Many people make heavy use of Microsoft Excel in their business and are aware of some of it’s limitations. The program is very extensible through the use of Visual Basic macros, but most people (including me) don’t know how to do them. I have recently found and installed Power Utility Pak 6, an add-in for Excel versions 2000 and higher. Once installed, it added a new menu to the top with a variety of useful options.

Head on over to www.j-walk.com/ss/pup/pup6/features.htm for a full list of features.

I have just begin to see how I can use the Power Pak to better automate my own statistical spreadsheet for my company. The program is a free trial, and $40 to register.