what are the uses of excel?

[Guest]

i need to know about excel the software and what it is good for. also i
need to know why/if so is Access better than it and what are the differences
between the two software. if you could reply as soon as possible it would be
much appretiated.

thank you,

 

[Rob van Gelder]

Wow - that's a pretty broad question.

I could give you the million line response, or just simply say
Excel is a Spreadsheet application
Access is a Database application

Since both applications give users the ability to manage their data, there
is quite a lot of feature overlap.
Each application has their strengths depending on the task.

Suggest you research the terms Spreadsheet and Database.

 

[JulieD]

Hi

sounds like homework to me.

couple of things you might like to research are:
- limitations with regards to the number of records each can deal with
- concepts like relational vs flatfile databases

Cheers
JulieD

 

[Sharad Naik]

As Rob explained answering to your question will be out of scope here.
There are Video Tapes (and now mostly CD / DVDs too), on Excel
and Access Tutorials. I would suggest you contact a local MicroSoft dealers
and get the Tutorial tapes. These are pretty good for one to learn faster.

Sharad

 

[Guest]

You can try out the whole of the Ofice suite for free for a trial period:
check the Microsoft site.