Hello all,

I'm a novice with Excel (using 2002) and need to find out how difficult a
task is to do for someone like me. I don't know much about using Excel other
than adding basic functions.

I want to track entries based on certain categories (each entry will include
date, time, item #, price, etc...). I will need to be able to rearrange the
items based on different parameters such as by date, by item # etc...

How do I go about learning how to add this feature into my spreadsheet?

I'd like to be able to arrange the entries by which ever category I need.

Sorry if this message isn't clear, please ask for further details if those
might help.


Thanks...

Look up sort in Help.

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HTH

Bob Phillips

"FISH" wrote in message
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Hello all,

I'm a novice with Excel (using 2002) and need to find out how difficult a
task is to do for someone like me. I don't know much about using Excel
other
than adding basic functions.

I want to track entries based on certain categories (each entry will
include
date, time, item #, price, etc...). I will need to be able to rearrange
the
items based on different parameters such as by date, by item # etc...

How do I go about learning how to add this feature into my spreadsheet?

I'd like to be able to arrange the entries by which ever category I need.

Sorry if this message isn't clear, please ask for further details if those
might help.


Thanks...

After learning about Sort, you should look into Pivot Tables. If the
data is appropriately arranged, you can very quickly generate different
tabular views of it, sorted or grouped in a variety of ways.

I have some pages on pivot tables, including links to more sources:

Introduction to Pivot Tables in Excel
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivottables.htm

Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, and Real Charts
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=553

Pivot Table and Pivot Chart Links
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivotlinks.htm

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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FISH wrote:

Hello all,

I'm a novice with Excel (using 2002) and need to find out how difficult a
task is to do for someone like me. I don't know much about using Excel other
than adding basic functions.

I want to track entries based on certain categories (each entry will include
date, time, item #, price, etc...). I will need to be able to rearrange the
items based on different parameters such as by date, by item # etc...

How do I go about learning how to add this feature into my spreadsheet?

I'd like to be able to arrange the entries by which ever category I need.

Sorry if this message isn't clear, please ask for further details if those
might help.


Thanks...