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.