Which App to use, Forms Question?

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nastech

I am using Excel, and am wondering if I can use Access for the same thing as
far as cells & equations go.

I also have manually entered divider lines in my excel file, with
corresponding empty lines for white space.

Are there restrictions to manipulating data if there are such lines?
Is the use of forms or reports? something that can overcome that.
If I have to (if no options) Can I use Access Reports in Excel?

Thanks in advance.
 
J

John Vinson

I am using Excel, and am wondering if I can use Access for the same thing as
far as cells & equations go.
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No.

Excel is a spreadsheet; Access is a relational database. They are VERY
different, even though a table datasheet looks rather like a
spreadsheet.
I also have manually entered divider lines in my excel file, with
corresponding empty lines for white space.
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That would NOT work in Access; in fact, tables are not used for
printing or data presentation.
Are there restrictions to manipulating data if there are such lines?
Is the use of forms or reports? something that can overcome that.
If I have to (if no options) Can I use Access Reports in Excel?
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Data is stored in tables, *as data*; for printing you can use the
rather powerful Access report generator to lay the data out on paper,
with blank lines, page breaks, boxes, rectangles, a whole variety of
tools.

You can certainly use Access to link to an existing spreadsheet in
order to use Access' report generator. However, don't expect it to
work the same as Excel; the entire logic is different.


John W. Vinson[MVP]
 
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