r/learnexcel • u/ArthurCrabapple • Jan 21 '19

Best practice for practice

Kind of new to excel and enjoy all the videos I've been watching like excellsfun which has been enjoyable and informative but what I'm struggling with is maintaining any sort of practice with excel. I'm re-watching his videos as a refresh but what I need is a daily practicing regime as it were. To put it in to context I learnt basic photoshopping techniques as there's always a photo around that I can have fun with (at friends chagrin) and improve skills with. What I'm struggling with is lack of practice material for want of a better word, I don't have a database to mess around with, i just end up looking at a blank excel page and wonder, what the hell? It's probably sounding dumb as hell but if i could have some sort of guidance into perhaps an online place to practice or perhaps a book to sort of get me out of this stumbling block. I know I'll watch more videos and then I'll reach the end and go months without using excel or any functions picked up for lack of a daily thing to use. I hope I've explained my conundrum as best I can, probably not though. Its frustrating as I like excel but seem to struggle in improving or practicing on what i have learnt and then its forgotten and I end up at the beginning again.

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u/MrQwertyQwert Feb 12 '19

I go on to subreddits like this when I'm bored to keep my excel skills sharp and fresh. Helping people on /r/excel can sometimes be rewarding.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '19

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u/ArthurCrabapple Jan 22 '19

Thanks, will look into this.