JoAnn said:
I see a lot of posts from people looking for a template when all they
need is a simple table/spreadsheet with headers. I suspect they think
they *must* start with a template for some reason or they are just
afraid to try to start from scratch.
What that usually turns out to be is someone who is strictly a "user"
and not one who know little else about their apps than to select a
template for whatever. They're simply ignorant in the classis sense of
the word, and haven't had the opportunity nor often the need to learn
anything further to do the tasks they need to do.
Usually I'll try to not make someone like that feel bad about
themselves and hopefully move them in a direction where they can fix
things up for their needs on their own.
For instance:
-- Are you using Microsoft Office? Open Office? Wordperfect? What?
-- Do you know how to use Word? And Excel?
-- Tables in Word?
-- If not, what program are you trying to use or do you have for doing
this?
-- Is it dictated which program you must use for this?
Often, once the application is known, then it's often no more than
describing how to do a single column of the several they need, and they
are all set. Well, until they discover ten columns won't fit across the
page, I suppose<g>.
Just my 2 ¢
Twayne
