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Using Data in Other Programs

You can use the data in your database in a number of ways.

Export

You can Export a report or a query as a text file or as an Excel spreadsheet file.

Letter Merge

You can use our built-in Letter Merge features, or you can create your own letter merges from data you already exported.

ODBC Connection

ODBC connects you real-time to the raw data. This would be very advanced. You might use this from Access for very customized reports combining data from multiple tables.

Pract-EzeOffice.org

Pract-EzeOffice.org is the open source alternative to Microsoft Office. It includes a word processor and a spreadsheet as well as other tools. We have found it to be an acceptable alternative. If you want to have a copy on every computer, you will find the cost saving substantial over Microsoft. The following sections address using data in Pract-EzeOffice either from a text file or through an ODBC connection: Form Letter, Spreadsheet

Microsoft

See Mail Merge in Word and Excel Spreadsheet