Learn How to Make Great Spreadsheets with Microsoft Excel

LEARN HOW TO MAKE GREAT SPREADSHEETS

How often do you come across a well designed spreadsheet like the one above that's simple to understand and easy to update for new data?

Unless you're in the lucky minority, you probably won't see many spreadsheets that look great and work well. It turns out that most spreadsheets are made by people who don’t have the right training to make great spreadsheets.

In fact, over time most spreadsheets can turn into monsters that are difficult to use, hard to update quickly and full of formula errors. Sound familiar?

Let's take a look at the hidden costs of bad spreadsheets in business.

The Cost of Bad Spreadsheets

Spreadsheet risk experts warn that bad spreadsheets are frequently the cause of poor business decisions and financial blunders.

Spreadsheet errors have been blamed for numerous high-profile corporate meltdowns. In 2012, a spreadsheet error in a UK rail franchise bid process cost the UK taxpayer about £60 million.

And reports suggest that a famous investment bank lost $250m because of a spreadsheet slipup in 2013.

Poor spreadsheet practice is a global issue. And there seems to be widespread acceptance that spreadsheet mistakes are simply part of working with spreadsheets.

It doesn't have to be this way!

Here's the alternative

What if you could make spreadsheets that are easy to use, accurate and easy to update?

By mastering the skills of great spreadsheet design and learning how to take spreadsheets for a test drive, you will make spreadsheet terror a thing of the past.

What to do next

You need to learn how to make great spreadsheets. Ones that are designed well and which are easy to use. And you need to learn the key steps to take when checking spreadsheets, to make sure they really work as they should.

This course is for you if you are serious about wanting to improve your Excel skills by picking up good habits to make great spreadsheets that are

1. Friendly to use
2. Accurate
3. Easy to change

ENROLL IN THIS COURSE AND GET THE TRAINING YOU NEED

• Clear training on how you can make spreadsheets better than the majority of your colleagues and bosses
• The little-known key steps you need to take before and after building a spreadsheet to make it really great
• Sample spreadsheet "Personal Budget" (yours free to keep, play with and modify as you like)
• How to make your spreadsheets easy to use and update
• Formatting tips to make your spreadsheet more useable
• A handy 2-page checklist to remind you how to make great spreadsheets

• The dangers of hoping your spreadsheets simply work first time
• A look at what could go wrong with spreadsheets and what to do about it
• A fun trick to help you check your data entry the next time you need to type lots of numbers into Excel
• Learn what those annoying formula errors mean and how to fix them for good
• A hands-on tour of Excel's powerful formula testing tools plus some powerful third party tools to give you extra testing power
• Special links to bonus resources on Excel workbook and worksheet protection
• An 8-page PDF checklist to keep for when you test drive your spreadsheets