Feb 11, 2014

Excel Vs. Access

By Jason Larrsohn


Microsoft Excel is a crucial tool for people in both the private and business sectors. It provides a wide range of individuals with a large number of tools for compiling data, whether it's in number or word form. At some point, most people will encounter a spreadsheet in their travels.

Personally, I've done more work with Excel than Access. I'm also more of a Superman fan than a Batman fan. So Excel will be Superman and Access will be Batman. Excel can do quite a bit. It's true that it is best for more straightforward data management: lists, calculations, spreadsheets, summaries, and more static data. This is how Superman takes care of business. Fly in, boom bang and he's done.

On the other hand, Access is better at more complicated queries, relational data (meaning linking information from one source to another), charts and graphs. Data changes frequently and is often accessed and altered by more people. This is the same way Batman works. He is more complicated. He's got all his gadgets that are constantly updating and changing. He has sidekicks. He takes a more clever approach to problems.

Anyone who needs to perform a large number of functions within a particular spreadsheet doesn't want to have to enter all the formulas in one-by-one. In the case of spreadsheets where the formulas will be uniform throughout, built-in functions will come particularly in handy. Anyone who wants to have an opportunity to master Microsoft Excel should consider becoming involved with Kuwait Microsoft courses.

As part of obtaining your Kuwait Microsoft certification, you will have to know the best way to generate graphs within Microsoft Excel. Anyone that has used this program has either perused the graph creation feature or made this part of the application a major part of their repertoire.

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The biggest part of a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel is the data that goes into it. Without the data, it would be more practical for you to create your document within Microsoft Word. In Microsoft Excel, you have the ability to draw from data that's collected from many different areas. The more data that you have to work with, the more options you will have for what you can do within your spreadsheet.

Even if Access is more ideal for that kind of project, it's fine to stick with what you know. But if you like efficiency and learning new things, take a course from Microsoft Training Kuwait and get your Microsoft Certification Kuwait for both programs!




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