Fast Excel

This article walks you through different methods and built-in tools that can be used to audit and debug Excel spreadsheets.

Overconfidence is one of the main causes of spreadsheet errors. Being informed about overconfidence leads to more accurate spreadsheets.

Creating a slow spreadsheet is easy. Creating an efficient spreadsheet requires more thought and application of specific techniques.

Spreadsheet audit and review procedures are an essential part of almost all City of London financial transactions.

Spreadsheets can be considered to be the world's most successful end-user programming language. Spreadsheet formulas are Turing complete.

Incorrect use of Excel's NPV function is a common source of spreadsheet errors. We show several pitfalls and ways to avoid them.

Solver Max provides a collection of optimization model examples in Excel (using the Solver and OpenSolver add-ins) and Python.

See our bibliography of spreadsheet best practice, risk management, errors and testing, and methods for improving spreadsheets.