Books by Sam Akrasi

This book is not for beginners. It does not teach you how to move around worksheets; neither does it teach you how to copy the contents of one cell to the other. The book assumes that you have worked with Excel for at least six months. We start by introducing you to the Ribbon and how to customize the user interface. You learn how to automate worksheet operations with macros. We take you through creating custom formats, data validation, worksheet outlines, data consolidation, error checking, etc. We look at intermediate and advanced functions such as Indirect, Match, Find, etc. and show you how to combine these functions to solve real-world problems. We discuss business models and apply statistical and financial functions. The rest of the topics we treat include using table formulas, creating range names, using names for formulas, Date and Time functions, error checking, workbook/worksheet protection, etc. We look at the Lookup functions (Vlookup, Hlookup, etc.) and the functions that can be used in lieu of the lookup functions to perform more complex lookups. Every chapter of the book contains exercises to reinforce your learning experience.We believe that practice makes perfect, so at the end of the book, we provide you with over 120 hands-on exercises (step-by-step answers provided). We guarantee that after going through all the exercises in the book, you will be on your way to becoming an Excel expert.

The pivot table is without doubt the most powerful data processing tool ever introduced by Microsoft into the Excel product tool set, rivaled only by its younger sibling, Power BI. The ability of pivot tables to transform large quantities of data into a clear, concise summary report is incredible. The power of pivot tables as a data processing tool is only limited by user knowledge and imagination, and unthinkably, there are some Excel users who know next to nothing about pivot tables. This book is written by a Microsoft Office specialist expert (MOSE) and a mining engineer with extensive experience in Excel. The authors experience in various Microsoft data management tools such as SQL Server, MS Access, and the MS Business Intelligence tools are brought to the fore in this book. By the time you reach the middle of the book, you should be able to increase your productivity with the skills you have learned. Every chapter of the book gives you the chance to practice what you have learned with step-by-step exercises. At the end of the book, you are given over two hundred Excel exercises and step-by-step instructions to perform the exercises. We guarantee that any serious reader who goes through the book and performs the exercises within the chapters of the book and those exercises compiled at the end would be well on the way to becoming an Excel expert and a pivot table guru. If you want to take your learning experience even further, we have provided over sixty questions and answers at our website. You can purchase and download these exercises and begin your learning experience at your own pace. Each exercise includes an extensive video explanation and a walk-through solution, as well as a chance to import your own data to work with.