Microsoft Access allows business and other large, data-sharing entities to create databases storing vast amounts of information. Anyone using Access can share these database files with one another.

In Microsoft Access, you can open another database, close a database without exiting Access, save a database with another name, you can even rename an object or delete an object.

How to Create a Database in Access First, launch Access and choose File, New. Since you’ll be building this database from scratch, choose Blank database.

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Launch Microsoft Access on your computer. Click the "File" tab and then click "Open." Open the Access database that contains the report you want to export to Excel.

A few best practices can go a long way toward protecting your Access data from careless or overly curious users. Here are some simple ways to add a few layers of security to a database.

Don't have access to Access? You can use Excel to open the database you want, using the MS Query Wizard. Here's how to multitask using Office's versatile spreadsheet program.