Excel Question #46

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

One question, are manipulations something you have do repeatedly over time in the same way or are they always one offs?

I usually only ask if I think that it is something I MIGHT need to use again in the future. If I know something is one-off, I usually just kluge through it. For example, while I didn't come here for learning about Lookup tables and the project I used it on really didn't need it, I still used the opportunity to learn how to use them as I have needed them in the past and I am sure I will in the future.

But for the most part, most of what I do is similar in nature, but not the same thing. If there is something that needs to be done repeatedly, I use programmers at my vendors for that. Also, I need to be careful about using anything more sophisticated than Excel as I often have to share the information with others who struggle just with Excel. In other words, I have to keep what I do user friendly.

I also ask here because I just like to learn something new.