company set-up and mailings

[Debby]

I am setting up a new small business. We purchased
Access 2003 because we need to track numerous contacts.
I have a few questions that I'm hoping someone can help
me with...
First, when setting up databases, do you need to start a
new database for each type of client? For example -
marina owners, clients, inquires - these are three charts
that I have from the head office - can they all go under
the same database and just be sorted there or should they
be under different databases to keep them seperate?

Second, we are going to do several mailings (via snail-
mail). Can you do mailings from Access or do you need to
use Excel or Word and pull the information from Access?

I'd appreciate any help!

 

[clintonG]

You can use one database for different classes of customer. What
you will need to learn is database design principles and a whole lot
more I might add. Start with the help file maybe? ;-) There are many
design examples [1] and it is highly recommended you get a copy
of the book "Database Design for Mere Mortals" [2]. Finally,
Alison Balter is a prolific and well respected author of books related
to using Access to develop JET database solutions.

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A/E/C Consulting, Web Design, e-Commerce Software Development
Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin USA
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[1] http://www.databaseanswers.com/data_models/index.htm
[2]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201694719/104-8430504-5398335?v=glance