Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access both store data used to write a financial report. However, Excel has more built-in options for quickly generating a report from a small amount of financial data.

Much like Microsoft Excel, Access lets you view and edit data. But Access is more powerful than Excel, and can handle much more data at once. Here's all you need to know about Microsoft Access.

Here’s a real-world situation involving complex data that is a good candidate for being stored and managed in Access rather than in Excel: Let’s say your business needs to maintain records as ...

Importing data from Excel to Access can be a little dicey, often resulting in missing information, incorrectly converted values, or data that's difficult to work with. These pointers will help you ...

While working with an Access database, you may often find yourself importing data from Excel. Eliminate that repetitive task by letting Access create a macro that loads your spreadsheet at the ...

Don't have access to Access? You can use Excel to open the database you want, using the MS Query Wizard. Here's how to multitask using Office's versatile spreadsheet program.

I got assigned to do a little MS office work today, which includes importing some big (1mb) excel spreadsheets into an Access database file, and I only know the basics for these two programs. When ...