Being a database program, even Microsoft had to take the rare( for it) step
to create a program that has clear, defined, predictable behavior. Unlike
other Microsoft products, with Access, usually whatever worked yesterday
still works today, and whatever your were doing yesterday you can still do
today, and other unrelated things don't interfere with it's functionality.
Outlook is a more typical Microsoft product regarding the above. I'd
rather stick needles into my eyeballs than switch my journal from Access to
Outlook.