Excel and PowerPoint Skills

Hello All,

I'm a recent graduate starting soon on a structured product desk and I want brush up on my Excel and PowerPoint skills. Does anyone have any ideas or resources that they would recommend?

Thanks, Jgills

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Pick up a book at Borders or B&N on excel skills. Also, there are some good youtube tutorials on how to use some of excel's more powerful features.

With powerpoint, take some time to mess around to figure out how to make things look nice. The new version of ppt has some auto graphics features and a better color palette, so even if you're not all that good, it can make your presentation look pretty nice.

 

How long have you been using the programs for? It is a steep learning curve but the tasks get easier with every attempt.

 
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You should learn to properly spell Excel, otherwise you'll end up "ref'ing" out on all your formulas.

I knew at least one asshole was going to write that. It was a typing mistake that I didn't catch until after I posted it. Dick.

 

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