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Microsoft Excel on the other hand is a spreadsheet program, it is usually used to display data and work out calculations in the form of tables and graphs, it also has a more integrated use of macros. So basically, Access stores data, Excel calculates and displays data.   ANS2:Access creates relational databases.
Main Difference. XLS and XLSX are the file extension of the Microsoft spread sheet called Excel. On Excel you can arrange and store lot of data in organized form. The main difference between these two file extensions is that the XLS is created on the version of Excel prior to 2007 while XLSX is created on the version of Excel 2007 and onward.