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Summary: Just goes to show you...
Review: ... anyone can get a book published. Sybex needs to learn that they can't just throw out a book for every computer topic that exists. Fortunately, I didn't buy this book. I spent about 10 minutes reviewing it at a bookstore and realized that it will be pretty much useless for anyone wo wants to learn Excel programming. Pass this one by. There are plenty good ones available.
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Summary: Useful but no developers handbook...
Review: Deliriously happy with my Access2000 Developer's Handbook set I bought this book without looking any further convinced the DevH series are the best... and they are... just not for Excel. Calling this a developers handbook insults any serious developer. Don't get me wrong, this IS a good book on Excel, it just worthless if you want to get some real coding going on there.
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Summary: Wow! This Book UnderWhelmed Me!
Review: I can't believe that someone is obviously trying to plant reviews on this book. Looking at the two recent reviews from LA and WA I'm convinced they were on crack when they wrote them (or at least exclamation point happy--as both reviews make liberal usage of). Also, an obvious attempt was made to casually point out the books strong points-which there are none. The help file information is relatively weak in its depth (like the rest of the book) and the Web publishing stuff has to be a laugh. How much further can "Sava As..." Web Page, be taken? Don't be fooled by the corny five star reviews, this book is nothing short of worthless.
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Summary: Not What You'd Expect
Review: The book does not have any "Developer" topics, but is at the intermediate level. It does clearly present the topics and the index is complete. Fatally, it suffers from the standard computer book complaint of bulk over quality.
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Summary: Desperately Seeking an Editor!
Review: This book is terribly organized. Even after you've read it several times, you will still have trouble finding anything in it. The author seems to know her material, but the presentation is so poorly organized that she fails to effectively transfer her knowledge and experience. Let's start with the chapter organization. The author starts with the subject of the chapter, then wanders off into a discussion of what is, at best, very remotely related material. For example, Chapter 2 is supposed to discuss comments (why? who cares about comments in a book about programming VBA?). She spends 20 pages on attaching comments to cells (snooze!), then suddenly devotes the rest of the chapter to the implementation of VB controls (about 30 pages, far more interesting). From the title of the chapter, you would never guess what was really hiding in there. Would it not have made more sense to organize the chapter around VB controls, and leave any discussion of comments (if you must) as illustrations for some of the principles introduced. The index is even worse. I remembered reading something useful in a different chapter that, of course, had nothing to do with the useful nugget I was looking for. There was absolutely no hint of the topic, under any related name, whatsoever, in the index. An example - I needed to look up some syntax for the declaration of variables in a procedure. There is no index entry for "declaration", or the "DIM" command, or even the word "variables". On the other hand, there are 27 index entries under the topic of "comments", such as "comments - single quote and" or "comments - reviewing toolbar and - buttons of" (3 levels! lots of detail!). One gets the feeling that the editor at SYBEX didn't have a clue, and used some auto-indexing routine that generated a totally useless index. This book needs to be fed into a Pivot Table and completely re-sorted by someone who knows what they're doing. SYBEX, I want my money back!
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Summary: Desperately Seeking an Editor!
Review: This book is terribly organized. Even after you've read it several times, you will still have trouble finding anything in it. The author seems to know her material, but the presentation is so poorly organized that she fails to effectively transfer her knowledge and experience. Let's start with the chapter organization. The author starts with the subject of the chapter, then wanders off into a discussion of what is, at best, very remotely related material. For example, Chapter 2 is supposed to discuss comments (why? who cares about comments in a book about programming VBA?). She spends 20 pages on attaching comments to cells (snooze!), then suddenly devotes the rest of the chapter to the implementation of VB controls (about 30 pages, far more interesting). From the title of the chapter, you would never guess what was really hiding in there. Would it not have made more sense to organize the chapter around VB controls, and leave any discussion of comments (if you must) as illustrations for some of the principles introduced. The index is even worse. I remembered reading something useful in a different chapter that, of course, had nothing to do with the useful nugget I was looking for. There was absolutely no hint of the topic, under any related name, whatsoever, in the index. An example - I needed to look up some syntax for the declaration of variables in a procedure. There is no index entry for "declaration", or the "DIM" command, or even the word "variables". On the other hand, there are 27 index entries under the topic of "comments", such as "comments - single quote and" or "comments - reviewing toolbar and - buttons of" (3 levels! lots of detail!). One gets the feeling that the editor at SYBEX didn't have a clue, and used some auto-indexing routine that generated a totally useless index. This book needs to be fed into a Pivot Table and completely re-sorted by someone who knows what they're doing. SYBEX, I want my money back!
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Summary: Waste of money
Review: This book try's to sell itself as being for 'developers', and claims to be an 'intermediate/advanced' level. In fact the book covers the basics almost exclusively, with lots of white space and large, useless, screen-captures. By page 121 it's just got as far as IF-THEN-ELSE statements. There is absolutely nothing in this book that isn't explained better, and in more detail, in the Excel Help file.
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Summary: Wow! This Book UnderWhelmed Me!
Review: This book try's to sell itself as being for `developers', and claims to be an `intermediate/advanced' level. In fact the book covers the basics almost exclusively, with lots of white space and large, useless, screen-captures. By page 121 it's just got as far as IF-THEN-ELSE statements. There is absolutely nothing in this book that isn't explained better, and in more detail, in the Excel Help file.
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Summary: A Must Have Resource
Review: This is a must have book for those who are advanced users of Excel. You do not have to be a programmer to appreciate the advice and instruction found between the pages of this reference book. Gaining an understanding of VBA can only expand your Excel skills. This tool can assist even the beginner with adding automation to their Workbooks. Even if you only write your macros to complete the mundane tasks and save time, this book is an excellent guide. Chris ...
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Summary: A Must Have Resource
Review: This is a must have book for those who are advanced users of Excel. You do not have to be a programmer to appreciate the advice and instruction found between the pages of this reference book. Gaining an understanding of VBA can only expand your Excel skills. This tool can assist even the beginner with adding automation to their Workbooks. Even if you only write your macros to complete the mundane tasks and save time, this book is an excellent guide. Chris ...
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