Excel Pivot Tables Recipe Book: A Problem-Solution Approach

by Debra Dalgleish

Pivot Tables are a huge growth area. This book gives people the fast-answers they need to succeed The book is far more detailed than any competing title. Readers of this book will be able to do more, and more quickly The book goes beyond basic explanations and includes real-world troubleshooting, performance and security information not provided elsewhere

356 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Debra Dalgleish is founder of Contextures Inc., and has published the popular Microsoft Excel website, contextures.com, since November 2000.

Self-employed since 1985, Debra built hundreds of complex Excel, Word, and Access solutions for her clients, in the Toronto, Canada area, and internationally.

Debra also founded Spreadsheet Day, an annual event that started in 2010, which is celebrated every October 17th.

For many years, Debra was highly active in Microsoft's Excel newsgroups. Every year since 2001, she has received Microsoft's MVP award, in recognition of her contributions to the technical community.

In 2004, Debra was contacted by Apress publishing company, and asked to submit a Pivot Table book proposal, which was accepted. Her book, Excel Pivot Table Recipes, was published in 2005.

Subsequently, Debra wrote two more books for Apress - Excel 2007 Pivot Table Recipes, and Beginning Pivot Tables in Excel 2007.