I have personally never used Microsoft Access at work but I have heard other people talk about the benefits of using this program. They have described it as a lifesaving program. So, I decided to do some research on my own on this program. The results were great. Often in businesses we are bombarded with lots of data. So, what can we do with it? Well, one might say put it on excel we can do that,but Microsoft Excel allows us to not only gather these data but understand them. It can be useful in our everyday lives whether it be organizing phone numbers or guest lists. Microsoft Access allows people to organize their data very effectively. For example,your phone numbers, inventory, guest lists, whatever you’re tracking. This is very useful for businesses, financial advisers, even hotel managers, caterers, office assistants. Practically, everyone. I would love to be able to have an opportunity to work with Microsoft Access and become proficient in it.
By: Fahima A. Salina
I also have used Access at work, but very limited, so my access skills aren’t as great. Looking forward to learning more.
You’re right Fahima, it’s very useful in businesses and hotels and definitely catering businesses, imagine not having an organized program to look up names easily. Through Access you can look by either name, order number and don’t have to go through 1,000 names. I also think this program is great in hospitals. I’m sure they have more advanced databases but they are so helpful in looking up patient information and medical records linked to other databases right away. Like any program information must be entered correctly and issues must be fixed right away, one number out of sequence or a name entered incorrectly will be hard to find without looking at all the names. Less people assigned a specific database to enter information is better and being and familiar with the database as well.