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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.
If the data source is Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or Microsoft Office Access 2007, the data source requires a different data source provider than earlier versions of Excel or Access. For more information, see Connect to an Excel Workbook and Connect to an Access Database.