the teach; "Thank you" JIM ================= "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Sure, Jim...I'm sure there are a few of us in here who will be glad to "help" you...but some of us are also teachers and therefore, don't want to just give you the answers...but if you tell us the problem you have to solve and what YOUR ideas are, we will gladly offer our input, I'm sure. And, if you are "terrible" with IF statements, you should read this article I just wrote for Dian's ezine, TechTrax ...it's very basic and takes you thru a basic IF statement, step by step....call it "IFs for Newbies" LOL Read this and come back with questions: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=225 If that link wraps, use this one: http://snurl.com/2lfj And the basic rule of thumb in Excel is...if you want everything to work smoothly, generally the best way to set up your data is to put your Headings across your top row, and your data listed in columns. Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials ====================== -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James S Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 7:11 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Excel formula assistance Hello; I am going to college to learn spreadsheets II. I am (terrible) at starting a spreadsheet from scratch. I can do the basics, Title, spacing, so on. But, when it comes to taking data from a problem and creating a NEW spreadsheet. I am curious to know, if I would share that data with you, will you help me create a spreadsheet? In addition, I (terrible) with the "IF" function. -------------- Creating a spreadsheet from scatch, I have problems with figuring out if so-so should be column headings, or, in rows? Hope this helps, JIM =>P.S. I, understand that will not help me in the long run, but, I am not going to get a degree in spreadsheets. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************