Record Keeping in Excel?

[XIIPointStables]

I'm going to finally try and keep records of my wagers over the second half of the year. Does anyone have an excel version of a way to do this?

I'm tinkering around with it myself, but it looks pretty raw. I wondered if anyone had something to share that might be more "professional."

Any others ideas - brainstorming on record keeping?

Thanks in advance for the help. I tried to search for a thread on this elsewhere on the site but came up empty - if there is a thread already dedicated to this I'll kindly shut up if you could point me in the right direction. Thanks!

[hockey2315]

I think it's easier to just use a word document. . . I do it sort of like this:

Track - Conditions

Race - Distance/Surface - Race Conditions - Wager - Net result

Race - Distance/Surface - Race Conditions - Wager - Net result

Race - Distance/Surface - Race Conditions - Wager - Net result

Track - Wagered: Returned: Net:

Day - Wagered: Returned: Net:

Month - Wagered: Returned: Net:

Year - Wagered: Returned: Net:

[Scav]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

I think it's easier to just use a word document. . . I do it sort of like this:

Track - Conditions

Race - Distance/Surface - Race Conditions - Wager - Net result

Race - Distance/Surface - Race Conditions - Wager - Net result

Race - Distance/Surface - Race Conditions - Wager - Net result

Track - Wagered: Returned: Net:

Day - Wagered: Returned: Net:

Month - Wagered: Returned: Net:

Year - Wagered: Returned: Net:

Your killing me hockey...Both you guys send me your email address and I will show you the power of Excel....and if you give me a week, I'll design one for you, with what you are looking for.....

[hockey2315]

Thanks, scav, but I have a mac. . .

[XIIPointStables]

Scav check you PM. Thanks for the help.

Does anyone on here keep records or is it really like less than 5% of players that actually do it. That would be my guess.

[hockey2315]

I would think that most people on here who are serious keep records.

[Holland Hacker]

Originally Posted by XIIPointStables

Scav check you PM. Thanks for the help.

Does anyone on here keep records or is it really like less than 5% of players that actually do it. That would be my guess.

last year I kept track and started to this year, but have fell a little behind. I have a VERY basic Excel file that I use. Shoot me a PM if you want me to send you a copy.

[Bigsmc]

I keep records on Excel. Pretty rough. I am sure Scav is more adept with Excel than I am.

They serve their purpose for me.

I keep records in Photoshop.

[BillW]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Thanks, scav, but I have a mac. . .

Are you familiar with Open Office?

http://www.openoffice.org/

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by BillW

Are you familiar with Open Office?

http://www.openoffice.org/

Nope. Thanks - I'll look into it. My system works pretty well for me though.

[BillW]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Nope. Thanks - I'll look into it. My system works pretty well for me though.

It's fairly close to Excel compatibility and a good package.

Excel is a killer program.

Can be used for so many things.

[jcs11204]

i use a notebook and pen...
is anything wrong with that ?

Originally Posted by jcs11204

i use a notebook and pen...
is anything wrong with that ?

You can vomit on a notebook.

Vomitting on bytes of stored e-memory is
much more difficult.

[XIIPointStables]

Scav sent me a pretty good file. If anyone else has en example of how they do it, PM me and I'll send you my email. Or PM it to me direct, if that is even possible.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Thanks, scav, but I have a mac. . .

you can run windows on a mac. or microsoft makes a version of office to run in osx.

just fyi.

[hockey2315]

I know but I heard it has a lot of bugs. . .

[hi_im_god]

i run xp using parallel on my laptop. other than the usual windows glitches it runs fine when i need it.

don't know how the office suite runs in osx. just know it's available.

[hockey2315]

Ya. . . that's the thing - I never have glitches with the mac programs so I don't want to corrupt things by putting any microsoft stuff on.