Access & Excel
Access & Excel articles — insights, how-tos, and guides from YittBox.
September 27, 2026
Multiple People Editing One Access Database? Here's How to Avoid Corruption
You know the drill. Two people open the same Access database at once, someone saves, and suddenly a record vanishes or the whole file throws an error and won't…
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September 23, 2026
How to Fix Access Database File Locks When Your Team Works Remotely
You know the drill. Someone on your team tries to open a report, and they're greeted with a message that the file is locked, in use, or read-only. Meanwhile ano…
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September 20, 2026
Multiple People in One Access Database? Here's How to Stop the Locks and Corruption
You know the drill. Someone opens the shared Access database to update a customer record, and suddenly a coworker gets a message saying the file is locked. Or w…
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September 16, 2026
How to Audit Your Access Database Before You Rebuild or Migrate It
Your Access database has probably been running your business for years. It tracks your customers, your orders, maybe your inventory — and most days, it just wor…
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September 13, 2026
How to Fix Data Entry Errors When Your Team Shares One Excel File
You know the feeling. You open the shared spreadsheet on Monday morning and something is off. A total doesn't add up. A customer's phone number is in the email…
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September 9, 2026
Why Your Access Database Works Fine Until It Doesn't: When to Rebuild vs Migrate
For years, your Access database just worked. Someone on your team built it, everyone learned its quirks, and it quietly ran a big part of your business. Then on…
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September 6, 2026
How to Stop Formula Errors and Bad Data When Everyone Edits the Same Excel File
You know the moment. You open the shared spreadsheet on Monday morning, and half the totals are showing #REF! , a column that used to add up now doesn't, and so…
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September 2, 2026
How to Know When Your Access Database Is Too Big for One Person to Manage
There's a moment a lot of small-business owners recognize: one person built the Access database years ago, it runs a surprising amount of the business, and now…
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July 22, 2026
ETL and Data Migration Out of Access: Moving Your Data Cleanly
Whatever you're migrating an Access database to — SQL Server, Azure SQL, Dataverse, or a custom web app's database — the data itself has to move safely across,…
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