Excel(lente!)

So far, I've had a pretty good experience with Excel. I haven't had any major problems with the program. I've been learning a lot about all of the different features of Excel - before, I just stuck to the basic functions and didn't stray far from the Home tab. I had no idea what conditional formatting was, and it took me a long time to figure out how to format cells. I'm still inexperienced in some areas, but I imagine that after I spend some time navigating through all of the tabs and drop-down menus, it'll be easier to figure out where everything is. Learning about Excel would have made it a lot easier for me to summarize data last year for bio and chem lab reports. I basically entered college without ever having to use Excel, and I struggled a lot first semester when it came to creating charts and graphs and knowing the "rules" of entering formulas and formatting cells. Now that I know (more or less) how to use Excel, I really like it. It makes it easy to organize data and categorize everything. I can see myself using Excel for making budgets, calendars, and (of course) more lab reports. The only thing that is a little overwhelming about Excel is the number of options available on the Ribbon. If you have forgotten where something is (or didn't know where it was in the first place) it can be very difficult to locate a particular command. Other than that, I don't have any problems with Excel. I think it's a very useful tool, especially in college.