I have been using Excel for a few years now. I was a little sure what it was all about until we started to get more and more into mailing at work.
I was told by the mailing expert that came in that my customers would need to save their mailing files in either text tab delimited format or excel format. Most of my customers were already using Excel and were telling me how easy it was to use.
I was using Microsoft Word to create my mailing lists and this was a whole big process of setting up the fields. It tons of times to set up the name, address, state, city and zip fields, whereas in Microsoft Excel, all I had to do was start typing away, labeling the first row with the fields that I needed.
After creating my mailing list, I have the ability to save the Excel file a number of ways, including saving the file as a text tab delimited file.
Besides, creating mailing data bases in Excel, I can also create statements and invoices. These can come in handy if you have your own business or need to create a custom invoice for something you may have sold.
I have also been using Microsoft Excel to keep all of my bills organized. I have a list neatly typed in Excel when each bill is due, how much the bill is and if I have sent the bill out or not. When it comes to tax season, I have a categorized list of all my expenses that I simply print out and hand over to my accountant, this saves her as well as me tons of time and money.