Microsoft Access is required, although a basic understanding of databases will help.

Table of Contents

  1. About Microsoft Access
  2. Create a Database
  3. Create a Table
  4. Adding Data
  5. Create a Form
  6. Modify a Form
  7. Create a Query
  8. Modify a Query
  9. SQL View
  10. Create a Macro
  11. Export Access Database to Excel
  12. Access 2013 versus Access 2016
  13. Microsoft Access versus SQL Server
  14. Summary
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Microsoft Access 2003

For a "blast from the past" check out my Microsoft Access 2003 Tutorial.

There's also a tutorial for Access 2016.