Escape From Excel Hell: Fixing Problems in Excel 2003, 2002 and 2000

Product Description

* Written especially for advanced beginners and intermediate users, this book offers quick fixes for anyone bedeviled by faulty formulas, failed formatting, printer purgatory, and other perplexing Excel problems
* Offers three types of fixes: Escape in Under 30 Seconds, Escape in Under Two Minutes, and More Elaborate Escapes-over 400 solutions in all
* Topics covered include formula fixes, formatting fixes, data and layout fixes for Excel charts, PivotTable fixes, managing complexity in very large spreadsheets, fixing broken procedure functions, and more
* Includes preventive measures and best practices that teach users how to avoid problems in the future

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #370384 in Books
* Published on: 2006-03-21
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 408 pages

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
When Excel talks back to you, here's what to do

You try to open a spreadsheet and Excel won't let you, because there's a macro involved. You cannot convince the software that the macro is safe. You hurl something across the room.

Grab this book instead! You'll find more than 200 fixes for things that drive Excel users crazy, organized and identified for easy access. More than 100 problems can be solved in anywhere from 30 seconds to two minutes. If you're a more advanced user, turn to Part III, where you'll find the more elaborate escapes.

When all you want is to make your spreadsheet work so you can finish your project, here's all you need. Oh, and the macro problem? Check Chapter 1.

Loren Abdulezer's Top Escapes

* Escape # 1 Fix tricky worksheet headers and footers
* Escape # 2 Sort tabs by alphabetical order or date
* Escape # 3 Build conditional charts
* Escape # 4 Escape messy data with formulas
* Escape # 5 Don't pay a penalty for giant spreadsheets

CD-ROM INCLUDES:

* Excel spreadsheet examples and take-aways from the book
* A searchable version of the book plus the Adobe Acrobat Reader
* Crystal Xcelsius Professional trial software and sample files

See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

About the Author
Loren Abdulezer is CEO and President of Evolving Technologies Corporation, a New York–based technology consulting firm. He is an experienced IT professional serving major Fortune 500 companies, including Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, IBM, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, and Pfizer. He has consulted on strategic technology and Internet product design, data analysis, mathematical modeling, visual modeling, and simulation, MIS/Web reporting, Java and object-oriented programming, Internet security, and business continuity planning.
Loren is a world acknowledged expert on spreadsheets, visual modeling, and dashboard technology. He is the author of Excel Best Practices for Business (www.ExcelBestPractices.com), also published by Wiley, and is a Crystal Xcelsius Consulting Partner for Business Objects S.A. (www.XcelsiusBestPractices.com). You can find out more information about Loren and the book Escape From Excel Hell at www.EscapeFromExcelHell.com.
Customer Reviews

Better on 2nd Time Thru and Real-Life Referencing Usage3
Initially I gave the book 3 stars, but now I give it 4. Referencing the book in real-life (as well as a 2nd read thru) showed me how the book has more benefits than I thought. One good thing about the book is that it really is about Excel -- not differential equations, RLC circuits, etcetera. So many books, especially with "...For the Scientist" or "...For the Engineer" or "...For the Chemist" are really on, guess what? Science, engineering, chemistry and not on the software. An Excel for the Chemist book essentially goes over chemistry and statistics. Excel is incidental. The books are on the subject matter of chemistry or statistics or laboratory experiments workup. When you buy a book on Excel you should be getting to know E X C E L better -- not reviewing what they taught in your college chemistry/statistics/electrical engineering course. Well, for this book, Excel is NOT incidental, EXCEL is the topic -- the sole topic. I doubt that other books will advance your Excel knowledge as much as this book. It is very much a tips & tricks book -- but these are actually mostly substantive things.

Surpassed my Expectations!5
I consider myself to be an average-skill-level Excel user, and hesitated ordering this book because I was afraid it would be too technical and difficult to understand. But I purchased it anyway, and am so glad I did. I've been getting involved with more and more complicated spreadsheets, and thus needed some help. And Escape from Excel Hell provided just the help I needed.

Loren Abdulezer writes in a clear, easy to understand style, and includes many examples. Excel files containing his examples come on a CD with the book, so you can try out his suggestions and get a good understanding of why his techniques work.

I have learned so much from this book and now have a much better understanding of how to do things the "right" way from the beginning to avoid problems later when I need to modify my files.

This book is a keeper!

I Don't have time to investigate Excel problems5
I often don't have time to investigate solutions to certain problems I encounter in Excel. I, like most Excel users, end up building elaborate work-arounds that solve my problem ASAP. Well, I picked up this book yesterday and I have already found fixes that would have helped me save hours of work had I known about them.

The author has done all of the leg work for you, giving you the quickest way to solve specific issues. He does a great job providing real world examples of when and why you would use each fix. This is something you don't find in most "tips and tricks" style books. This book skips all of the theory and pomp and helps you get to the meat of your problem. Great Book!