Noob needs Excel 2007 help

[Joe727]

Hi - I just got MS Office 2007 Professional which, of course, includes Excel
12. I need to keep track of vehicle mileage, reimbursement amounts, and
create an offset of those reimbursement amounts against the IRS standard
mileage deduction, so that at the end of the year I only have to plug a few
figures into my tax return. I also need to make daily entries.

Now, I am an absolute, unconditional, verified noob when it comes to
speadsheets. What I need is a basic tutorial on how to set this up.
There's a Excel 2007 for Dummies book as well as an Excel 2007 Reference for
Dummies book, but I am not even sure which one of those would be of the most
benefit.

Until I got Office 2007 Pro, I had been playing around with the spreadsheet
in Works Suite 2001 without much success.

Any suggestion on what books or websites would be of benefit to an
spreadsheet noob like me is appreciated.

BTW, I am not afraid to poke around a program. I've been building my own
computers for about 7 years now, so, I've already made a bunch of mistakes
which resulted in me having to start over.

Thanks

Joe

 

[Niek Otten]

Hi Joe,

Look at this template:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC060884621033.aspx?pid=CT101481361033

or browse the templates site to look for something more suitable

--
Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

| Hi - I just got MS Office 2007 Professional which, of course, includes Excel
| 12. I need to keep track of vehicle mileage, reimbursement amounts, and
| create an offset of those reimbursement amounts against the IRS standard
| mileage deduction, so that at the end of the year I only have to plug a few
| figures into my tax return. I also need to make daily entries.
|
| Now, I am an absolute, unconditional, verified noob when it comes to
| speadsheets. What I need is a basic tutorial on how to set this up.
| There's a Excel 2007 for Dummies book as well as an Excel 2007 Reference for
| Dummies book, but I am not even sure which one of those would be of the most
| benefit.
|
| Until I got Office 2007 Pro, I had been playing around with the spreadsheet
| in Works Suite 2001 without much success.
|
| Any suggestion on what books or websites would be of benefit to an
| spreadsheet noob like me is appreciated.
|
| BTW, I am not afraid to poke around a program. I've been building my own
| computers for about 7 years now, so, I've already made a bunch of mistakes
| which resulted in me having to start over.
|
| Thanks
|
| Joe
|
|

 

[Joe727]

Thanks Niek - that looks like a good start for me. However, I need to make
some modifications to the template, but I don't know where to begin. Can
you suggest a website that has a step-by-step tutorial for beginners?

Joe

 

[Niek Otten]

There are many.

Try one or more of these:

http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/
http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/ExcelMain.htm
http://www.utexas.edu/its/training/handouts/UTOPIA_ExcelGS/
http://www.baycongroup.com/el0.htm

or Google for Excel Tutorial

--
Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

| Thanks Niek - that looks like a good start for me. However, I need to make
| some modifications to the template, but I don't know where to begin. Can
| you suggest a website that has a step-by-step tutorial for beginners?
|
| Joe
|
| | > Hi Joe,
| >
| > Look at this template:
| >
| > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC060884621033.aspx?pid=CT101481361033
| >
| > or browse the templates site to look for something more suitable
| >
| > --
| > Kind regards,
| >
| > Niek Otten
| > Microsoft MVP - Excel
| >
| > | > | Hi - I just got MS Office 2007 Professional which, of course, includes
| > Excel
| > | 12. I need to keep track of vehicle mileage, reimbursement amounts, and
| > | create an offset of those reimbursement amounts against the IRS standard
| > | mileage deduction, so that at the end of the year I only have to plug a
| > few
| > | figures into my tax return. I also need to make daily entries.
| > |
| > | Now, I am an absolute, unconditional, verified noob when it comes to
| > | speadsheets. What I need is a basic tutorial on how to set this up.
| > | There's a Excel 2007 for Dummies book as well as an Excel 2007 Reference
| > for
| > | Dummies book, but I am not even sure which one of those would be of the
| > most
| > | benefit.
| > |
| > | Until I got Office 2007 Pro, I had been playing around with the
| > spreadsheet
| > | in Works Suite 2001 without much success.
| > |
| > | Any suggestion on what books or websites would be of benefit to an
| > | spreadsheet noob like me is appreciated.
| > |
| > | BTW, I am not afraid to poke around a program. I've been building my
| > own
| > | computers for about 7 years now, so, I've already made a bunch of
| > mistakes
| > | which resulted in me having to start over.
| > |
| > | Thanks
| > |
| > | Joe
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Joe727]

Thanks again Niek.

Joe