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Some Excel Tips to Make the Graphic Designer Happy

Being both a graphic designer and business owner, I have a love hate relationship with Microsoft Excel. Having an uncontrollable need to make things look clean, organized and professional in my layouts often leads me to clash with Excel. Being a business owner as well, it is essential that I use Excel for a variety of reports and spreadsheets. Today however, I stumbled across a few tips that help Excel users customize their layouts (among other useful tips) that helped bridge that gap within me between design and business.

The post can be found here over at the blog Pointy Haired Dilbert:

http://chandoo.org/wp/2008/08/01/15-fun-things-with-excel/

I hope this helps bring the designer and business owner within you closer together as well. Maybe one day they will create a program that is Adobe InDesign and Excel all rolled into one!

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About the Author

Aaron has eight-plus years experience in the graphic and Web design field resulting in dozens of awards and accolades. He has worked with freelance clients and marketing firms all across the country to create a variety of material ranging from Web sites to cartoon characters. Aaron received a Bachelor of Visual and Performing Arts degree with a graphic design major in 2002 from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). In his spare time he enjoys cartooning, the outdoors and spending time with his wife, daughters and dozens of rabbits.

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