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Spreadsheets for Everyday Use

Meets Mondays 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM · Fall 2026 · registration open
This class runs in the Fall 2026 session. Registration is open now; lessons, materials, and the class discussion board are posted before it begins.

okay sooo this class is for anyone who has opened Excel or Google Sheets and mostly just types numbers into boxes. That's it, that's the whole target.

We'll build two real things together: a household budget and a simple tracking sheet. Along the way you'll learn formulas so you stop retyping numbers, sorting so you can actually find stuff, and basic charts that make one clear point instead of five.

Here's the thing, a spreadsheet isn't fancy and doesn't need to be. It just needs to answer a question you actually have. We start with your question, then build.

Hands-on every week. You'll make mistakes live and we'll fix them together. Mondays 6:00 to 7:30. Bring a laptop.

Lessons

  1. Starting With a Question, Not a Blank Sheet

    Before you type anything, figure out what you're actually trying to know, because that's the thing that makes the rest not scary.

  2. Getting Around a Sheet Without Panicking

    Cells, rows, columns, and how to move and enter data without fighting the thing the whole time.

  3. Formulas So You Stop Retyping

    If you're typing the same number twice you've already made a future mistake, so let the sheet do the math.

  4. Building the Household Budget

    We build a real budget you'll actually keep, with five or six categories, not forty.

  5. A Simple Tracking Sheet

    We build a tracker for whatever you're actually trying to watch, and I'll build the example around your situation.

  6. Charts That Make One Boring, Obvious Point

    A chart is for one idea, and if it needs a paragraph to explain it, it's a puzzle instead.

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