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Creating Savvy Spreadsheets

In this Digging into the Data Pipeline presentation, Dennis Buckmaster, professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering at Purdue University, demonstrates how to use logical spreadsheeting to improve your Excel Spreadsheets and Google Sheets. Buckmaster walks you through how to set up a spreadsheet in a way that is functional and makes sense. From naming your cells to using simple shortcuts, he demonstrates how to use spreadsheets as a tool for your farm and agribusiness.

View the Creating Savvy Spreadsheets presentation video here.

This video presentation is part of the Digging into the Data Pipeline webinar series hosted by the College of Agriculture at Purdue University.

View the Digging into the Data Pipeline playlist on Youtube.

Links for Creating Savvy Spreadsheets Webinar

Buckmaster demonstrated a variety of already created spreadsheets available for use, including

This series is supported in part by the Wabash Heartland Innovation Network (WHIN).

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