It isn't that strange... I have been doing the same.
You might want to take a look at Financial Modelling by Simon
Benninga. He uses Excel for rather complex financial and investment
analyses.
Nathan
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:08:16 -0700, am wrote:


Nathan,

This may sound strange, but I don't own any computer programming
books. I usually browsed Borders bookstore, and tapped either the
local library or Inter Library Loan, when I started learning.

John Walkenbach and Ken Getz were good learning tools.

I tend to learn by browsing the newsgroups. And searching Google.

I created an Excel file that stores hyperlinks to text files that
store relevant information and code snippets.

Debra Dalgleish has a fairly comprehensive listing of books.
http://www.contextures.com/xlbooks.html


HTH
Paul
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