When you want to organize, sort, and perform basic analysis on a lightweight database, full-fledged database software seems like overkill and expensive. Here is where Excel can step in to save the ...

Over the years, I have discovered a handful of software tools that act like perfect partners for Excel, each bringing its unique strengths to the table.

Excel is spreadsheet software program and Access is database software program, but both can be used to store data similarly. A "flat" database stores a single table with fields of data in each ...

I’ll show you how to make the most of this relational database program. Do You Need Access If You Have Excel?

The question is what is better for estimating - using a spreadsheet or investing in database driven construction estimating software?