John Campbell is an experienced Program Manager at Microsoft Excel for and has been working on the Excel Team for over 10 years.
In this episode John takes us behind the scenes and inside Microsoft’s offices to discuss the evolution of Microsoft Excel, Excel’s 30th Anniversary, the new features in Excel 2016, Microsoft’s plans for the next 5 years and he also talks about how it is to work with Bill Gates!
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Table of Contents
John’s Excel book
John’s Excel Favorites
- Keyboard Shortcut:
- ALT + =
- CTRL + V
- Excel Tip: Pivot Tables
Interview Links
- Excel User Voice to leave your feature requests, bug fixes and any ideas you may have to improve Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft’s HoloLens virtual & digital reality with holograms (Watch the video, really really AMAZING!!!)
- Excel’s History in wikipedia
- Visicalc was the first spreadsheet created
- Multiplan was the first speadsheet created by Microsoft
- Lotus 123 was one of Excel`s early competitors
- Tableau is a current competitor of Microsoft Excel
- Google Sheets is another competitor to Microsft Excel
- Power BI is Microsoft’s data visualization & intelligence tool
Excel 2016 New Features
- See Excel’s new 2016 features
- Office 365 if you need to insall the latest version of Excel
Connect with John
- Excel User Voice is the best way to connect with John and his team
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Free Resources!
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- Excel Tutorial Blog: Learn all the essential tips to get you up and running and using Excel to its full potential. Choose from Formulas, Pivot Tables, Charts, Analysis, Shortcuts, Macros plus more >> CLICK HERE TO VIEW
- Free Excel Webinars: Learn the power of Pivot Tables and Power Query with our free webinars. CLICK HERE TO VIEW NOW
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John Michaloudis is a former accountant and finance analyst at General Electric, a Microsoft MVP since 2020, an Amazon #1 bestselling author of 4 Microsoft Excel books and teacher of Microsoft Excel & Office over at his flagship Academy Online Course.
