Access is a Microsoft program, powerful, and expensive. Most users don't need this power so MS sells it as a stand-alone product.
You can download comparable freeware at:
download Open Office at: http://www.openoffice.org/index.html
Open Office tutorial at: http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/
OpenOffice.org FAQs: http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html
Buy Full Open Office Suite $47 2/6/07: http://www-openoffice.com/?hop=djdowd&OVRAW=is%20Open%20Office%20legal&OVKEY=open%20office&OVMTC=advanced
FAQs: http://www-openoffice.com/faq.html
Open Office is a free Offfice Suite which has proven to be an alternatvie to Microsoft Office except for one thing that I mentioned, it's FREE. There are many other sites dedicated to Open Office and even those that offer Open Office Tutorials.
OpenOffice.org is a collection of different applications that work together closely to provide the features expected from a modern office suite. Many of the components are designed to mirror those available in Microsoft Office. The components available include:
Writer — a word processor similar in look and feel to Microsoft Word and offering a comparable range of functions and tools. It also includes the ability to export Portable Document Format (PDF) files with no additional software, and can also function as a WYSIWYG editor for creating and editing web pages. One important difference between Writer and Microsoft Word is that in Writer, many functions and number formats from Calc (below) are available in Writer's tables. Another difference is that in Writer, automatic save is off by default.
Calc — a spreadsheet similar to Microsoft Excel with a roughly equivalent range of features. Calc provides a number of features not present in Excel, including a system which automatically defines series for graphing, based on the layout of the user's data. Calc is also capable of writing spreadsheets directly as a PDF file.
Impress — a presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint. It can export presentations to Adobe Flash (SWF) files allowing them to be played on any computer with the Flash player installed. It also includes the ability to create PDF files. Impress suffers from a lack of ready-made presentation designs. However, templates are readily available on the Internet.[6]
Base — a database program similar to Microsoft Access. Base allows the creation and manipulation of databases, and the building of forms and reports to provide easy access to data for end-users. As with Access, Base is able to work as a front-end to a number of different database systems, including Access databases (JET), ODBC data sources and
MySQL/PostgreSQL. Base became part of the suite starting with version 2.0.
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Tons: 'What we once thought we had we didn't And what we have now will never be the same So I call upon the author to explain.' --Nick Cave's 'We Call Upon the Author' 'If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem' --Leonard Cohen's 'Sisters of Mercy' 'But I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must send away We must try to find a new answer instead of a way' --Jim Morrison (more from Zarathustra than Birth of Tragedy) 'Some women wait for Jesus, and some women wait for Cain So I hang upon my altar, and I hoist my axe again. And I take the one who finds me, back to where it all began, When Jesus was the honeymoon and Cain was just the man.' --Leonard Cohen 'Last Years Man' I'll stop now. I think almost any Leonard Cohen could make this list. Dylan and Kobain have some good ones too.
2016-05-22 01:41:36
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