microsoft excel

[Commander Flash]

hey does anyone here have excel skillz? good or mediocre..? i recently got 2007 office suite and i need to know how to do some things in excel

[B~E]

What are those "things" that you need to do in excels? If its for a course, they usualy give classes for those few lucky souls not yet acquainted with the cyber abomination that is Excel. You could probably learn everything you need to know in a 2 hours class on the subject. You should check that up.

[Commander Flash]

i make large mailing lists for a company, and i do it in excel...i've learned to do it pretty quickly with the knowledge i possess, but i know there are much quicker ways of doing things, with formulas and that good stuff....just wanted to know if anyone here knew much about it

[Wing Zero]

o god if it was 04 i prob could help. 07 interface is mind numbing

[Commander Flash]

it is....i suppose after you learn the interface it'll help but its definetly not first-time user friendly

[B~E]

Havent seen the 07 edition. Whats so different about it?

[Chris]

Its just 2003 but with more compatiability bull****, fonts and more RAM consumption.

[Commander Flash]

[Wing Zero]

lol schools need new boocks now

any way post what you need. im pretty sure its goign to work the same way but harder to find stuff

[Commander Flash]

well i get big list of addresses....say

Current Resident <first column
3047 Rodney ave Apt. 1 <second column
Ft. Riley, KS 66442 <third column

now for that building alone ill have 6 apartments so everything the same except the apartment # ....for example


Current Resident
3047 Rodney ave Apt. 2
Ft. Riley, KS 66442

Current Resident
3047 Rodney ave Apt. 3
Ft. Riley, KS 66442

Current Resident
3047 Rodney ave Apt. 4
Ft. Riley, KS 66442

Current Resident
3047 Rodney ave Apt. 5
Ft. Riley, KS 66442

Current Resident
3047 Rodney ave Apt. 6
Ft. Riley, KS 66442


then ill have the next building so

Current Resident
3048 Rodney ave Apt. 1
Ft. Riley, KS 66442

so on and so forth....now i know that excel has that nifty little thing were it recognizes #'s and adds one when you pull down....but it adds one to the bldg. # not the apt #...is there i way i can get it to recognize the apt #??

also.....this is really basic, but when im typing and i want to go down a cell, whats the keyboard shortcut...i dont like having to double click to be able to type in that cell!



it would be really awesome if i could figure out how to just enter the first and last in the building # range, and the # of apts then let it fill it all in for me....is that possible?

[Wing Zero]

ok easy
input this in their respective rows

3047 Rodney ave Apt. 1
3047 Rodney ave Apt. 2
3047 Rodney ave Apt. 3
3047 Rodney ave Apt. 4
3047 Rodney ave Apt. 5
3047 Rodney ave Apt. 6

highlight them and drag that autofill thing. it worked for me

[Commander Flash]

that seemed to work pretty swell....do you know the keyboard command(s) to be able to select the cell below and type in it....(without having to double click on it)?

[Wing Zero]

i slept through excel in comp apps :/
no lawl

[Lizardbreath]

Try this since I am not on my @ home computah!
put the first number in the first box...Then in box below it type =A1 +1
Then drag down the fill handle.
So it should go
1st box = 1
2nd box =A1 +1
I think that's how you do it off the top of my head.

there is a way that I will tell u when I get back to my apt and read the book that you can keep everything exclusive from the calculation occuring.