• Useful Links

    Reference Sites I Use




    • Bob Phillips xlDynamic
      • Bob's site contains very comprehensive papers on Excel formulas and VBA. My personal favourite is his explanation of Multiple Condition tests using Sumproduct.


    • Chip Pearson's Excel Information
      • Chip has an incredible amount of information on his site, including using the Windows API to get at things not accessible through VBA alone.


    • Colo's Junk Room
      • Colo has all kinds of neat things at his site, including a Class Module tutorial, and tips for teaching VBA programmers how to program in javascript.

    • Excel-easy.com
      • Niels Wetterings' has a great site with lots of easy examples to follow.


    • Ivan F Moala's Xcel Files
      • If it can't be done in Excel, Ivan will have an example of how it can... A site full of truly amazing information and undoubtedly bookmarked by every Excel developer.






    • Jon Peltier's Site
      • Jon's site is the first place I look if I need to know how to do somthing with Charts in Excel.




    • MVPs Excel sites
      • The above is the direct link to the MVPs.org Excel site listing. It lists all of the Excel MS MVPs and alumni sites


    • Ron de Bruin's Excel Pages
      • If you need to know something about sending email from Excel, this is the place to go. If you're looking for Outlook, Outlook Express or CDO, Ron has examples.




    • Stephen Bullen's Office Automation
      • Stephen Bullen is one of the true Guru's of Excel, and co-author of Professional Excel Development, among other things. His site has some great utilities available for download.

     

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