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From Struggle to Mastery: How Elton Updates His Excel Reports in 1 minute
Jane sighed deeply as she stared at her screen. Every week, like clockwork, she downloaded a new file from the system and began the arduous task of cleaning it up. Rows and columns had to be deleted, data from other sheets merged using VLOOKUP, and comparisons made with older reports. Each step was fraught with the potential for error—one misstep and hours of work could unravel. It was a tedious, painstaking process, but Jane didn’t see another way.
Elton pressed a button labeled “Refresh”, and his report updated instantly. No cleaning, no manual merging—just clean, organized data ready for analysis. It wasn’t magic, but it felt like it. A few months ago, Elton couldn’t have imagined this level of efficiency.
Across the office, Elton was facing similar frustrations. Preparing his weekly reports involved hours of cleaning and manually merging data. He often found himself hunched over his desk late into the evening, trying to make sense of endless rows and columns. Yet, today was different.
The Turning Point: Jason’s Excel Training
Elton had attended a course led by Jason, the “1-Minute Trainer,” an Excel expert who promised to transform workflows. Initially, Elton was skeptical. How could a process that used to take him hours be reduced to just one minute? The claim seemed too good to be true.
But Elton decided to give it a shot. The first rule shocked him: “Don’t touch your raw data.”
This idea seemed counterintuitive. Elton had always believed that cleaning and editing the raw file was the only way to start his work. Jason explained that the raw data should remain untouched, serving as a reliable, consistent source. Instead, Elton learned to harness Excel’s built-in tools to structure his reports.
Elton’s skepticism faded as he applied these tools. By the end of the course, he wasn’t just convinced—he was eager to transform his reporting workflow.
Results That Speak for Themselves
Back at his desk, Elton applied what he learned. He built a system where raw data remained untouched, and all cleaning, merging, and analysis happened through linked queries and automated processes. Now, generating his weekly report took less than a minute—something that had seemed impossible before.
Elton’s newfound efficiency inspired Jane. Watching him breeze through tasks that used to take hours, she decided to attend the next training session.