Twenty Minutes to Understandable Spreadsheets
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I saw this book in pre-publication form, and I saw Bolten present the material at an STC meeting ([..]). He is an excellent communicator. This is not higher math. This is about the 20 minutes of extra work that might transform your spreadsheet from a blob of numbers into a tool for communicating your numbers-based message.
792503
It is OK but I haven't figured out how to use it with the spreadsheets.  But, honestly, I haven't had enough time to say it is defective.
1601718
Have gone through MHAF - its super cool. Once done with this will check future and option by the same author.

BAcktesting MHAF - However logically the spreadsheets and charts are very attractive and easily understandable.

Hope will be easy to backtest. Would love to apply this strategy on real time.
1029860
Spreadsheets are one of the hidden backbones of strategic business analysis. In a sea of data, many corporate professionals are left to figure out on their own how to leverage the spreadsheet tools which are so crtical to success and sometimes even survival.
'Excel Best Practices for Business' goes further, than any book I have found, to turning this challenge into the opportunity that Excel always promised and can now deliver on.
The book is real, hands-on and gets the reader to productive answers -directly and efficiently.  Answers, sometimes to questions you didn't know to ask. Concrete answers that help meet business deadlines and achieve tangible success.
Layout, organization and clarity of language all went a long way to making this book's tools accessable and consumable by a businessman who no one would confuse with a technical expert.
As I have used this book, I have discovered a partner in Mr Abdulezer, and his book, to help me in business and to support customers and clients in gaining strategic insights that they need to succeed.
As a user of Excel 2003, with all of its additional capabilities, I am especially appreciative of a resource that can help me leverage the potential for this new program and its expanded range of applications.  Specifically, I found a whole new side to Excel as I discovered insights about Spreadsheet Portals, XML and Web services.
Bottom Line: This book is a powerful tool for productivity -- as important as Excel itself.  Anyone using Excel should consider this book a fundamental part of their Microsoft investment - both in terms of time and money.  Why buy only half the solution?  This book has allowed me to fill in the missing insights I needed so badly.
Well done and thank you for this gift to my business.
1276310
A splendid resource. It does it exactly what I wanted it to.
Unlike some excel guides it doesn't just slightly rewrite the help index.

It is well written and easy to understand. It covers all aspects from the very basics to the more advanced stuff.  The chapters on VBA were especially good. After reading them I have begun to be able to do some basic VBA programming.

Like a lot of books from this publisher it does have slightly cheap feel to it and I didn't like the grey colour of the text.

The CD that accompanies it is very useful and all the examples seem to be accurate.

I have found this book to be immensely helpful and having a copy of it can make you the "excel expert" in your office.
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I had to take a financial analysis class this semester and I had to learn VBA. My professor isn't very helpful so I decided to get a book and try to learn on my own. This book is very easy to follow if you have previous experience working with Excel.

I highly recommend it!!!
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I stumbled upon Mark's books by doing a Google search for business statistics about a year ago and have purchased three of them since then. As a data analyst, I spend nearly 8 hours per day in excel and most of those are trying to make sense of the data using statistics. If you're like me, you get frustrated easily with textbooks on statistics because the authors usually spend most of the time confusing you with sigma notation and don't spend enough time explaining what is going on. However, with Mark, he explains what you need to know as well as how to setup the problems in excel as well as provides a few You tube videos. I highly recommend his books as he has definitely helped me improve my knowledge of statistics.
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We like to know who is ahead after each number.  Would like the sheets to have a subtotal after every number, not just the six.  We'll need to add a line at each number on the scorepad.  Will have to write very small.
921410
Great book for both beginner and advanced MS-Excel users, and is up-to-date with enhanced functionality. Dummies books are the best and can easily take the place of a class. I keep this in my office to refer to, as I work with Excel on a pretty regular basis. Very detailed and easy to follow I recommend it to all excel users who need to advance their skills in their business and workplace.
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For those of us who lack computer savvy, a book like this is an essential. Personally I learn much better if I can read text AND look at a picture. Never really having done a spread sheet before, I learned in no time at all. I keep the book right by my computer. I have found all the 'Visually' books to be helpful
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What makes this book great is the author's thorough understanding of both statistical concepts and Excel.

I actually think the author did a better job of explaining statistical concepts than how to apply them using Excel, and his explanation of the Excel's statistical functions was very good. He also details the subtle but important differences between similar excel functions such as STDEV vs STDEVP.

Excel is an underrated statistical tool and perhaps the most widely used statistical analysis tool today. If you want to enhance your abilities to utilize Excel's statistical tools, then this book is great.

One note, if you have no previous understanding of statistical concepts, this book may baffle you and I recommend reading upon a beginning statistical book (or take a course). But if you want a statistical refresher, then this book is a great choice.

Pros:
1)Very good writing style.
2)Crisp explanation of basic statistical concepts
3)Very detailed explanations of core Excel statistical functions.

Cons:
1)No download of sample Excel spreadsheets.
2)The chapter on regression was little lacking in details.

***Update***
There is a download of the excel spreadsheet available at <...>
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My employer still uses the 2003 Office Suite (they'll get with the times one of these days). Therefore, I scrambled to find the earlier edition. I was impressed with the VBA overview. I was immediately able to put what I learned to practice.
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Up until now, I had been managing my finances via spreadsheets.  This program makes it so much easier!  I love being able to download transactions, categorize them, and create budgets accordingly.
1846361
If you are like me, understanding Excel can be a daunting task. This short book helped the light bulb go off for me when it comes to VLOOKUP formulas. Very simple and easy to understand explanation. I'm looking forward to more Excel books from this author.
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A very helpful book for those of us who aren't the biggest Excel gurus out there. Great for anyone willing to take the time to learn how to use Excel properly.
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If you're a beginner or new Excel user.  You will enjoy the tips, and more elaborated howto content in this book.  It is easier to read and accurate.
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Very well prepared with many features used frequently. A time saver. Exceljet does an excellent job & I constantly refer to them for increasing my Excel skills & proficiency.