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You can't really compare them, as they are for doing two different jobs. Access is for creating databases. Excel is for creating spreadsheets. It is possible to do simple databases in Excel, but Access is better at doing databases, so that is one way you would say Access is better. However, Excel is better for doing calculations and though you can do a lot of calculations in Access, Excel is better in that area. So you pick which one is suited to whatever you need to do.

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What is a formula in Microsoft Access?

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