A Sense of Urgency

I know that many of you might be looking for something new out of the Excel Toolbox, but there is something that has been on my mind since last week and I feel it makes a great topic.
I was the recipient of a bad review last week.  Not an annual review but a review from [...]

CPA Exam: my follow up impressions

 
 
To open, I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving.  I alluded to on Friday that I might talk about an Excel topic or I might talk about the CPA Exam, the exam wins.  I will return to Excel next week.
 
I would also like to note that I will not be publishing [...]

A final tip before I head into the Exam

A quick note today, as I prepare to head in to my final cram weekend before taking the Auditing section of the CPA exam.
 
I have a couple of freebies to share with you concerning a little extra to help you prepare for the exam.
 
At the Becker site, they have a section located at www.beckercpa.com/students/current/upates-downloads.cfm , [...]

Excel Toolbox: Drop down lists

 I was working with a spreadsheet last week, where I added several lists.  I thought this would be a great topic.  So here it is.
An Excel list provides features designed to make it easier to manage and analyze groups of related data in a worksheet. When you designate a range as a list, you can [...]

CPA Exam: Study Pointers

 I am taking time off from the Access Database review again for the sole reason that the CPA exam is coming up for me.  I take the Audit section on November 19th.
Since next week will be a cram week for me, I may not have a chance to post anything.  I just wanted to let [...]

Excel Toolbox: Use the WEEKDAY Function

 

The next section of the CPA is quickly approaching, and work has gotten busier, so I have a quick idea for the Excel Toolbox.
Use the WEEKDAY function to determine weekends and shade them
With the help of the WEEKDAY function we can find out the day of the week for a particular date. This function returns [...]

Access Database: Forms

Its time to get back to Access and creating a database.  This week I wanted to go over creating forms.  Forms are a way for you to set up specific inputs for objects you want in your database.  For instance, a customers name and address, phone number and e-mail. There are three ways to create a [...]