Can I say "I tinker with Excel" when I want to show that My Excel is good?
As the topic, can I say so?how can we say this sentence, ues "Excel" as the subject?

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Can I say "I tinker with Excel" when I want to show that My Excel is good?
As the topic, can I say so?how can we say this sentence, ues "Excel" as the subject?

Answer

No, 'tinker' means you play around with it, like a hobbyist who is not serious. 

You might say: 

"I am fanstastic at Excel." 
"I am very good with (or at) Excel" 

You can also talk about it like a language: 
"I am fluent with Excel." 

To tinker means you play around with it, maybe creatively like an inventor, but not productively. 

"Do you know C++?" 
"Oh, I tinker around with it, but I'm no expert." 

Similar words would be "play with" or "fool around with".

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