It's an Excel thing

Getting more from Excel

Excel is a powerful tool and there are often many different ways to achieve the results you are after. There are no right or wrong ways – that is providing you get your correct result - however some approaches may be easier to understand than others, easier to maintain, more efficient on your time, or just easier to debug when the results are not what you expect.

The articles are written for the Excel user who has some experience already with the tool and not for the complete beginner. So for example you should already have some understanding of the ribbon, how to enter data into the spreadsheet, how to add formulas. The articles are not meant to replace Excel's inbuilt help but are more suggestions on how you can work more effectively with Excel. The articles are not prescriptive, if you have a different way of doing something that works for you, that is fine.

The articles are broadly split into 3 categories, using Excel specific features, using VBA to write Excel macros, and Design which covers higher level issues and a bit of catchall for other Excel topics.