Assigning different values to different types of data being entere

I am new to Excel, and am feeling very overwhelmed. I'm writing a report to
detail different types of sales appointments I've set for our sales staff,
where one or more of several distinct products are being marketed. The
companies we're meeting with are in a variety of industries. How do I assign
a tracking value to the salespeople, the product line being marketed and the
industry our prospect is in? I would like to compare monthly or quarterly
results to chart successes and shortcomings. Also, is there an online users
manual that illuatrates Excel's basic uses? Thanks for any and all help.
Josh

Can you give more detail of what you want? What type of data do you have.
I'm not sure what you mean by a "tracking value". What's the source of
that information?


"Josh" wrote in message
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I am new to Excel, and am feeling very overwhelmed. I'm writing a report to
detail different types of sales appointments I've set for our sales staff,
where one or more of several distinct products are being marketed. The
companies we're meeting with are in a variety of industries. How do I
assign
a tracking value to the salespeople, the product line being marketed and
the
industry our prospect is in? I would like to compare monthly or quarterly
results to chart successes and shortcomings. Also, is there an online
users
manual that illuatrates Excel's basic uses? Thanks for any and all help.
Josh