Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access both store data used to write a financial report. However, Excel has more built-in options for quickly generating a report from a small amount of financial data.

How to Generate an MS Access Report to an Excel File. Microsoft Access is the powerful relational database application that ships with professional and enterprise versions of Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Excel 2016 gives you the tools to make meaningful reports, but how you use the app's Quick Access Toolbar is up to you.

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