Microsoft Access - opinions from a new user.
August 29, 2018
Microsoft Access - opinions from a new user.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Access
I use Microsoft Access as a database to keep contacts organized. It is being used only by me to address the many different sales and physician contacts I make on a regular basis.
- User friendly - it doesn't take much work to begin using Microsoft Access
- Keeps track of my contacts - If I need to quickly find a contact, it saves the information without having to be prompted every time. I always hit 'save' at the end of the day just to be sure, but I have never lost any information I have entered.
- Easy to access - I can access on my desktop at work or on an app on my phone.
- Rudimentary - it's a pretty basic software, which means when you open it up for the first time there doesn't seem to be a lot offered from the start, but once you decide your application for use, and implement it, it is pretty dependable.
- Saving confusion - I was confused in the beginning about how to save information that I had just entered into the system. There is nothing that indicates that what you have entered in the database would be saved, but I have never lost information once it has been entered.
- Access helps me save time in looking up physicians or other contacts on the fly. It has helped me better use my time instead of having to hunt for or Google my contacts.
- It is another software that has to be always running on my computer - so I feel at times I have a million tabs opened; but it has been pretty reliable.
Microsoft Access is a little better suited to collect information in a database setting than working with Excel. Excel is really starting from scratch, where Access has some prepared modules that make it easier to use from the beginning.