Software to replace Excel or Access

I have an Excel spreadsheet I use as a keeper of records; 100 unique rows/records with approximately 10 columns of data. These columns are filled with 2 digit codes, a word or short phrase. So using Excel was effective. However I will be adding 2 or 3 additional columns to this spreadsheet that will be text oriented (one cell could have multiple paragraphs of text). I need to move away from Excel and I know I could use Access with some enhanced reporting, but I would rather use a vended product that is designed for this type of work. Best I can describe what I am looking for is an electronic file cabinet.

In summary; I am looking for suggestions for a vended software that can house a small database (two hundred records max) with 10 – 15 bits of data per record, some records would be numerical, some would be lengthy text (let’s say 1000 words per). Would need to be flexible to generate a report in a summary fashion (all records with a subset of data), and be able to generate a single record report that shows all data including the lengthy text.
Any ideas? Thanks!

Answers to several posts:

Excel will work for this process, and I also agree the Access character limit would be an issue. What I did not underscore is the most important attribute needed: the ability to spit out a report in summary form which Excel would do nicely (if you exclude the paragraphs of text), and more importantly the ability to generate a report format of all details of a single record. One report record may be a single page, another may be several pages in length. Given the changing size and format of this report, I do not want to work around the limitations that exists in Excel reporting. I set up a very nice Word template recently with fields that expand as needed. It is that type of functionality that I am looking for. So in summary think of the functionality a word processor housed within a database that can be summarized based on specific record attributes.

And, yes some VBA code and Crystal reporting would probably get me where I need to be. However my IT department frowns on writing code in support for an ongoing endeavor especially one in which the originator (me) will not likely own the process in the long term. Thus the search for a vended product. Thanks all for your feedback!