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Chapter 28 Working with Lists and Databases
Creating Links to External Databases
For basic list-management tasks, such as sorting, searching, grouping, and summarizing,
Excel is an appropriate, easy-to-use tool. For large and complex databases, however, you
have better choices, including Microsoft Access. Choose Access over Excel if any of the fol-
lowing statements is true:
■ You need to combine data from multiple tables.
■ You want to create custom data-entry forms and highly formatted reports.
■ You want to create a secure application that multiple users can work with simultane-
ously.
■ Your list contains more than 65,536 records.
■ You want to ...