Access uses wizards to simplify the process of creating reports or queries that select and retrieve information from your databases. Queries are instructions to the database that ask for information.

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.

A data dictionary is like a bill of materials for a database; it lists all database components, including reports, tables, field names and field types. Such information helps audit databases for ...