FD's Diary: Excel, OK. Access, no go. Why is that?

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April 29 ' I admit it, I'm an Excel junkie. I always have been. Well, I have since about 1990. Supercalc and Lotus 1-2-3 had teased my affections until then.

So of course I find what's going on about Excel on AccountingWEB fascinating.

But one thing troubles me. That's the comment in the review of David Carter's recent presentation that those of us who spend hours building complicated Excel spreadsheets should really get to know Access.

I fear he's right.

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