Hi, I am using Microsoft Access 2007 to keep track of business cards. The plan is to make a contacts database that everyone in my group can access and search. The problem is, I can't find any understandable information on how to make this happen when the other people in the group don't have Microsoft Access. I am the only one who has it, but I would like them to be able to see the database the same way I do, instead of, for example, an Excel chart that is difficult to search through and hard to read.

Basically, I would like to be able to save the database on our shared network and have everyone be able to look/search through it, and have it be as easily readable as the way it looks in my Access.

I don't think it is feasible for everyone to buy Access because it is over $150 a person, so I have to find an alternate way to make this database accessible to everyone.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you.

Access runtime is your friend, check it out on Google.

Hi


Check out: Access 2007 Download: Access Runtime

The Microsoft Office Access 2007 Runtime enables you to distribute Access 2007 applications to users who do not have the full version of Access 2007 installed on their computers.

HTH's

Sorry for the late reply guys, I thought email alerts set up for when I got a response, but I didn't...

I'm going to try this out, thanks for your help!!