Pros & Cons of Microsoft Access

Cons to Access

Difficult to learn

Queries

Rules

Containers

Requires careful planning and set up

Difficult to make changes

"Global editing" can delete thousands of records

Pros to Access

Data can be imported into a report

Clip art can be added to reports

Templates for forms and reports are provided

Allows you to link information between databases

"Rational" databases

thousands of records can be revised, replaced, moved through 1 query