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[growler_south]

I'm thinking of doing a night school or home tutoring course in Excel. It seems most everyone I know understands what its for and uses it for all sorts of things, I'd like to know what all the fuss is about. Its that thing with all the boxes eh?

I know, its something I'm supposed to have learned as a baby, like my multiplication tables. Then again, I bet you dont know how an SU carburettor works.

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[kiltbear.livejournal.com]

Well, unless you work with numbers, and that which goes along with them (adding them up, averaging them, making pretty pictures...er... I mean charts) then knowing about excel is probably not a top priority.

If you DO deal with numbers a lot, it can make your life easier.

Stick a number in each cell, top to bottom, and then at the bottom tell it to add (or average, or whatever stat function you want) and the result shows up in the bottom. Change a number in the list, the answer is automatically updated at the bottom.

Now you can point to that answer in yet another row of cells... and so on getting some sort of cascading effect... If you dont' need to do shit like that, well, what ever.

It is also a nice way to keep a list of things that need columns, and then be able to sort them by the columns...

There has got to be an "Excel for Dummies" book out there...

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

I'm reminded of the Fox Trot strip where Jason is in a bookstore holding a "...for Dummies" book saying "I am SO not a part of this culture..." ;)

[growler-south.livejournal.com]

Actually thats probably a clever idea- Excel for Dummies. Cheaper and easier than going to class.

Everyone keeps sending me Excel Spreadsheets of things like calendars and shopping lists. I finally gave in and installed Excel, and, since I cant see how it differs from using a .txt file with tabs, I figure there must be some hidden functionality I'm missing out on.

I do work with numbers, but only between -1 and 1 generally. 3D animation and effects uses powerful software that keeps me mostly separated from the nasty math that drives it (though I understand the concepts behind the math. Or, I used to.)