Joining Two Columns in an Access Table

I have two tables in Access that I want to join together to help sort information for Quarterly Reports.  One way is to run a query, but another way is to use the calculated data type in the table.  

Since I don't want to have to run an append query multiple times a day, I decided to use the calculation feature.   I may regret having done this instead of a query, but for anyone else who wants to combine two columns in the same table:

In Design View:

Name the Field 
Choose Calculated
In Expression [Name of Column1]  &  [Name of Column 2].  Obviously if you have a space, add in &" " after the first [Name of Column].

It works, but it was so simple that I am suspicious.  Access is never simple for me.  I am using Access 2016, btw.