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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.
The Microsoft Access database contains all the data and table definitions that are relevant to this article. As per best practice, the data is separated into distinct tables. For example, the list of products is stored in the product table, and the list of categories is stored in the category table. The Access database is self-contained, with no links to external tables. Many products can be of any given category, and any given product can belong to more than one category.