escape from excel hell

[...]... yourself out of them when you are stuck This is the essence of what Escape From Excel Hell is all about Loren Abdulezer January 2006 Acknowledgments During my writing Escape From Excel Hell I have had the good fortune of crossing paths with Howard Dammond, a colleague I had known only peripherally After I spoke to him about Escape From Excel Hell, all that changed Throughout the course of my writing, we... them Escape From Excel Hell is your guide to troubleshooting them The problems I have selected for Escape From Excel Hell are based on commonly encountered problems that appear on community bulletin boards, listservs, and newsgroups I researched well over 10,000 of them Although there is a wide diversity of problems, a great many of them are repeatedly asked I have organized the material in Escape From. .. to Remember 331 331 332 333 334 334 335 336 337 338 343 344 345 345 345 348 350 350 351 Appendix B: Installing the Escape Excel Hell Utility Pak 353 List of Routines in the Escape Excel Hell Utility Pak Troubleshooting and Other Useful Information 355 357 Appendix C: Escape From Excel Hell Techniques and Hip Pocket Tips 359 Appendix D: About the CD 377 System Requirements Using the CD with Microsoft... outlined in Escape From Excel Hell are included on the book’s CD-ROM Updates and other relevant information can be found on www.EscapeFromExcelHell.com By definition, a book on troubleshooting and escaping spreadsheet problems cannot be a typical spreadsheet book It has to address the very kinds of things you deal with when you get into a jam Some of these solutions, which I call 30-second escapes, provide... the Escape Excel Hell Utility Pak 353 Appendix C: Escape From Excel Hell Techniques and Hip Pocket Tips 359 Appendix D: About the CD 377 Index 385 End-User License Agreement Back of Book Table of Contents Preface xvii Acknowledgments xviii Introduction xix Part I: Escape in Under 30 Seconds Chapter 1: Spreadsheet Basics A Good Place to Begin My Spreadsheets Have Gone Haywire — Help!! Macro Security Excel. .. From Excel Hell so that it is most convenient for you, the reader and, presumably, a person who has experienced Excel Hell. ” I group the easy and quick problems in the early chapters (Part I: Escape in Under 30 Seconds), the ones that require a little thinking or effort in the middle (Part II: Escape in Under Two Minutes), and the most challenging ones for the last (Part III: More Elaborate Escapes)... simple (see Figure 1-7) Excel is used in many countries and many languages In some languages, the order of text flows from right to left, in contrast to English If the natural orientation for a language is from right to left, wouldn’t it be more natural if you could start the column and row labels from the top-right corner? Excel allows you to make this kind of customization From the Excel menu, click Tool➪Options... then at least I am giving you some new ideas Part III (More Elaborate Escapes) contains problems that are either more involved or openended Aside from worked out examples, I provide best practices to help you apply them to your own situations One final word: Associated with this book is an online site at http://www EscapeFromExcelHell.com xxii Introduction Conventions Used in This Book Following are... Introduction xix Part I: Escape in Under 30 Seconds Chapter 1: Spreadsheet Basics Chapter 2: A Few Good Functions Chapter 3: Easy Formatting Fixes 3 23 75 Part II: Escape in Under Two Minutes Chapter 4: Getting Excel to Behave Chapter 5: Getting Correct Results with Excel Formulas Chapter 6: Charts and Data Visualization 99 119 143 Part III: More Elaborate Escapes Chapter 7: Common Issues with Excel Components... this book, if for no other reason than to stanch the flow of questions from colleagues wounded from their battle with Excel By now, you should be itching to start using the book, mostly because it is going to be rewarding (or because you are allergic to Excel and this book is a soothing balm) For most of you, that reward is freedom from much of the drudgery of plowing through spreadsheets Isn’t it great . Installing the Escape Excel Hell Utility Pak 353 List of Routines in the Escape Excel Hell Utility Pak 355 Troubleshooting and Other Useful Information 357 Appendix C: Escape From Excel Hell Techniques. Elaborate Escapes). Many of the spreadsheet solutions outlined in Escape From Excel Hell are included on the book’s CD-ROM. Updates and other relevant information can be found on www.EscapeFromExcelHell.com. By. Escape From Excel ® Hell: Fixing Problems in Excel 2003, 2002, and 2000 Loren Abdulezer 01_773182 ffirs.qxp 2/6/06 6:56 PM Page iii 01_773182 ffirs.qxp 2/6/06 6:56 PM Page ii Escape From Excel ® Hell: