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How to review a spreadsheet: tools within Excel

The features built into Excel that we use to review spreadsheets, where each one works best and the errors they have found in real models.

Webinar · Recording · Presented by Ryan Humphrey · 31 August 2022

In November 2021 the ICAEW published a thought leadership paper, How to Review a Spreadsheet, to which we contributed. This webinar is the third in our 2022 series on the review techniques it covers.

It looks at the features built into Excel that we recommend for reviewing spreadsheets: the strengths and weaknesses of each, when to use which and how each one has found errors in real models.

What you will learn

  • Learn the review tools built into Excel
  • Choose the right tool for each review task
  • Apply practical techniques when you review a spreadsheet

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