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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 months ago
everything you suggest would be counter productive and detract from the functionality of excel… and form over function is how you create a living hellscape.
Eh. These are Excel spreadsheets. Nothing in them matters in the grand scheme of things. And if you can regain a little humanity by humanizing your Excel in whimsical ways, I say more power to OP.
That said, it might be good to avoid letting the boss see it.
ya wanna recover your humanity?
Watch some cat videos. or go take a quick walk outside for some fresh air. Maybe, even, take a vacation.
your coworkers will thank you.
I mean, I’m not advocating for foisting anything on OP’s coworkers without everyone being on board with it. OP’s talking about mods for the copy of Excel on his own machine (or rather more likely the machine his employer letsmakes OP use), not ways of fucking up a file (that would be shared between coworkers) right?
I mean, I’m not advocating for foisting anything on OP’s coworkers without everyone being on board with it. OP’s talking about mods for the copy of Excel on his own machine (or rather more likely the machine his employer letsmakes OP use), not ways of fucking up a file (that would be shared between coworkers) right?
If you have columns and rows that aren’t straight, for example, that could lead OP creating/building/entering data in odd ways that his coworks will then have to deal with. If some cells because unusable because of these “warts” randomly across the page… then anything the OP does to work around it will have to be worked around by anyone else.
It’s difficult to imagine anywhere that the spreadsheet won’t be shared with at least one other person.
More like function over table
astraeus@programming.dev 9 months ago
Dealing with an Excel spreadsheet is already a living hell, what’s a little extra pain and suffering going to do?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I submit that a properly laid out and simple excel spreadsheet is as beautiful as it is rare.
It’s dealing with other people’s spreadsheets because they don’t even know you can have multiple sheets to keep things organized, and they just throw everything onto the same sheet that is the living hell. That… and management that thinks imposing this kind of whimsy is a good idea…
Thavron@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
A good excel sheet is a thing of beauty. I made one for my family’s finances which takes everything into account. Automatically calculates net from gross salary, child benefits based on number of kids, the percentage we both have to transfer to our joint account every month, etc. It gives us so much clarity about our finances.
astraeus@programming.dev 8 months ago
I have a not so pretty sheet on Google Sheets I use for finances and while I agree, spreadsheets are generally not amazing. When they are, they certainly are.