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Getting started with excel
Hi, as the discussion subject states, I'm just starting out using Excel. For the most part, I have no idea what I'm able to do with excel aside from knowing that proficient use of the tool is applica...
My own suggestion, beyond getting books along the lines of "Excel for Dummies" (which is actually a pretty good first reference book) is to think of an application that would be meaningful to you, and set to work creating it. For example, creating a budget and expense tracking system of your own. And create it yourself. Don't go get a template that somebody else has done.
Do you have a hobby? Think of the kind of records you might want to keep in connection with that hobby. Then set out to create a workbook that will do that.
Having an actual task you care about, and working on using Excel as a tool to accomplish that, is far better than just seeking to learn Excel in the abstract.
But a book--and there are loads of them--is actually a good assistant in starting out.
Do you have a hobby? Think of the kind of records you might want to keep in connection with that hobby. Then set out to create a workbook that will do that.
Having an actual task you care about, and working on using Excel as a tool to accomplish that, is far better than just seeking to learn Excel in the abstract.
But a book--and there are loads of them--is actually a good assistant in starting out.