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Meet MrExcel Bill Jelen at Computer Book Works in Manhattan on Friday Sept 26 from Noon to 3PM
Prize for Messiest Excel Problem
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I will be appearing at Computer Book Works in Manhattan from Noon to 3PM on Friday, September 26, 2003. I'll sign copies of my books and answer Excel questions. Anyone who buys a MrExcel book at the event will receive a free copy of the Excel Knowledge Base CD, a $49 value.
In addition, I will be holding a contest that day. Bring me your messiest Excel problem - the worst recurring report that you have to produce. At the end of the event, I will select the worst problem. The winner of "Manhattan's Messiest Excel Problem" will receive:
- A weekend night at a luxury hotel
- A massage in the hotel spa to help work out the tension of dealing with this spreadsheet
- A $500 consulting gig to automate the process
Bring the Excel file on a CD-ROM or your laptop for judging. This may be a difficult contest to judge. I'll be looking for something that requires a lot of time to update manually, but that can be automated using VBA. I am hoping to find a process that takes hours manually that can be changed into a few seconds of VBA time. The winner needs to consent to appearing in future publicity about the solution in general.
I will have these books for sale at the event:
- Mr Excel ON EXCEL
- Guerilla Data Analysis Using Microsoft Excel
- Holy Macro! It's 1,600 Excel VBA Examples
Computer Book Works is located at 78 Reade Street, between Broadway and Church in Manhattan. Their telephone number is 212-385-1616.
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