Preface
Most of us agree with Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella. If you include similar products (and Google doesn’t release the exact figures for Sheets), there are over a billion of us who can’t do without Excel or a similar spreadsheet to organize our daily work and our professional and personal lives.
But you’re a special member of this billion-strong group. You’re a member of the group of Excel Power users that push the limits of this tool. You’re the person that colleagues go to with the trickiest Excel problems, and you get them fixed. You’re the person that knows it can be done in Excel, even if you need to delve into the furthest corner of the web to get the answer. You’re the person with the key knowledge that your business runs on – all captured in the trusty Excel file format.
If you’re reading this book, you know you have a problem. Excel will always be a core part of your working life – but you know it can be better. You’ve lost track of the hours spent searching to find a mistake in a sheet that somebody else introduced. You’re tired of having to explain to colleagues how the sheets actually work, and you suspect they’re not listening in order to avoid being burdened with maintaining them. In a world where AI is popping up everywhere, your current Excel solution may require just a bit too much human intervention.
This book suggests a better way by building on your existing knowledge of Excel.