Record Keeping in Excel?

I still dont have the hang of using the new version
2007. Hell I cant even use Word properly in the 2007 Office version.
I hate both of them.
I hate Vista.

I am old, got used to what I thought worked fine.

I still love Excel.
Just have not figured out where everything is.
Hate reading the directions in Help.

hate and love excessively

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by pgardn

I still dont have the hang of using the new version
2007. Hell I cant even use Word properly in the 2007 Office version.
I hate both of them.
I hate Vista.

I am old, got used to what I thought worked fine.

I still love Excel.
Just have not figured out where everything is.
Hate reading the directions in Help.

hate and love excessively

excel is great. whatever improvement you think it needs is actually already imbedded. you just haven't figured out where how to find it. parenthetically, neither have i. you just need to know a scavs.

i have no gripe with microsoft.

but i do like the support i get with apple. i've hauled my laptop into their local store for multiple free classes and 2x for specific issues i was too dense to work out on my own.

it's a lot better then trying to talk it out on the phone with india.

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

excel is great. whatever improvement you think it needs is actually already imbedded. you just haven't figured out where how to find it. parenthetically, neither have i. you just need to know a scavs.

i have no gripe with microsoft.

but i do like the support i get with apple. i've hauled my laptop into their local store for multiple free classes and 2x for specific issues i was too dense to work out on my own.

it's a lot better then trying to talk it out on the phone with india.

I have thought about going to a Mac.
Just cant bring myself to it.
I really do think it is just a matter of being older.
I am just not as flexible mentally.

And I had found so many neat things on excel(like you said)
It was like opening X-mas presents all the time.
I just get frustrated with the new format.
The new looking bar at the top is so foreign visually.
(Scavs I may pm you sometime if you dont mind... if you
use the 2007 version of excel)

Again probably my brain has become addicted to
a certain visual and just cant switch easily.

If they changed the DRF format drastically I would be
unable to bet the few races I do.

[XIIPointStables]

Six years later, a few weak attempts to do this, recent months of dumb betting and recently hearing Barry Meadow on Steve's show... I am finally motivated to do this correctly.

I no longer have that email from Scav (thanks man) - anyone keeping track via Excel, etc? Any help/direction is appreciated.

And a good Belmont Week to all.

[hockey2315]

Don't really have any tips, but kind of ashamed by my advice to just use a word document way back then. . . I use the Mac equivalent of Excel--Numbers--now. . .

[XIIPointStables]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Don't really have any tips, but kind of ashamed by my advice to just use a word document way back then. . . I use the Mac equivalent of Excel--Numbers--now. . .

I'm ashamed six years later I was going to post the same post asking for help before having a feeling of deja vu...and realizing I never followed thru.

Still stuck on PC over here.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by XIIPointStables

I'm ashamed six years later I was going to post the same post asking for help before having a feeling of deja vu...and realizing I never followed thru.

Still stuck on PC over here.

It's never too late to start. The good news is that the newest versions of Excel (2010 or 2013) have been improved to a great degree. They now have a million line cap instead of 65536, so you could potentially put everything in one file if you wanted to. I would however reverse sort it so that your most recent entries are at the top of the sheet.

[GoIrish]

I've been keeping track of my wagers in Excel format for several years now. It takes some diligence depending upon the level to which you'd like to record data. Here's a screen clip of my spreadsheet with one line of sample data.

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[Dstra]

I've been in the same boat for years. Dabbled on/off with excel, access, etc.

In Feb of this yr, got 2 nice hits. Decided to just do it. The major stumbling block is entering the data off the tickets and keeping track of the winners. Online betting services are easy - most allow you to export and save to excel or csv format...

For winners - I always bring a small digital audio recorder ($30) with me now - get a winner - flip it on , record - good to go...

For taking care of our losing tickets,,,The secret is treat the tickets as "receipts"

Its a 2-step process:

1) Get a real scanner - Fujitsu =IX500 deluxe bundle- about $440 online

This puppy scans 25 pages/min flawlessly. Works perfect with our parimutal tickets. You can save to adobe or other formats...

2) Use another program (neat receipts, quickbooks)that takes receipts and can import this data directly into excel.Its not really that hard and once you get setup - no more boxes of losers either.

FYI - I am a long time IT guy...

Good Luck!