{"id":236,"date":"2022-12-01T20:31:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-compappmgr\/chapter\/why-it-matters-microsoft-excel-advanced-skills\/"},"modified":"2022-12-01T20:31:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:31:48","slug":"why-it-matters-microsoft-excel-advanced-skills","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-compappmgr\/chapter\/why-it-matters-microsoft-excel-advanced-skills\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Microsoft Excel Advanced Skills","rendered":"Why It Matters: Microsoft Excel Advanced Skills"},"content":{"raw":"\n<h2>Why learn to complete advanced skills in Microsoft Excel?<\/h2>\nWith a lot of data comes a lot of repetition. You may find yourself completing the same tasks over and over again, or you may find yourself re-creating tables, because they weren't organized the way you need them to be. 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