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Excel - How to get some chops

Muse

Lifer
I took a spreadsheet course way back around 1992-3 at a community college, I think it was Lotus 1-2-3. I guess Lotus was eaten by trolls. :whiste: Anyway, I have Excel (duh!), and I figure this (Office 2007) is probably in oh so many ways very similar to that Lotus version I was running almost 20 years ago.

I haven't been using spreadsheets. Of course, once in a while I download an XLS file and open it, resize a few columns, that's about it.

I do databases, Foxpro (Visual FoxPro) routinely and write code, mess with the tables, browse, etc. but I think I should be using Excel for some of this stuff. How can I get some chops in Excel at this point reasonably quickly? Should I (do I have to) look at that puppy wagging its tail at me? I usually ditch the dog...
 
Search for manuals online. If you think there's a way to automate something, and you think it's within Excels scope, look it up, and try to make it happen. Start small, and build on it. Make it do one simple thing, then expand, and enhance it over time.
 
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