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Both Excel and Access are capable of doing a lot of things that the other can do. Both can store data. Both allow you to manipulate data. Access is primarily for lists of data, such as names and addresses, while Excel mainly deals with numbers.
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.