There is also the occasional - ctrl c, alt es v. And then realize you copied date values along with your data. Excel is great, until that moment that you do so

There is also the occasional - ctrl c, alt es v. And then realize you copied date values along with your data. Excel is great, until that moment that you do something in haste over a large set of heterogenous data and cells. And if you are doing finance, a world of pain awaits you. edit: One other gripe about it, is if you use a macro, you can never use the easy ctrl-z out of whatever mistake you've just made. Backups for a new analyst are few and far between. Backups for me a short while into my job could happen hourly.