Thanks for visiting the Contextures Excel Pivot Tables blog, which is focused on strengthening your skills in Microsoft Excel pivot tables. You’ll also fine related topics, such as using Excel Tables, that are of benefit to pivot table users.
I’m Debra Dalgleish, the founder of the Contextures Excel website, and located near Toronto, Canada. Self-employed since 1985, I’ve dug deep into learning about pivot tables, while working on client projects, and helping people in online Excel forums.
Pivot Table Books
Because of my Excel pivot table contributions in the Microsoft newsgroups, I was contacted by Apress publishing company, and asked to submit a Pivot Table book proposal, which was accepted. My book, Excel Pivot Table Recipes, was published in 2005, and shows solutions for Pivot Table problems in Excel 2003.
A couple of years later, Apress asked me to write an updated version of my book, Excel 2007 Pivot Table Recipes, as well as a third book – Beginning Pivot Tables in Excel 2007.
NOTE: Because the content is out of date, these books are no longer available on the Apress site, or on Amazon. However, you can still see the book outlines on my Contextures site:
* Beginning Pivot Tables in Excel 2007
* Excel 2007 Pivot Tables Recipes
* Excel Pivot Tables Recipe Book
Microsoft MVP
In September 2001, I was thrilled to receive an Excel MVP award from Microsoft, in recognition of my contributions to the technical community.
And I’m honoured to have received another MVP award, every year since 2001, for my continued contributions.
Social Media
To follow me on social media, go to one of these accounts.
— Contextures on YouTube – hundreds of Excel videos on YouTube
— Contextures on Twitter – tweets from my Contextures account
— Debra on Twitter – tweets from my personal account
— Debra on Mastodon – posts about Excel and other topics
— Contextures on Facebook – Excel posts on my Contextures Facebook page
My Blogs
To see more Excel and business-related articles, you can visit the Contextures website, and my other blogs:
— Contextures Excel site – Excel tips, tutorials, videos, sample files
— Contextures Blog – Excel tips, tutorials, videos
— Debra’s Blog – tips for running an online business – gadgets, programs, productivity
— Spreadsheet Day blog – In 2010, I founded this annual event (October 17th) to celebrate spreadsheets
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