Microsoft Office may not be the superior ruler of workplaces around the world like it was before the rise of competitors like Google Drive. However, to many, it's still an essential part of operating a business, and a huge reason for that is its flagship program, Excel.
In simple terms, it uses spreadsheets to organize numbers and data with formulas and functions. From financial analysis to time management, Excel can help with almost anything. It can be a challenging tool to master if you're a beginner and have no experience in these sorts of things, but learning the basics is a pretty straightforward process and doesn't require much time.
But once you add clients, bosses, and deadlines into the mix, it can get pretty wild. And probably nothing captures the joys and sorrows of working with this program as 'Excel Humor.' Spanning across various social media platforms, this meme page perfectly shows how hectic your day can be when you depend on it.
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True, excel is the glue that holds everything toghether. And coffee. Excel and coffee.
Remember the before times: 'And here is the same e-mail from 30 seconds ago, this time with the attachement. Now excuse me while I go die in a hole somewhere.'
I used to invest the hour or so to create spreadsheets that saved me half an hour every month/week after that my forty-hour job took only ten hours to do each week
This is pretty much my actual job. Coworkers send me their files to debug. And it's usually because they're atrocious at spelling (seriously - lookup (of any description) has two Os) or they've included a rogue space. Or, most commonly, they've tried to calculate text. Sometimes they've used entirely the wrong formula structure. Very rarely they've done everything right but their source has omissions. This guy still isn't crazy-eyed enough to be me by Friday.
Should you need any further information, do not. Hesitate to contact me.
My best friend prefers google sheets. It's put a real strain on our relationship.
In my recent interview for an insurance job, the interviewer said, "I see you have a degree in Graphic Design." He laughed and continued, "What happened?"
I recently got a new laptop from work and honestly kinda miss the "helicopter taking off" sound effects every time I open Excel.
Its like formulas are tree rings . . . over the years they just continue to add more and more layers till you look at the cell again and it looks like a formula for time travel lol.
That was my argument against memorizing things in school from day 1 lol.
Shortcuts will change your life! Once you go mouse-less you never go back!
But you know that ”Final-Final-REAL_Final” is only around the corner....
Hell, yeah. Once at 8 pm. This pure evil crap was supposed to automatically save every 5 minutes. I had worked 3 hours straight on a sheet and Excel had crashed at the beginning, not letting me know until I had almost finished. It was late and the work was due for the day after (last minute task thank you boss). Afterwards IT service reinstalled all the Office suite and it became much more stable. From that day I have a finger on CTRL, another on S, and I press them compulsively every few minutes.
Turning down the car radio when parallel parking because you can' t see properly otherwise...
I feel like I need my boss to see how much time I spend on little quick interruptions.
I once worked with a senior financial analyst who used colours. And not just the primary ones. There were shades of brown and beige as well as pastel pinks and teal. Basically, if it was displayable on an RGB monitor, he incorporated it into his spreadsheet. I got a migraine after ten minutes, and my laptop made this funny high-pitched whistle everytinr I scrolled down....
That is from XKCD. The text is different, but its still not referenced properly...
I just created a macro to adjust everything to the format I like. Press the shortcut, and voilà, ready to go!
The one of the left moves it left and the one on the right moves it right
I hope this is early days yet because someone needs to remove the postings not related to Excel. Several of the Excel-related ones are quite funny (and true!) though.
I'm still amazed how many people working on computers did NOT take a typing class in High School. I can type 120 WPM and finish fast . . . but I did learn in the corporate world NOT to submit my work until the deadline. So I had time for other things. Anything that was submitted early was subject to editing and changes. So I had time . . .
why do so many Bored Panda posts have nothing to do with the headline attached to them? I think only five or six of these had anything to do with spreadsheets or Excel
More of the ones that had to do with Excel were in the 100 not shown. You're right, a lot of the top posts had nothing to do with Excel
Load More Replies...I hope this is early days yet because someone needs to remove the postings not related to Excel. Several of the Excel-related ones are quite funny (and true!) though.
I'm still amazed how many people working on computers did NOT take a typing class in High School. I can type 120 WPM and finish fast . . . but I did learn in the corporate world NOT to submit my work until the deadline. So I had time for other things. Anything that was submitted early was subject to editing and changes. So I had time . . .
why do so many Bored Panda posts have nothing to do with the headline attached to them? I think only five or six of these had anything to do with spreadsheets or Excel
More of the ones that had to do with Excel were in the 100 not shown. You're right, a lot of the top posts had nothing to do with Excel
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