In Microsoft Access, a Query can answer a simple question, merge data from different tables, perform calculations, add, change, and delete data from the database.

Don't have access to Access? You can use Excel to open the database you want, using the MS Query Wizard. Here's how to multitask using Office's versatile spreadsheet program.

Web query files are spreadsheets that Microsoft Excel creates using data from Web pages. For example, if your business wants to analyze stock data, a Web query can extract such data from a ...

For example, say you just performed a query on your Orders database to obtain the names and addresses of all customers whose order balance is typically below $100.