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From: Barb Barb on 13 Nov 2009 09:51
I have a form in excel that I need to put in to Access, what is the easiest
way to adda spreadsheet? This is for a material and labor cost form.
From: J_Goddard via AccessMonster.com on 13 Nov 2009 11:07
Hi -

MS Access is a database management program - it does not do spreadsheets,
where values in cells are dependant on values in other cells - that is what
Excel is for. MS Access can display data that may LOOK like a spreadsheet,
but it isn't.

Can you tell us in more detail what you want to do? It might be that MS
Access is not the tool for the job.

John



Barb wrote:
>I have a form in excel that I need to put in to Access, what is the easiest
>way to adda spreadsheet? This is for a material and labor cost form.

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John Goddard
Ottawa, ON Canada
jrgoddard at cyberus dot ca

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From: John W. Vinson on 13 Nov 2009 12:05
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:51:01 -0800, Barb <Barb @discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I have a form in excel that I need to put in to Access, what is the easiest
>way to adda spreadsheet? This is for a material and labor cost form.

You can import the *data* in the Excel spreadsheet into an Access table... but
be aware that Access is emphatically NOT "Excel on steroids". It's an
altogether different program, with different conventions, different forms,
different programing and different assumptions.

In other words you can import the data, but your Excel form, all your
calculations, and any printout reports will need to be rethought and redone.

Here are some resources to get started:

Jeff Conrad's resources page:
http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/accessjunkie/resources.html

The Access Web resources page:
http://www.mvps.org/access/resources/index.html

Roger Carlson's tutorials, samples and tips:
http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/

A free tutorial written by Crystal:
http://allenbrowne.com/casu-22.html

A video how-to series by Crystal:
http://www.YouTube.com/user/LearnAccessByCrystal

MVP Allen Browne's tutorials:
http://allenbrowne.com/links.html#Tutorials

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John W. Vinson [MVP]
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