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Microsoft Excel on the other hand is a spreadsheet program, it is usually used to display data and work out calculations in the form of tables and graphs, it also has a more integrated use of macros. So basically, Access stores data, Excel calculates and displays data.   ANS2:Access creates relational databases.
Top 10 reasons to use Access with Excel - Reason 2: Sharing data by linking to an Excel worksheet from Access. 1  One of the easiest ways to derive the benefits of both Excel and Access is to link an Excel worksheet to an Access table. 2  Access supports two fundamentally different ways of creating database tables.