Access sounds like a major tool for this purpose, but it will do some things for you while getting in your way.
How about different tables on different sheets of a spreadsheet? Won't be able to do some of the fancy queries that Access can do, but you can do quite a bit, and it is very flexible.
One of the things the financial packages like Quicken and Money will do for you is remember past entries so that if you do many things repetitively the program will fill in some of the blanks for you. You can get a spreadsheet to do that, but you have to work at it. I haven't used Access enough to know whether you can get it to do that, too. (used to work for Lotus and avoid Officeware when I can.)
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Date: 2005-11-26 02:02 am (UTC)Access sounds like a major tool for this purpose, but it will do some things for you while getting in your way.
How about different tables on different sheets of a spreadsheet? Won't be able to do some of the fancy queries that Access can do, but you can do quite a bit, and it is very flexible.
One of the things the financial packages like Quicken and Money will do for you is remember past entries so that if you do many things repetitively the program will fill in some of the blanks for you. You can get a spreadsheet to do that, but you have to work at it. I haven't used Access enough to know whether you can get it to do that, too. (used to work for Lotus and avoid Officeware when I can.)