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You use Office Excel 2010, the spreadsheet software from Microsoft, to create complex documents that can contain tables. Access 2010, the database software from Microsoft, also contains tables.

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.

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.