Without looking at the current spreadsheet design, there is limited
assistance we can offer. However, unless the spreadsheet is really huge, we
believe it is THE choice application for average computer skilled persons.

If nothing confidential, send us the file for a look please.


"Sara" <Sara @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
I have spent a lot of time on this problem but cant solve it. I have
created
an Excel sheet that covers everything from a tax invoice to a job sheet
There is maybe 10 sections on the form that change with each job - job no,
customer name, date, price, etc. My query is this. Originally I created
it
in Excel although maybe I should have created it in Access? Or Word - and
just inserted some database fields? I do need to look back on records of
past jobs.

I also want to use a template with automatically incrementing numbers -
with
the folder kept on one computer that all computers network to. (Would
Access
be better for that?)

As you can tell I'm no expert - The system I work with now is kind of
usable
but I think Im ready to improve it now. I did look into a course in Excel
(I
use that a lot anyway) but then thought maybe this was not the program I
need
to use for this project.

The other consideration is that I need for others to be able to use it -
these guys have no computer skills so it needs to be as easy as possible
(which is what my current system is lacking..)

I know its a big ask but any advice would be so much appreciated -