If you’re a writer (by which I mean that some major part of your personal or professional life involves putting words together), you probably spend a lot of time in a word processing program such as Microsoft Word.
If you’re like a lot of writers I know, you’re also probably somewhat math-averse, and as a result you probably stay away from spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel. Well, you shouldn’t.
Excel is a powerful tool for all sorts of mathematical and quantitative tasks, but you can do a lot more with it than number crunching. Thanks to Excel’s power to sort and filter, it can be a very powerful tool for writers and editors.
Here are some ways you can use Excel:
- Record daily word counts.
- Write a list of ideas (for articles, blog posts, etc.).
- Keep track of your to-do list.
- Create an editorial calendar.
- Keep track of project tasks and their statuses.
So, how do you use spreadsheets?
