Michael Alexander

Go beyond Excel(r) with Access's more powerful analysis capabilities Get better visibility into your data with custom views Scale up your data pool without limitation Master the four fundamentals of data analysis Discover shortcuts with the helpful Input Mask Wizard Integrate your data with the web and enterprise data sources Avoid the common pitfalls of data crunching Harness VBA to improve data analysis Leverage information from the field with real-world scenarios Companion web site See examples from this book firsthand, in our companion web site at www.wiley.com/go/accessdataanalysis. The site also includes templates and tools to get you started.

Although many people rarely go from Excel into Access or vice versa, you should know that Microsoft actually designed these applications to work together. In this book, you'll discover how Access benefits from Excel's flexible presentation layer and versatile analysis capabilities, while Access's relational database structure and robust querying tools enhance Excel. Once you learn to make the two work together, you'll find that your team's productivity is the real winner.

This book assumes no prior programming experience, so even programming novices can get up to speed quickly on the basics of Excel macros and the VBA language. Each chapter shows how to perform common tasks via Excel Macros. This lets the reader use the book as a handy reference where a common problem can be found in the book, and solved by plugging in the given macro. Each chapter will offer the reader practical macros that can be implemented right away. This book reinforces the reader's learning by presenting practical exercises, incrementally extending the reader's knowledge.

101 Ready-to-Use Excel Formulas is filled with the most commonly-used, real-world Excel formulas that can be repurposed and put into action, saving you time and increasing your productivity. Each segment of this book outlines a common business or analysis problem that needs to be solved and provides the actual Excel formulas to solve the problem—along with detailed explanation of how the formulas work.