Acknowledgments

Thanks to Tracy Syrstad for being a great co-author and for doing a great job of managing all the consulting projects at MrExcel.com.

Bob Umlas is the smartest Excel guy I know and is an awesome technical editor. At Pearson, Loretta Yates is an excellent acquisitions editor.

Along the way, I’ve learned a lot about VBA programming from the awesome community at the MrExcel.com message board. VoG and Richard Schollar and Jon von der Heyden all stand out as having contributed posts that lead to ideas in this book. Thanks to Pam Gensel for Excel macro lesson #1. Mala Singh taught me about creating charts in VBA, and Oliver Holloway brought me up to speed with accessing SQL Server.

At MrExcel.com, thanks to Barb Jelen, Wei Jiang, Tracy Syrstad, Schar Oswald, and Scott Pierson. Thanks also to Josh and Zeke Jelen, who have been picking up hours after school learning how to edit and produce the MrExcel podcast.

Finishing five Excel books for Excel 2010 simultaneously has been a monumental task. My family was incredibly supportive during this time. Thanks for Josh, Zeke, and Mary Ellen Jelen.

—Bill

Thanks to Bill Jelen, whose trust in me to run the consulting side of his business has done so much in building my self-confidence. And to LKH, whose blog I’ve learned so much from about writing and balancing working in the home and still having a personal life.

Richard Schollar and Joe Miskey: You’ve both been invaluable managing member issues at the forum and I feel I don’t say thank you often enough. Thank you! And thanks to all the moderators who keep the board organized, despite the best efforts of the spammers.

There have been so many MrExcel.com clients whose projects have shown myriad ways that Excel can be used. Your excitement and appreciation over the solution we provide you has brightened my day as often as your unique projects have kept this job interesting.

—Tracy