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I am taking a computer class which deals with the use of MS Office. This class will be very beneficial to me, especially for employment purposes. We are using windows XP Pro, the most current office version, and I am using jaws 5.1. This is also the same setup I have at home too. I am/was wondering if anyone could help me with excell. I would really like to use it to manage my checking account; which I know it can do. However, I am not sure how to get started especially in linging things up. I know all about using Jaws help, but i just don't get it! If anyone has any ideas/suggestions, please help!!! Feel free to post them here or send me a private message. Thanks soo much! BTW, feel free to share any tips/tricks dealing with power point, access, and all/any other ms office products. Katie
It's a pretty easy program to use. Basically, it's like a huge grid....like a piece of graph paper with little squares. In each you can place an amount or a formula to create an amount. The squares can be labeled in rows or columns. To keep track of your checking account, you'd probably need a very basic spreadsheet. Perhaps you could list each value in a column under your balance. You can create a formula to automatically subtract the numbers from the current balance also. Not sure what else you need to know...
I know Excel can be used with screen readers but I'm not good at it. Lol. Sorry! Good luck with it though, i know it can be done and fairly easily. But like trendlines are hard to do, I don't even think you can do them. And, I daresay, other features are inaccessible as well.
Caitlin
Excel is very accessible - I used it for three years in my job as finance manager for a government organzation using massive formulas and if statements spreading over multiple worksheets. For your purposes though all you need is a basic spreadsheet to add up your different balances. the spreadsheet is made up of squares, a bit like a chess board. with columns, and rows. the rows are lettered, a b c d e ... and so on, and the columns are numbered, 1 through ... 65000 or so ... you'll never need to go that far down lol. Your best bet would be to have a number of entries at the top for each month, then cells going down the side with your income/expenditures, and then a totals row at the bottom listing first all the totals for each month, and then a year to date total at the very bottom. if you have msn feel free to add me and I'd be happy to talk you through how to set up the spreadsheet and input the formulas. hth
Oh yes it is accessible, like I said, I just don't know how to do it. Lol. Caitlin
Excel is fucking evil, but it is accessible. I hate that program, I've added y ou to msn, and if you still need help I can help you, I had to create a 14 sheet workbook for keeping track of cycles and phases for total time needed for quality ashurance testing at Compuware, so I know the program quite well.
If you pot more specific questions here I could also help you. I've done mostly programming for Excel though (pulling in data from Access, exporting data to vb.net, automating a spread sheet from a vb.net user interface sort of stuff) but through that I've learnt Excel quite well .
So, if you need to ask just shoot and I'm sure one of us here can help you.
cheers
-B
Thanks for all the offers of heop! I sincerely appreciate it! What I'm trying to do is create a spreadsheet which will allow me to manage my checkbook. I know this may be done, I'm just not sure how/where to begin...any idea? lol.
I can use excel to an extent, but I hate it! I try to avoid looking for jobs that use it. I can do entry data with it, but when it comes to formula stuff forget it.
Troy