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.

How to Generate an MS Access Report to an Excel File. Microsoft Access is the powerful relational database application that ships with professional and enterprise versions of Microsoft Office.

We show you how to import data from Access Data Database into Micrsoft Excel. Access is the primary tool for managing a database.

When you’re working with simple lists, you have no reason to use Access, because Excel offers basic tools for such tasks as sorting, filtering, and computing values.