Ted, one of the nice things about the newsgroups here is that the regulars
are generally just that, ie regular. This means that there really does tend
to be a spirit of community in the groups, and familiarity brings it's own
brand of comfort, such that you will have no hesitation in asking questions.
At the same time as you start picking things up you may well find you
actually want to start answering some questions as well, and that in itself
will give you a real incentive to get it right, and it's usually a lot more
interesting when it's real problems you are looking at as opposed to just
textbook examples.

If you want to hang around you'll find people here willing to give you all
the help you could want, and don't ever feel that there is a question you
can't ask.

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission :-)
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"Ted Rogers" wrote in message
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Thank you to everyone for a fantastic response to my question, I didn't
expect such a large response :-)

I'm going to go along the book route and work through that. Almost
everyone suggested having a goal to aim for and my goal, I guess, is to be
able to use Excel as an expert!

Thank you again for your kindness,

Ted