Originally Posted by
Paint Horse
My point is the approach to take to learning the program. Do not make it any harder than it is. Once again it is just a bunch of cells. One of four things go in each cell. Once that is mastered one may move on to more complex tasks. I rather doubt someone that is just learning it cares about pivot tables or macro creation. For example, when I learned to fly as this is a flying related forum, we do not practice spin recovery during the first lesson.
I agree completely - I think that the snark you got earlier in the thread is more because, for you and me, this is simple, so it really does just amount to the four things you mentioned. But if you're not familiar with Excel then saying that "these four things are all you need to know" is akin to reducing brain surgery to four simple things. I've found that a lot of people lack the foundation to be able to relate to Excel in four simple things.