Hi Jim, The link provided by Miss Linda has a good description. Generally speaking though,, a spreadsheet is geared more towards formulae. (hope I spelt that right), For example there is no better tool to use when trying to calculate mortgage or interest rates and payments and the like. Once you define your formula,, Enter two X and Y numbers and POOF.. right before your very eyes!... all the facts and figures. A database is best suited to store hard data and manage relationships between that data a tad better than a spreadsheet. Relationships between customers and their many orders for example. Peter C. Stuart, FL >------Original Message----- >- On Behalf Of >-James Wells >- >-Subject: [mso] Re: Excel-A Tough One >- >-OK, Peter, I'll bite! What exactly is the difference?? >-Jim >- >- ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************