Client database

[Jeff Tanner]

Hi all,
I have some questions about client management software.  Since I have a 
fairly small private clientele, it isn't worth spending a fortune on 
database software, so we're trying to keep this as cheap as possible.  
My wife is trying to set something up so that she can help me manage my 
private customers (I am a terrible secretary).  I've been using index 
cards so far, but there's no way for me to put all the information I 
know about a customer on index cards that she would need.  We have 
Microsoft Access which was a part of the software already installed on 
our computer, and she also has Publisher '97, which interfaces somehow 
with Access, in doing mailing labels, etc.

Neither of us are computer gurus, and she is much more familiar with 
the PC softwares, while I am more familiar with the Macintosh softwares 
on this computer at the school.

Are any of you using Access, and if so have you developed a client 
record template you are satisfied with?

Are the templates transferrable? (emailable)  How does that work?

Unless you feel this is good fodder for the list, you can feel free to 
email me privately.

Thanks in advance,
Jeff
Jeff Tanner, RPT
Piano Technician
School of Music
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-4392