Tips for understanding prebuilt spreadsheet models

Does anyone else struggle to work with or understand prebuilt spreadsheet models? I recently started a finance job and find myself spending too much time trying to understand the structure and calculation flow of these spreadsheets before effectively using them for my usecase.

Does anyone else find this challenging? Curious to know what you do and if you have any tips or useful resources.

 

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