[mso] Re: Guess who has to learn Excel!<lol>
- From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:26:29 -0400
I agree Anne...I ain't no number geek either...and that is WHY I love
Excel....without Excel, I wouldn't have a CLUE how to determine interest
rates, etc....I have no idea how this math works...but, when I was going to
buy my new car, the only thing I knew was how much I could afford to pay for
monthly payments....I had no idea how to turn the price of the car and the
annual interest into a number that would tell me what my monthly payment
would be....In Excel, it's so simple...I just use one of Excel's financial
functions and just plug in the numbers the car dealer gave me and BINGO, I
could then decide which deal being offered to me met my monthly payment
needs and how many years I needed to take the loan for.
Without Excel, I would just be playing guessing games....in my opinion,
Excel is not just for numbers crunchers...it's for those of us who have NO
IDEA how these formulas work...all we want is a damn answer LOL
Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS
Linda's Computer Stop
http://personal-computer-tutor.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Anne Robson
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 1:31 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Guess who has to learn Excel!<lol>
Me either! I started using Excel when I worked at a school running the
admissions department. We had a UNIX database that also operated the
accounting system, but my part of it handled 15,000+ family entries, with
multiple children, multiple years of (potential) entry to the school,
multiple feeder schools, multiple dates of visit to the school, etc etc etc.
I used Query to import the data into Excel and then run mail merges or
whatever. The geek who tried to show me Access would do it better failed to
realise that his method depended on knowing how to operate Access!
I've stuck with Excel ever since!! LOL
Anne
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