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Exploring Microsoft 365: Access 2025, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (February 11, 2025) © 2026

  • Mary Anne Poatsy
  • Jerri Williams Montgomery County Community College
  • Amy M. Rutledge Oakland University

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  • More flexible. Start learning right away, on any device.
  • More supportive. Get AI explanations and practice questions (select titles).
  • More interactive. Bring learning to life with audio, videos, and diagrams.
  • More memorable. Make concepts stick with highlights, search, notes, and flashcards.
  • More understandable. Translate text into 100+ languages with one tap.

In this eTextbook — More ways to learn

  • More flexible. Start learning right away, on any device.
  • More supportive. Get AI explanations and practice questions (select titles).
  • More interactive. Bring learning to life with audio, videos, and diagrams.
  • More memorable. Make concepts stick with highlights, search, notes, and flashcards.
  • More understandable. Translate text into 100+ languages with one tap.

In this eTextbook — More ways to learn

  • More flexible. Start learning right away, on any device.
  • More supportive. Get AI explanations and practice questions (select titles).
  • More interactive. Bring learning to life with audio, videos, and diagrams.
  • More memorable. Make concepts stick with highlights, search, notes, and flashcards.
  • More understandable. Translate text into 100+ languages with one tap.

Title overview

The Exploring Microsoft® 365 series moves beyond rote tasks to help you truly understand how, when and why to apply Office skills in a cloud-based world. For over 20 years, the series has engaged students in hands-on practice to help them succeed. Multiple-choice questions, problem-solving exercises and cumulative projects throughout each chapter assess understanding and skill mastery.

The 2025 Edition has been updated to reflect the latest versions of the Microsoft 365 applications. A greater emphasis on Mac compatibility and critical thinking enables all students to attain the skills to succeed. Updated Critical Thinking questions help you truly understand the “why” behind what you’re learning.

Table of contents

  1. Microsoft 365 Common Features: Take the First Step
  2. Introduction to Databases and Microsoft Access
  3. Understanding Tables and Simple Queries in Relational Databases: Design Essentials and Extracting Information
  4. Retrieving Information through Queries: Query Calculations and Expressions
  5. Basic Forms and Reports: Simplifying Data Entry and Producing Information
  6. Data Validation and Data Analysis: Reducing Errors and Extracting Better Information
  7. Action and Specialized Queries: Advancing Beyond the Select Query
  8. Advanced Forms and Reports: Moving Beyond the Basics
  9. Get Connected: Exchange Data between Access and Other Applications
  10. Fine-Tuning the Database: Designing for Performance
  11. Enhanced Database Techniques: Using Macros and SQL in Access

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