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 Masagung Graduate School of Management                                                                        Updated: November 15, 2004

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Spreadsheet Auditing Software

Dslimited

Publisher:  Digital Solutions Limited

 

Publisher Comments:  Dslimited provides Excel add-ins for auditing and detecting spreadsheet errors. All add-ins are free to try and are supplied with comprehensive documentation. Dslimited also has free Excel tutorials on worksheet functions, VBA macro and problem solving techniques.

EXChecker

Publisher:  Spreadsheet Auditing Ltd

Email:  support@spreadsheetauditing.com

 

Publisher Comment:  EXChecker is a standalone auditing application for analysing Excel spreadsheets. It consists of a suite of powerful tools that are designed to assist Excel users in the analysis, development and auditing of spreadsheet models. 

The Spreadsheet Detective

Publisher: Southern Cross Software
Telephone:  41-079-368-200

E-Mail: info@spreadsheetdetective.com

 

Editorial Comments:  An interesting spreadsheet auditing tool. Potentially useful for management science models or spreadsheet management science teaching.

SpACE Software

Publisher:  LexisNexis Butterworths Tolley
London, United Kingdom

Telephone:  020 8662 2000

 

Editorial Comments: Developed by UK’s Computer Audit Service within the department of Customs and Excise.

Spreadsheet xlNavigator ™ 2003

Publisher: Brandywine Software, LLC

 

Publisher Comment:  Spreadsheet xlNavigator™ 2003 (Patent Pending), is the only tool that displays the relationships between spreadsheet cells in an highly intuitive manner. As a result, even the most complicated spreadsheet becomes simple and transparent to a user and undiscovered errors are caught early on. Figure 1 shows the visual representation provided by the xlNavigator. 

 

Editorial Comments: Current contact information for Brandywine is unknown to the editors. Please email us if you know how to contact them. The product is available for order $39.95

XDrill

Publisher:  Sheetware

39-41 North Road, London N7 9DP, United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0)870 333 1775

FAX:+44 (0) 870 139 3269  

Email: contact@sheetware.com

 

Publisher Comment:  XDrill provides you with a way to find out where a result (whether in a in a spreadsheet cell or on a graph) comes from. It lets you work back through the chain of calculation, moving seamlessly between sheets, different files and even over the Internet.

XLSior

Publisher: Louise Pryor, PhD.

Contact:  http://www.xlsior.com/

 

Publisher Comment: XLSior is an Excel add-in that provides support for the spreadsheet development process. It helps you to test your spreadsheet calculations, document your workbooks automatically, make it easy to add your own documentation, manage the sheets in your workbooks, save versions and releases, and provide an audit trail for information imported from other workbooks.

Development Processes & Procedures

The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets

Stephen G. Powell, Dartmouth College

Kenneth R. Baker, Dartmouth College

 

Editorial Comments:  Chapter 5 covers "Spreadsheet Engineering" for the kind of spreadsheet analytic work typically performed by MBA-level consultants and analysts.

The New Guidelines for Writing Spreadsheets

John Raffensperger, Ph.D.

University of Canterbury; Christchurch, New Zealand

Email: john.raffensperger@canterbury.ac.nz

 

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