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 has reminded users about end of support for Access 2016 and 2019 on October 14, 2025, urging users to upgrade.

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