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This article will walk you through performing a simple comparison of two sample Access databases.

Forms are the main user interface elements in an Access database. Forms allow users to interact with your database by entering information and presenting information in a user-friendly format. This tutorial will walk you through creating a form in Access 2013.

Calculated fields in Access are easily created and can give your application or reports much needed information. This article will discuss how to create a calculated field and add it to a table within your Access database.

Conditional formatting allows you to format the font and text attributes of a control in a form or report based on the data in that control or data in a separate control. For example, you may want to highlight values within a specific range or format negative numbers red.

Append queries allow you to copy data from a different source into one of your existing tables. This article will give you an example of when append queries come in handy and step-by-step instructions on how to append a sample table with new data.

So you’ve got a fancy database with all kinds of data in it. How do you take advantage of it? Queries allow you to take a peek at specific sets of data inside of your database. Access 2013 allows you to build queries in a number of ways depending on your familiarity with queries.

Switchboards in Access allow users to easily navigate between the different forms and reports within a database. This article will utilize a sample database to create a switchboard for navigation.

In the last article I described Microsoft Access’s new Web Application support and the steps you need to take before you start building out your application. This article will take a deeper dive looking at setting up your first web app.

Microsoft introduces the ability to create and deploy web applications using Microsoft Access 2013. What are web apps and what can you do with them? In this series I’ll cover what web applications are, what you need to create them and how to start the design process.

Need to get your email going, but find yourself unable to configure things properly? This step-by-step guide will have things laid out plain and simple for the setup of Outlook Web Access. Understand the difference between Outlook vs. Exchange, slow connections, login, and more.