Start with a Youtube video of what these programs can do and how they're typically used. Then afterwards, jump into the programs once you have an idea about what is going on from 100 feet up.
For excel, I always used Exceljet, but I concur that lots of what is taught there is excessive for what most people typically require.
If you actually use almost everything in Exceljet and some of the other programs, you have to quietly ask why the company is using excel rather than going to a database type program. Then you ask yourself whether you should stay.
Seriously speaking, this is the case with some companies who are worth hundreds of millions and some in excess of a billion dollars. You've probably heard of them in the news and didn't even know it. It's idiotic and an obvious sinking ship if management can't even figure #### like that out at that levels of a company of those sizes. 7 days to do calculations that should take 70 seconds with the right tools. It's moronic for a million dollar company, let alone hundreds of millions or a billion.
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