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| Thread ID: 83852 | 2007-10-15 08:24:00 | Alternative to Access ?? | hotkiwi (6379) | Press F1 |
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| 601769 | 2007-10-15 08:24:00 | Hi, In the new Office 2007 that I use there is no more Access !! There is an enormous bonus to pay if you want it. Neither do I have Works. What would be a good alternative to Access? I want to create a very simple database, merely to store names, birthdates etc and to keep record of every contact I have with that client. So this is very smple. What would be a good, and especially user friendly alternative to Access ? I can not find a database on the openoffice.org website. Thanks Johan |
hotkiwi (6379) | ||
| 601770 | 2007-10-15 08:32:00 | Isnt Base a database program ? (www.openoffice.org) What version of Office 2007 have you got? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 601771 | 2007-10-15 09:33:00 | the new openoffice.org does have a database program now. not too sure bout it though, just remember me dad mentioning something about 2.2 having database program now, and supposedly looks a lot like access. link above maybe to the one im thinking of. | Cho (12330) | ||
| 601772 | 2007-10-15 10:15:00 | Office 2007 pro and enterprise versions both come with Access bundled. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 601773 | 2007-10-15 20:43:00 | Why not use Excel? One tab for the master details and the other for the contacts etc? The auto filter options in Excel work much like the queries in Access and the other advantages are you can probably import your old data tables and there won't be any learning curve. Just my opinion... Andrew |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 601774 | 2007-10-16 05:48:00 | Excel should be fine. If you want reminders, schedulers, recurring birthday or event alerts, etc, then one of these snapfiles freeware (www.snapfiles.com) productivity programs should be sufficient... | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 601775 | 2007-10-16 09:40:00 | Cheers guys, gonna try Excel. Still a shame that Access is now only available in the very expensive packages of Office...... |
hotkiwi (6379) | ||
| 601776 | 2007-10-16 20:20:00 | Cheers guys, gonna try Excel. Still a shame that Access is now only available in the very expensive packages of Office......Yeah but as you said, you only want a simple database... Excel should do you fine. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 601777 | 2007-10-17 08:44:00 | Yeah but as you said, you only want a simple database... Excel should do you fine. Come on Greg! Simple or not Access is more fun! Why create a simple spreadsheet when a complex database will do twice the job at 4 times the effort, frustration and fun! :D |
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