Database software is the most complex, but the most powerful, microcomputer application software.

A database is a collection of data which are related. Data are collected, printed, sorted, archived, and displayed. Data can be exported to other applications from a database and data from other applications can be imported into a database.

In a database, the data are arranged in tables. We are going to create a database consisting of two simple tables. We will save and print the database.

We will then use our database in a mail merge activity using Microsoft Word.