Overview
Although many people rarely go from Excel into Access or vice versa, you should know that Microsoft actually designed these applications to work together. In this book, you’ll discover how Access benefits from Excel’s flexible presentation layer and versatile analysis capabilities, while Access’s relational database structure and robust querying tools enhance Excel. Once you learn to make the two work together, you’ll find that your team’s productivity is the real winner.
Synopsis
Excel users. Access users. You're probably among the majority, living in one camp or the other but rarely crossing between the two. Yet Microsoft designed these applications to work together. In this book, you'll discover how Access benefits from Excel's flexible presentation layer and versatile analysis capabilities, while Access's relational database structure and robust querying tools enhance Excel. Once you learn to make the team work, you'll find that your team's productivity is the real winner.
- Move data easily between Excel and Access
- Store Excel data in a structured relational database
- Create Excel PivotTables with Access data
- Report Access data using Excel's presentation layer
- Use VBA, ADO, and SQL to move data from one application to the other
- Save time and increase productivity by automating redundant processes with VBA
- Simplify integration tasks using XML
- Integrate Excel data into other Office applications
Companion Web site
Find all the examples from the book in the database located at www.wiley.com/go/exceland accessintegration.