List Common Causes of Spreadsheet Errors and the Potential Impact of these ErrorsIdentify Best Practices to Reduce the Number of Errors in Excel WorkbookImplement Various Excel Add-ins to Programmatically Identify Spreadsheet Errors Highlights
Excel errors continue to plague organizations of all sizes—estimates peg the error rate at approximately 90%. As spreadsheets become ubiquitous, testing and auditing Excel workbooks becomes critical. Fortunately, many options exist to prevent, identify and correct spreadsheet errors. Learn procedures to test and audit Excel workbooks.Equally important, explore Excel Add-Ins that programmatically scan and audit your spreadsheets to identify potentially disastrous errors. Tools including PerfectXL, ClusterSeven and ActiveData, that identify and correct potentially disastrous spreadsheet errors.
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Course No. 4203882LLevel: Intermediate
Prerequisites:
Fundamental understanding of Microsoft Office Excel 2010 and newer.
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Speaker(s)
Thomas Stephens
Thomas G. Stephens, Jr.,
CPA.CITP
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in
Accounting,AuburnUniversity
Master
of Science, Major in Finance (emphasis in Corporate Finance), GeorgiaStateUniversity
Twenty-five
Years of Public Accounting Experience, Five Years of Corporate Internal
Auditing Experience, Four Years of Corporate and Cost Accounting Experience
Nineteen
Years of Experience as a Continuing Professional Education Discussion
Leader
Member
of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Georgia
Society of Certified Public Accountants; Past Member of the Institute of
Internal Auditors
To
Date, Has Presented Over 1,800 Continuing Education Sessions to Over 55,000
Participants