Excel users: What do you suggest? Learning resources.

Reply #21

Delta Draw — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:12:35 GMT

Thanks for the information Mark, I checked it out.

It is a current problem and not unlike those of the past. I cannot control that.

I paid $89.95 for my student/home version of MS office. The sale is still on I think. 2010 is yet another new version. I want to learn Excel now and not wait for textbooks to appear. I just ordered a Walkenback book on formulas and functions for Excel 2007. It will be some time for new 2010 books.

Having started with OO, I tried to learn how to use it. Not

Reply #20

markp1950 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:16:13 GMT

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Reply #19

billybouy — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:18:01 GMT

Yes my friend try,, SYBEX,

San francisco..

Reply #18

Raven62 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:12:00 GMT

This add-in adds a Get Started tab to the Excel 2007 Ribbon. Commands on this tab give you easy access to free content on Office Online, such as training courses, video demos, and other Office Online content designed to help you learn Excel 2007 quickly. An Office Online interactive command mapping tool, also available on the Get Started tab, shows you where to find Excel 2003 buttons and commands in Excel 2007. Office Online Community discussions are also available directly from Excel with this... [ More ]

Reply #17

Delta Draw — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:57:07 GMT

The latest development was to use the excel help. I typed in tutorials. After a few days I found out on one of their sites there is a download for a new tab for excel 2007. It is called the Get Started tab. That will launch you to their resources for learning. Nice tutorials, and examples to learn from. The tab in my opinion should be there when you load the software and it might be a new Excel 2010 feature. This is good basic to intermediate information to build understanding and skills with ex... [ More ]

Reply #16

Delta Draw — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:20:52 GMT

WOW!

DD

Reply #15

CARBOB — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:52:17 GMT

Reply #14

Delta Draw — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:54:57 GMT

Is this for a pick 3 or 4? Do you want to study the digits of a draw or digits of one draw to another?

You might have to take each draw and take each digit and separate them, placing them in another cell, then compare each digit as you like. There may be different ways to solve this task.

Well, like I said, I think what we do with excel is a bit outside of the box compared to accounting. I do not know if this is the right approach, but start a new post and see what you get. Just say someti... [ More ]

Reply #13

pamelab — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:30:03 GMT

The class will help you alot, I've taken it for Accounting, but it is so much to learn with Excel. You will learn enough to get you pointed in the right direction

Reply #12

pamelab — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:27:17 GMT

Funny thing I signed on to LP this evening to get help with Excel, I've used and studied excel for awhile now, but I am stuck. I created this large spreadsheet with all kinds of stats, but now I have been stuck for 2 days now on, example,Counting how many times a 0 follows a 0 , how many times a 1 follows a 0 , and etc. Well I thought I had the spreadsheet right because it is counting the pattern, but the horizontal digits 0-9 are reading the same as the verticle digits when the particular digit... [ More ]

Reply #11

badboy00z — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:48:25 GMT

There's plenty of tutorials on YouTube.

Reply #10

Delta Draw — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:47:29 GMT

Got OO. I use it for a coloring book. Yea, I got I because it's free, but the resources are limited and so is the after-market support. I tried some spreadsheets here and had some problems. Why learn a look-alike? Why wonder why spreadsheets do not work and have to patch them up with the understanding of a seasoned excel user? It might be great for someone who thoroughly knows Excel so they can make it work for them, but I would rather learn the real deal. Not too many books on OO. Not a whole l... [ More ]

Reply #9

markp1950 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:57:37 GMT

Again....

Instead of spending all the cash on Excel...

go to www.openoffice.org and get one for FREE!

Works great, and probably do everything that you want to do.

MarkP

Reply #8

MzDuffleBaglady — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:37:17 GMT

I ll be taking, excel Late this month.

It's a class I need for my degree, if it's something in the book , I'll let you know.

Good Luck.

That's funny, you said something about the excel for dummies book, I was going to purchase it , along with whatever book the university has me purchase.

Lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Reply #7

Delta Draw — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:07:27 GMT

Found that MS has a new tutorial site. Of course when you do a search on the net, you get a billion hits and even MS has too many overlapping sites. Seems different now and several on-line tutorials were found when I went to excel help and typed 'tutorial'. Real lessons, tests and notes. Very productive time spent. Still a basic overview but an improvement to what I found before. I think a few months ago I left a comment wanting a clear road map to learning their products. Found one. A good less... [ More ]

Reply #6

Delta Draw — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:54:00 GMT

Great!

Thanks All!

HPB is a website? I'll take a look.

DD

Reply #5

GASMETERGUY — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:58:06 GMT

http://www.mrexcel.com/

This site more than any other has been a tremendous help to me.

Reply #4

Raven62 — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:09:08 GMT

Title: Excel 2007 Bible

Author: John Walkenbach

Read, Study, Learn by Doing

Reply #3

lottocalgal — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:53:01 GMT

WHEN IN DOUBT GOOGLE IT! I love half price books too. Most of my study guides, including excel and Adobe Photoshop, have come from HPB.

Reply #2

Delta Draw — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:14:19 GMT

Yes I have. I need current excel info, the college has nothing of any value. I have to most likely go to a real city for real books, the bookstores have nothing. Internet is good but even with two screens it is a PIA. I like books, - most I have seen are very basic and I am looking for something beyond an introduction of basics- something in-depth. The MS book was okay but general in many ways. I know most of what I want to know can be answered in a help search in excel but I find it kind of tan... [ More ]

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PERDUE — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:19:09 GMT

Have you paursed the shelves in the computer section of Half Priced Books? Or The shelves of the library? Or the shelves of one of the local community colleges? These would be a good place to start. You can search google. A few weeks ago I needed help for my excel and used google to find my answer.

Excel users: What do you suggest? Learning resources.

Delta Draw — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:41:00 GMT

Books that is, or whatever you think would be better than the average basics for making spreadsheets. Looks like VBA is whole 'nother thing but anybody out there know what is good and productive for really learning Excel 2007?

Looks like much of what it is used for here by LP members is pretty advanced. True?

If you have any suggestions please leave them here. The function line and structure of a good spreadsheet seems to be the nuts and bolts.

Two topics not covered very well. Any good... [ More ]