Acknowledgments

Thanks to Tracy Syrstad for being a great coauthor.

Bob Umlas is the smartest Excel guy I know and is an awesome technical editor. At Pearson, Loretta Yates is an excellent acquisitions editor. Thanks to the Kughens for guiding this book through production. I updated this edition in residence at the Kola Mi Writing Camp. My sincere thanks to the staff there for keeping me on track.

Along the way, I’ve learned a lot about VBA programming from the awesome community at the MrExcel.com message board. VoG, Richard Schollar, and Jon von der Heyden all stand out as having contributed posts that led to ideas in this book. Thanks to Pam Gensel for Excel macro lesson #1. Mala Singh taught me about creating charts in VBA. Suat Özgür keeps me current on new VBA trends and contributed many ideas to Chapter 18.

My family was incredibly supportive during this time. Thanks to Mary Ellen Jelen.

—Bill

Thank you to all the moderators at the MrExcel forum who keep the board organized, despite the best efforts of the spammers. Thank you to Joe4, RoryA, and Petersss for helping process all the forum’s contact emails.

Programming is a constant learning experience, and I really appreciate the clients who have encouraged me to program outside my comfort zone so that my skills and knowledge have expanded. Thank you to Suat Özgür for helping me defeat some truly insidious programming puzzles.

Final Fantasy XIV has become my second home. I’d like to give a special thank you to my in-game friends who not only make gaming so much fun, but for also helping me find the confidence to dive head first into the unknown: War, Chraz, and Shabadoo. Thank you for sharing your love of gaming with me.

And last, but not least, thanks to Bill Jelen. His site, MrExcel.com, is a place where thousands come for help. It’s also a place where I, and others like me, have an opportunity to learn from and assist others.

—Tracy