In the Good Old Days...
"You cannot load information directly from a spreadsheet into Ventura Desktop Publisher. You can, with effort, incorporate data from a spreadsheet into Ventura. My advice, however, is to use spreadsheet data only if it is necessary..."
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. Ventura Publisher Tips, Tricks, and Traps. 1989. Que Corporation
These brain teasers demonstrate how the imaginative use of application software features can accomplish tedious, time-consuming tasks involving potentially large amounts of data with a tiny fraction of the effort required to do them manually.
Many of the examples show how data can be shuffled between two or more application to exploit their respective strengths as part of the total solution.
Read the brain teasers and check out the provided data. Cast your mental net wide and see if a solution appears. Multiple solutions are possible, but elegance, speed, and simplicity are the goals.
Stumped? Complete description and step-by-step instructions are included for each brain-teaser. Give them a try and enjoy new horizons.
Moving Items Up and Down in a List
Sort a Table and Transpose Columns
Transpose Table Rows and Columns
Manipulating Dates and Transforming Lists
MS-Access Data clean-up and count
Create a Spreadsheet in Notepad