Excel Pivot Tables Recipe Book: A Problem-Solution Approach (Expert's Voice) [Paperback]

Debra Dalgleish (Author)

Book Description

Series: Expert's Voice | Publication Date: February 2006

Excel Pivot Tables Recipe Book: A Problem-Solution Approach is for anyone who uses Excel frequently. This book follows a problem-solution format that covers the entire breadth of situations you might encounter when working with PivotTables—from planning and creating, to formatting and extracting data, to maximizing performance and troubleshooting. The author presents tips and techniques in this collection of recipes that cannot be found in Excel's Help section, and she carefully explains the most confusing features of PivotTables.

All chapters have been organized into a collection of recipes that take you step-by-step from the problem you are experiencing to the solution you are aiming for. There’s no fuss to this book, only clear and precise information to help you assess your situationwhether common or uniqueand solve your problem. The book includes real-world examples of complex PivotTables, as well as numerous PivotTable programming examples.

Table of Contents

1. Creating a Pivot Table
2. Sorting and Grouping Pivot Table Data
3. Calculations in a Pivot Table
4. Formatting a Pivot Table
5. Extracting Pivot Table Data
6. Modifying a Pivot Table
7. Updating a Pivot Table
8. Securing a Pivot Table
9. Pivot Table Limits and Performance
10. Publishing a Pivot Table
11. Printing a Pivot Table
12. Pivot Charts
13. Programming a Pivot Table

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About the Author

Debra Dalgleish is a computer consultant in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, serving local and international clients. Self-employed since 1985, she has extensive experience in designing complex Excel and Access applications, as well as sophisticated Word forms and documents. She has led hundreds of Microsoft Office corporate training sessions, from beginner to advanced level. In recognition of her contributions to the Excel newsgroups, she has received the Microsoft Office Excel "Most Valuable Professional" award each year since 2001. You can find a wide variety of Excel tips and tutorials, and sample files, on her Contextures website: Contextures.com/tiptech.html.

Product Details

• Paperback: 332 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (February 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590596293
• ISBN-13: 978-1590596296
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #971,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm Debra Dalgleish, the owner and lead consultant at Contextures, a consulting firm located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, specializing in Microsoft Office programming and development, and serving local and international clients.

My website -- www.contextures.com -- is packed with Excel tips, Excel tutorials, and Excel video tutorials, like the one shown here.
My Excel blog -- blog.contextures.com -- features Excel tips and tricks, and a few related topics.
My pivot table blog -- www.pivot-table.com -- has Excel pivot table tips and tutorials.

I've written three books on Excel pivot tables, available here at Amazon:

* Beginning Pivot Tables in Excel 2007
* Excel 2007 Pivot Tables Recipes
* Excel Pivot Tables Recipe Book

Self-employed since 1985, I started by doing word processing on a Macintosh (upgraded to 512K), with an external floppy drive, and no hard drive. The first two programs that I used were MacPaint and MacWrite. Soon I got MultiPlan and Microsoft Word, and was excited by all the new things they could do.

The next big program I got was Excel, and I expanded my business into that area. In the mid 90s, when Windows 3.1 was released, I gradually switched to a PC, because that's what my clients were using. I did computer training, wrote training manuals, continued with word processing, and created spreadsheets.

In 1996 I was asked to teach an introductory course in Access 2.0, so I learned that too. At the end of that year I created my first database for a client. Since then, we've converted the database to newer versions, but it's still going strong!

Currently my work load is about 40% Excel programming, 40% Access development, and 20% other Microsoft Office projects, such as Word and PowerPoint. A few clients still use Office 2000, a few have upgraded to Office 2007, and the rest use Office XP or Office 2003.