Millions of Microsoft Excel users are busy creating and sharing spreadsheets every day. Indeed, the spreadsheet has grown from a powerful convenience to a transformative foundation for many businesses, driving decision-making around the planet.
Although Excel is a critical tool, many Excel users know only about a subset of its functionality. They utilize the pieces they need, often reusing more complex pieces from existing templates, and don't dive too deeply into everything Excel has to offer. Odds are good that no one user actually needs every feature in Excel, so this approach is pretty reasonable. At the same time, though, it means a lot of people never get far enough along the learning curve to see the techniques they can use to make their work much easier.
