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