Excel user information

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Steve Powell

I am interested in learning about who uses Excel and how they use it.
For example, what percentage of users have had formal training; how
many use VLookup, or how many build models from scratch. Does anyone
know of a source for such information?
Thanks.
Steve Powell
 
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Ken Wright

No idea where you would get official stats, if indeed they even exist (Which
i doubt), but happy to give you my personal guess:-

Formal Training - Less than 1%
Use VLOOKUP - Less than 10%
Build Models - Depends on definition of what a model is. A couple of
cells of data with a formula could be construed as a model, so I'd guess a
large percentage.

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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aaron.kempf

excel is a disease; pivottables are the only functionality in excel
that i care about..

i just dont get the whole training thing-- i took training on lotus 123
or whatever back in '93. .and then a couple of quick courses on all
office products in college..

but it's just such a basic program.. i think that for most people;
their training dollars would be better spent on learning a real program
like Access or Crystal Reports.

-aaron
 
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