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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.
Many users get this first impression of Access. Excel is principally a tool for calculating, whereas the prime function of Access is the storage and retrieval of data. Excel has a vast library of built-in functions. Access also has a sizeable collection of functions but smaller than that of Excel.