Excel - Does anyone read any books?

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Dave Thomas - 24 Jul 2007 03:02 GMT

I was just wondering if any of the new-comers to Excel ever thought of
reading a book about Excel. Or is it easier to ask a question and get an
answer rather than to explore the new subject by reading a book, working
one's way through the exercises and perhaps having a small understanding
when finished so that questions like: how do I add the value in cell A1 to
the value in cell A2 and put the answer in cell A3? Just wondering.

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Bob Phillips - 24 Jul 2007 08:59 GMT

This one must be a deliberate re-posting of the message, less text,
different title. Yawn!

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>I was just wondering if any of the new-comers to Excel ever thought of
>reading a book about Excel. Or is it easier to ask a question and get an
>answer rather than to explore the new subject by reading a book, working
>one's way through the exercises and perhaps having a small understanding
>when finished so that questions like: how do I add the value in cell A1 to
>the value in cell A2 and put the answer in cell A3? Just wondering.

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kdogtrainer - 24 Jul 2007 18:50 GMT

If you don't mind a newbie jumping in here I would like to say as one of the
older generation (probably old enough to be a grandmother to most of you) and
this being my first computer and first time trying to learn excel I must say
that some of the books are confusing. After reading something several times
I end up scratching my head. If I ask a question and somebody answers it I
can then see what they did and how they did it and then usually understand
and make sense of it all.

> I was just wondering if any of the new-comers to Excel ever thought of
> reading a book about Excel. Or is it easier to ask a question and get an
> answer rather than to explore the new subject by reading a book, working
> one's way through the exercises and perhaps having a small understanding
> when finished so that questions like: how do I add the value in cell A1 to
> the value in cell A2 and put the answer in cell A3? Just wondering.

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Gord Dibben - 24 Jul 2007 20:00 GMT

I agree with all except the "old enough to be a grandmother" part.

I have grandchildren older than a lot of people posting here.

Asking questions here and getting several answers with perhaps different methods
to achieve the same results is a great way to learn.

Once your feet are wet up above the knees you can start on the books to increase
your knowledge and expand on what you have learned since Excel is no longer a
mysterious and confusing sheet of blank cells awaiting your ministrations.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

>If you don't mind a newbie jumping in here I would like to say as one of the
>older generation (probably old enough to be a grandmother to most of you) and
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>> when finished so that questions like: how do I add the value in cell A1 to
>> the value in cell A2 and put the answer in cell A3? Just wondering.

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