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Open Thread: How are you using Excel?
Merlin Mann | Aug 22 2006
Yesterday, I mentioned I'd been talking with someone who's looking at interesting things people are doing with Microsoft Excel. I talked to her again yesterday, and with her official okey-dokey, I'll virtually introduce Tralee Pearce (*waves*), a reporter from Toronto's Globe & Mail whom you might remember from a very swell article about the Hipster PDA. So, by request -- and to help Tralee with fleshing out her fun-sounding article -- I hope you all will jump in here: What kind of cool, novel, and non-obvious stuff are you doing with Excel? What's the wildest, most obsessive, most nerdy thing you ever saw someone do with our favorite spreadsheet program? 119 Comments
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 Currently I use Excel to...Submitted by Jennifer (not verified) on August 22, 2006 - 7:24am.
Currently I use Excel to track my designer toy collection. I keep track of the artist, the manufacturer, who I bought it from, how much I paid for it, etc. I've also used Excel to track how much I exercise, and my collection of exercise videos. I would categorize the videos by length and type, and use the spreadsheet to create rotations for the week. Of course, I also use it to track finances. Excel was invaluable when I sold a condo and bought a house and was comparing offers, interest rates, lenders, etc. » POSTED IN:
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