About the Author

Bill Jelen, Excel MVP and the host of MrExcel.com, has been using spreadsheets since 1985, and he launched the MrExcel.com website in 1998. He loves performing his live Power Excel seminars around the United States. He has produced more than 2,200 episodes of his daily video podcast, Learn Excel from MrExcel. He is the author of 57 books about Microsoft Excel and writes the monthly Excel column for Strategic Finance magazine. He has created the Data Analytics—Leveraging Excel video-on-demand course for the Institute of Managerial Accountants. Before founding MrExcel.com, Bill Jelen spent 12 years in the trenches—working as a financial analyst for finance, marketing, accounting, and operations departments of a $500 million public company. When he is not geeking out about Excel, you will find him photographing rocket launches at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Check out his photography at WeReportSpace.com. He lives in Merritt Island, Florida, with his wife, Mary Ellen.

Inside OUT

You can find my favorite tricks in the Inside Out sidebars throughout this book.

If you have a favorite Excel trick or technique that is not in this book, consider sending it via email to [email protected]. Anyone sending in a tip that is new to me will win bragging rights and a collectible Excel Guru patch, designed by the same people who design the NASA mission patches.