Saturday, February 8, 2014

Microsoft Excel Tips You Should Know

By Jason Larrsohn


Microsoft Excel is a crucial tool for people in both the private and business sectors. It provides a wide range of individuals with a large number of tools for compiling data, whether it's in number or word form. At some point, most people will encounter a spreadsheet in their travels.

Personally, I've done more work with Excel than Access. I'm also more of a Superman fan than a Batman fan. So Excel will be Superman and Access will be Batman. Excel can do quite a bit. It's true that it is best for more straightforward data management: lists, calculations, spreadsheets, summaries, and more static data. This is how Superman takes care of business. Fly in, boom bang and he's done.

When you need to perform a mathematical function within a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel, you can do it one of two ways. The first way involves typing the problem out longhand and having the program perform it that way. The other way takes advantage of all the formulas that are built into Microsoft Excel.

So it all depends on what you want. Consider what type of information you would be working on. For example, if you just need a worksheet to keep records of previous sale data, you will probably want to go with Excel. If you need organized lists of names, dates, addresses, phone numbers, etc., Excel is a great resource for that. It is direct, organized, smart, and customizable.

However, if you work with data that changes frequently or if you need that information to be easily linked or associated with other information, access might be the best option for you. Especially if many people contribute data to the same worksheet, Access is ideal. It's got more "outside" connections, if you will.

Either way it's a good idea to know what this feature has to offer. There are so many types of graphs that you can create within Microsoft Excel. It's your job to sort through all these options and figure out the ones that are most practical for the purpose you need to have them serve. In some instances, you could very well get away with having no graph at all. It all depends on the demands of the project you have before you.

So when you are trying to decide which program you want to use think, who would I call upon to save me from this statistical mess? Batman? Or Superman? Also consider which program you or your co-workers are more comfortable with. If you know Excel like the back of your hand and know that it can get the job done, go for it.

Even if Access is more ideal for that kind of project, it's fine to stick with what you know. But if you like efficiency and learning new things, take a course from Microsoft Training Kuwait and get your Microsoft Certification Kuwait for both programs!




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