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Ugh. Excel. It is not as intuitive as a Word document and not as aesthetic as a PowerPoint presentation. If you are more creative than analytical, one might think as if it is dry and boring, and filled with numbers, which you prefer not would look. I feel ya - I was a communication, the main and Excel was also intimidating thought. But I can tell you that after you are familiar with it, Microsoft Office has - it is the best tool and extremely easy to use! So while I know you would probably rather be on Pinterest as reading about Excel, I promise you, if you through this blog and to Excel for a while playing, you will not regret you.
What would I use for Excel?
Everything! It is not only for mathematics of majors and scientific projects. It is ideal for everything you want to make a list for. When I moved to New York, a friend of mine one made "restaurant recommendation list." There is a tab for restaurants and bars and fun things. The best part - it is categorized by location, cuisine, neighborhood, name, phone number, and notes. If we want to go to a restaurant, we open your Excel doc and filter by neighborhood. It is less expensive than looking online to Yelp or menu pages and much more personalized!
Tons of restaurants with all the information we need! I the restaurants that I have in yellow highlight!
Filtered by neighborhood! But could we gone further and also filtered cuisine... (I.e. pizza in the East Village)
Why should I use Excel?
... .If I can keep my budget and lists in a Word doc or OneNote notebook? Da is the most efficient Excel! Microsoft Office has even Excel Mobile, which can be accessed on your Windows phone, so that you can access on the go! Therefore, when you save your monthly budget in Excel, you can check it whenever you want. Not sure whether you, that should buy the jeans for sale? Type it into your budget before you buy to see if you can afford it! (See example below). It is also ideal when planning large travel, how calculate, how much it cost budgeting for spring would break in foreign countries. You keep it super organized, and you feel totally responsible and about your finances and budgets.
Automatic formula you enter will immediately tell you how much you have left. It's like a great calculator!
...But I have no idea what are all formulas!
True, can difficult to master it, and no one wants to go through and read all of the formulas. But for someone, which not too many complicated functions to do, there are only a few, what you need to know. Here is a quick "cheat sheet:"
Type to add - In = sum ( , and then click the cells that you want to add.) Once you have them all, enclose the formula with a ) Subtracting - to = type and click cell A - cell BSelect your categories of filters , and in the "Home" tab, click on the "sort & filter" drop to below, and then click Filter. You can now easily, say for example filter list restaurants in alphabetical order or prices for blue jeans from lowest to highest.
Select the cells and click the tab "Home", "Merge & Center" merge .
Other quick clicks - the $, save %and comma in the "Home" tab all the time. With one click, any can percentage, or put the commas in a long line, or it a dollar amount. For example, you can turn a round number for the price of the meal is $5,830.98 into $5.831 click Decrease Decimal.
Whether you need to seriously budget your income or you are planning a vacation or even organize your favorite Nail Polish colors, Excel is the best Microsoft Office product to do that. It's literally a large calculator and the simple ability to filter, is all that it takes to organize your favorite restaurants and boutiques a click.
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Until next time,.
Divya
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