Update: Inside arcgis pro, there can be a "Conversion toolbox." that includes conversion to excel. I understand this probably is for use cases completely unlike mine, but on the surface, it sounds like it could be what I am looking for. Now I am searching for the conversion toolbox.
I am not sure it will be possible for the product to do something I was really hoping it would do. Step 1 produced Result 1, check. The Challenge: Ultimate Goal of a New Kind of Export
When people told me exporting data was no problem, I completely misunderstood exporting in GIS. I was envisioning producing a copy of the data outside the system, in an Excel file, so I can give people copies of the data they can view in software available to them, Can it be done? How?