Lesson objectives help students
become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to
evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course,
students will be able to:
- Define databases and add
data to them by using templates and by importing and
exporting data.
- Explore the Approach
Preferences settings, and identify and solve common data
problems by applying the concepts of data normalization.
- Create forms based on
multiple databases by using a repeating panel.
- Display data from multiple
databases by creating repeating panel reports.
- Analyze and evaluate the
information in databases by creating worksheets, crosstabs,
and charts.
- Create form letters and
generate mailing labels from databases.
- Use existing macros like
templates to create new macros, and create decision-making
macros by using the If function.
- Personalize the Approach
environment by displaying a customized set of SmartIcons and
creating a custom menu.
You will need 8 megabytes (MB) of
Random Access Memory (RAM) (16 MB is recommended) and 32 MB of
hard-disk space for default installation in an IBM PC or fully
compatible personal computer with a speed of 80486/50 MHz or
higher, a hard drive, and a 3.5" high-density disk drive.
Printers are not required, although you need an installed printer
driver to use Print Preview. You will also need Microsoft Windows
95, Microsoft Windows 98, or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, as well as
Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition Release 9.5. See your
reference manual for hardware considerations that apply to your
specific hardware setup.
