[jyl]

I'm proficient in Excel, have basically lived in it for 20+ years.

As a result, whenever I have a task, I try to do it in Excel. Hammer-nail, etc.

I'm wondering if I should learn Access for this next task.

I'd like to build a lightweight customer relations database that will do things like hold key data about clients and their accounts, save email chains, track ongoing tasks and opportunities, remind me of key dates, hold my client-specific notes, and so on.

Yes I could simply use a cloud CRM but I'd like to try rolling my own. I've used Salesforce and found its interface awful and designed for a workflow that is too different from mine.

So, any Access experts here?