HA! Great story. Very cool about the program...but what a nightmare at your presentation. I never had anything that rough happen to me...but I can appreciate those types of issues. And yeah, now I don't feel so bad!<g> Dian D. Chapman Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP & Instructor Free Tutorials: www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: www.mousetrax.com/books.html Learn VBA the easy way, thru video! www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Carneal Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:21 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Guess who has to learn Excel!<lol> <Copy> Just had to toss this one out there cos' I figured Linda would enjoy this...I have to learn Excel for my new job. NOT just to use it...but to program it. First...to save me from the Timesheet from hell!<g> Had to use it today...after two hours (!!!) of wrestling with it...I cursed and said...I'M PROGRAMMING THIS SOB TO MAKE IT EASIER!!!! <End> Dian- Would it make you feel better to hear my first programming assignment for a corporation was to write a word processor that would work corporate-wide, and in offices in other states? Me, just finished my sophomore year, and they wanted someone to write a program that was probably cheaper to buy than what they paid me. But, on the other hand, it was really a super-customized word processor. Management could call up any letter-head they wanted (there were 20 different letter-heads), have their letter translated and properly formatted into a Chinese equivalent, etc. When I was ready to present the application, my supervisor thought it would be nice if chairman were present for my presentation. I did not know the gent, and he was a little scary. Plus, they changed the terminals on me- instead of using 100s, they had me use 800s, and my program would not run! It was made for the 100 terminals only, something I did not know. I didn't know the users had better terminals, I just assumed if it worked on my supervisor's terminal, then it would work anywhere. I was VERY embarrassed. It took me four weeks to make modifications. I just talked to some friends there, and they are still using it! Dian, rest easy. The better you are, the more people will want you to do some "little simple thing" for them. Robert ************************************************************* 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 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************