Everybody knows a little MS Excel. It’s so easy to use. However, I make sure to warn – from over 20 years of supporting users of Excel-apps I develop – that Excel’s “friendly“ nature is also what makes it a potentially dangerous tool.
Especially for users with inadequate knowledge and experience, or indeed absent-minded competent users: The proverbial Garbage In Garbage Out (GIGO) phenomenon!
Farm industry stakeholders unable/unwilling to purchase my automated Excel apps (which I build to help prevent occurrence of this potentially devastating problem) often get told, by me, to try using MS Excel to achieve their goals.
To protect yourself, I suggest four (4) practical steps you can take.