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Microsoft Excel on the other hand is a spreadsheet program, it is usually used to display data and work out calculations in the form of tables and graphs, it also has a more integrated use of macros. So basically, Access stores data, Excel calculates and displays data.   ANS2:Access creates relational databases.
Both spreadsheets and databases are used to store and manage sets of data. The basic content in a spreadsheet or a database is a set of data values. Where spreadsheets and databases vary is in how they store and manipulate the data. A spreadsheet stores data values in cells, with multiple cells represented in a system of rows and columns.