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It was easy to find the data base program on both of mom's last two apple desk top computers. It was always under Word (word or works, I think that it was Word). But cant find a data base program in any of the aps that came with my Windows Ten desk top.

Is there a way to set up a database on Windows Ten? Ive looked in both Excel, and in Word, but don't see any generic data bases. Various spreadsheets that are kinda like data bases, but nothing labeled "data base".

The windows database program is called Access, but it isn't usually part of the home office package.

You could install open office or libre office which are freeware and use their database progam.

Ok. Thanks.

If you are talking about spreadsheets, there is a free open office program for spreadsheets. I've also been using a free
office style programs called WPS. The main problem here is that WPS will not open open office spreadsheets which
a lot of people use.

My Excel has spreadsheets.But I am looking for databases.


I looked , and did find a site that gave free downloads of Open Office, but my McFee Shield popped up and said "Whoa" to warn me not to download from the site, so I agree to NOT take the risk, and left the site.

My Excel program has inventory aps that maybe I could adapt like you you might use a butter knife as a flathead screwdriver. But Id rather have a generic data base program if I can get it.

I use MySQL for databases.

Here's a list of some free options that might be useful for you

https://www.goodcore.co.uk/blog/best-free-database-software/

Gosh.

Looking at the offerings on that site is a bit scary.

I used databases to keep track of songs in my record/CD collection. And in my mom's previous apple desk tops I could just go to the data base program built in, and just set it up. Set up the columns- one for song title, another for artist, another for the title of the album/CD its on, another for the type of music, etc. Then just go to my record collection and start entering the data for each song on each disk. Just a do it yourself thing. I would create all kinds of data bases. Like small ones for keeping track of a particular artist ("Beatles Inventory", "Frank Sinatra Invetory"), and others for larger tasks like keeping track of every song I would take to party DJ gigs (like ten or twenty page books). None of this sophisticated stuff about interacting with other programs in my computer, or interacting with the internet. Just wanna pick up where I left off with the previous computer of making no frills make your own attributes data bases.

Perhaps look at Openoffice which has a Database program within.

I used to love Access.

It’s been at least ten years since I built a data base, but can’t you use the Workbook function of Excel to do what you’re looking for. Enter your data on the front page, with formulae linking to other sheets in the book, performing your functions in the background? A lot like Access.

Maybe.

I am used to just jumping into it. Setting up columns myself (one for each data point I intend to sue for each data base:artist, title, what CD its on, etc), and then entering the data. And viola...your own custom made data base- that could be one page, or it can a whole thin book of pages.

Not used to that indirect way of doing it. Will check it out.

The 5 Best Free Microsoft Access Alternatives for Databases

Symphytom does look something like what I had in mind, and what I was used to on Mom's Apple computers. Let me check it out.