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Use the right tool for the job!

Andy Biggs • Jun 04, 2019

Is reaching for a spreadsheet as your default data tool the best idea?

Many people, accountants in particular, reach for their trusty spreadsheet, whenever they have data to process or information to be communicated. But is that really the best way, even of they are skilled at wielding Excel as a superuser?

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