How do liberal arts uni interns manage excel?

Hi! I have an internship this summer and been trying to improve on my excel skills. Being from a liberal arts uni I’m just wondering is the learning curve usually this steep? Like this is a foreign language to me

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Just practice when you're building models. I got very good at excel when I was completing modelling courses I bought as the recorded videos included ways of using formulas. That's just me though,  I prefer learning by doing rather than watching a course. 

 

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