# New course, first question: how does a spreadsheet work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [October 6, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/new-course-first-question-how-does-a-spreadsheet-work/16826 "2020-10-06T13:57:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/new-course-first-question-how-does-a-spreadsheet-work/16826/1 "2020-10-06T13:57:11Z")
Hi all, started this week with 30 people that want to learn build products. Some choose podcast, a lot choose apps. Glide is the tool of choice of course. Lesson: there are a more people than you think that don’t know the basics of a spreadsheet. That don’t put the different datafields in different columns, but put all data around a person or company in one column. I have to start from scratch! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/new-course-first-question-how-does-a-spreadsheet-work/16826/2 "2020-10-06T14:15:40Z")
Good luck 😉 ---
**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/new-course-first-question-how-does-a-spreadsheet-work/16826/3 "2020-10-06T14:18:06Z")
It’s important that I keep on saying in this community that there is another world out there, people that don’t party when the TRUNC, ASIN, COS, ROUND & MOD functions are added 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/new-course-first-question-how-does-a-spreadsheet-work/16826/4 "2020-10-06T15:22:18Z")
@erwblo Absolutely. Just because we know doesn’t mean everyone else knows. I used to be a technology coach, helping those not used to using a computer let alone understanding a simple spreadsheet. Some folks just can’t get their head around it despite time, patience and practice, we are all different and have different skills. I wish you well. It is great though when you see people making progress and they get excited when they actually get something to work, makes it all worth while ---
**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/new-course-first-question-how-does-a-spreadsheet-work/16826/5 "2020-10-06T15:31:33Z")
I helped 300 people so far with different stuff and almost all are happy that they made something or learned something, I never knew that other people helping could make me happy too 😉 As a media maker I’m used to make my own stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/new-course-first-question-how-does-a-spreadsheet-work/16826/6 "2020-10-06T15:43:06Z")
@erwblo Good work! Glide is awesome however you do need a certain level of confidence and competence to be able to make an app. You never know you could do end up helping someone to become a glide ‘master’ ---
**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/new-course-first-question-how-does-a-spreadsheet-work/16826/7 "2020-10-06T15:47:38Z")
They make 4 apps in 4 weeks and by that they get an idea of what they can do for themselves: a magazine-app, a city-app, a company app (who’s who and works where) and a questionaire app) ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/new-course-first-question-how-does-a-spreadsheet-work/16826/8 "2020-10-06T15:52:13Z")
@erwblo Brilliant keeping it simple