The hacks are self-contained, so you don't have to read the book cover-to-cover. If a particular topic doesn't interest you, it won't hurt to jump ahead, or even skip a particular chapter. You don't need to type in long, complicated listings either. You can download the sample code for all the hacks from the authors' website. The authors do Excel training and application work in western Australia, and their website is crammed with more Excel material.
Who should read this book? The ideal audience is the broad middle class of Excel users. You shouldn't give it to a beginner, because they are still learning about the forest while this book looks at individual trees. Super power users, who may know ninety of these hacks already, won't get that much of it either, but they should be writing the books, not reading them. But for everyone in between, the book is sure to teach something you didn't know about Excel.
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1 - Donavan McDonough
Can a few people who have read the book let me know if they think it is suitable for recommending to the readers of my blog.
The Fragile Last Mile of BI: Spreadsheet Risk & Fraud Analysis
It covers areas like Excel bugs, code inspection, auditing, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, etc.
The link is: http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/bi/spreadsheet/
Many thanks
PS. If you know of any other material of value please let me know.