NEW USER-PROJECT MANAGEMENT HELP

[samg]

I am currently using Excel to keep track of numerous projects and variables
for a growing branch. Would Access be a better fit for this? If so, how do I
start? I have been reading up and making small tables but I need a larger
database. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[John W. Vinson]

I am currently using Excel to keep track of numerous projects and variables
for a growing branch. Would Access be a better fit for this? If so, how do I
start? I have been reading up and making small tables but I need a larger
database. Any help would be appreciated.

It very well might be a good idea to move to Access. Just bear in mind that
Access is emphatically NOT "Excel on steroids" - bigger tables is one minor
difference, but the entire logical structure of a relational database is
different from that of a spreadsheet.

Here are some resources to get started:

Jeff Conrad's resources page:
http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/accessjunkie/resources.html

The Access Web resources page:
http://www.mvps.org/access/resources/index.html

A free tutorial written by Crystal (MS Access MVP):
http://allenbrowne.com/casu-22.html

A video how-to series by Crystal:
http://www.YouTube.com/user/LearnAccessByCrystal

MVP Allen Browne's tutorials:
http://allenbrowne.com/links.html#Tutorials