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Both Excel and Access are capable of doing a lot of things that the other can do. Both can store data. Both allow you to manipulate data. Access is primarily for lists of data, such as names and addresses, while Excel mainly deals with numbers.
How Excel spreadsheets work: The basics. Think of an Excel spreadsheet as an electronic flat-file database modeled after a bookkeeperâs ledger. Excelâs âspreadsheetâ is like the ledgerâs page, and Excelâs âworkbookâ grouping of spreadsheets is akin to an entire ledger.