Relief for Excel Headaches from MrExcel

Dec. 14, 2009 - PRLog -- In use on 500 million desktops around the world, Microsoft Excel is the world's most ubiquitous business tool. From simple budgets to complex statistical models, Excel is used everywhere to track data. Microsoft estimates that there are billions of spreadsheets in use today around the world. Unfortunately, getting Excel to produce the right analysis often requires extraordinary skills. In many companies, one or two Excel gurus emerge and become the go-to person, creating a bottleneck, as people need to figure out how to solve problems in Excel.  A new Excel add-in called Easy-XL aims to make those complex analyses in reach of anyone who can use a mouse.

Easy-XL works with all versions from Excel 2000 through Excel 2010.  The add-in adds a new menu or ribbon tab filled with time-saving features. The add-in adds over 50 new commands to Excel, many centered around doing complex database analysis. For example, Easy-XL can compare data on two worksheets and produce a summary report showing revenue by customer from this year vs. last year in just a few clicks. Without Easy-XL, this task would be a confusing process involving VLOOKUP formulas and pivot tables.

Bill Jelen of MrExcel.com notes, "while the software is essential for those who hate complex Excel functions, it will also be a time-saver for the Excel guru. Yes, the guru can already sling around VLOOKUPs or knock out a quick macro, but why would you go through that hassle when Easy-XL can accomplish the same result with a few mouse clicks?"

Easy-XL is a collaborative project from MrExcel.com and Ottawa-based InformationActive. The software sells for $69.  Anyone interested can take a FREE 30-day test-drive by visiting www.Easy-XL.com or www.MrExcel.com.

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Easy-XL From MrExcel adds over 50 time savings data analysis and manipulation features to Excel.

Easy-XL enables casual Excel users to summarize, pivot, join, merge, match, query, categorize, combine, split, slice and dice data like a pro.