I want to use two sheets, one where I enter all the shifts to be filled and
one where the schedule is actually printed out for employees. I would like
to merge the information on sheet 1 and sheet 2 by entering data only onto
sheet 1.

Do you think this can all be done in excel, or must I use a program like
Microsoft Word too - I would prefer to use only excel.

This may be a pretty involved process as I am pretty new to Excel, but any
help you are willing to offer would be greatly appreciated.