Containing 277 business case studies that illustrate nearly every aspect of Excel, this book presents real-life business problems and works them through to their solutions. In addition to exemplary solutions, each case analysis considers alternate approaches and gotchas, and includes a summary of the necessary commands and functions. Excel files that can be downloaded and worked through step-by-step are included for each case.
Bill Jelen is the host of MrExcel.com and the author of 50 books about Microsoft Excel including Pivot Table Data Crunching, Excel Gurus Gone Wild, and Guerrilla Data Analysis Using Microsoft Excel. He writes monthly Excel columns for Strategic Finance magazine. He has been awarded the MVP in Excel for 10 years by Microsoft. He has made over 60 guest appearances on TV’s Call for Help with Leo Laporte and was voted guest of the year on the Computer America radio show. His has produced over 2000 episodes of his daily video podcast Learn Excel from MrExcel. Before founding MrExcel.com in 1998, Jelen spent twelve years “in the trenches”, as a financial analyst for the accounting, finance, marketing, and operations departments of a publicly held company. Since then, his company automates Excel reports for hundreds of clients around the world. The website answers over 30,000 questions a year – for free – for readers all over the world.