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MadMoose
 
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Default I need complete idiot proof excel setup database help. please

Thanks for your help Ron de Bruin.. I have just started a job and I have
never used excel, access or anything like it before in my life, apparently
Access is my next task.. Yet my boss wants me to go figure everything on my
own or pester some newsgroups, so here I am.. lol. I managed to get a
database done.. there is just so much to remember and try and grasp with
excel..:-)
Hopefully it will all get easier with time.
"Ron de Bruin" wrote:

Here is a example
http://www.rondebruin.nl/copy1.htm


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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl


"JE McGimpsey" wrote in message ...
The first thing you need to know is that Excel is not a database
application, and while it is commonly used for databases, it doesn't do
them well. Expecting a database developed in XL to be "complete idiot
proof" is setting yourself up for disaster.

Without knowing anything about your data or your reporting needs, the
only thing I could tell you is that, in general, you should use rows for
records and columns for fields within recocords.

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MadMoose wrote:

I need to learn all about Excel and how to make a database.. I have read
and read and done practise tutorials but I just cannot grasp the concept, it
completely goes over my head everytime. I am quick to learn when I am being
shown or told exactly what to do, can anyone help me learn all about Excel.. ?