Adding Access 2007 to Office 2007

[quaffin1]

My wife already has Office 2007 Standard edition.
The version contains Excel, OneNote,Powerpoint,Outlook and Word.

Now she would like to use Access to create a simple database.
Since she is on the staff at the local university, she qualifies for the
educator discount. Which I think she found Office 2007 Pro with Access was
about $80,
Access in a standalone package is $99. duh?

Since she just wants to create a small client database
does she even need to purchase the Access database software?
We do have Microsoft Works on the computer, which I think has a
database program. Is this Works database a decent program?
I removed Works when I installed Office, but I can re-install Works easy
enough.

I believe that her previous database programing was using Filemaker Pro.
So she will have to learn how to use whichever database software she gets.

Thanks.

 

[Fred]

My opinion, if you're going to invest $200 or $2000 or $20000 of your time
learning a DB software, pick something mainstream and powerful. Access is
ubiquitous and powerful.

For example, there is probably no newsgroup for that MS Works DB program
that you described, and so you asked about it an Access newsgroup.

 

[Nicholas Meyer]

intresting