Others say...

"Very Useful"
Simple, straight forward and clear writing make this book a very useful addition to any library. It explains clearly the concepts and more importantly how to apply them.

"Buidence from the Experts"
Pivot Tables are one of the most powerful yet least used features of Excel. The author's MrExcel web site conducted a survey that showed that less than 42% of Excell users make use of pivot tables. I believe his estimate is high. Only experts are likely to visit his web site. I don't believe that 42% of the people who use Excel have even heard of pivot tables.

I further think that part of the problem is the name Pivot Table. This is primarily a Microsoft term (Microsoft has trademarked the word PivotTable - with no space), but the original functionality came from Lotus Improv.

It's foolish for me to try to explain pivot tables here when the book exists. Let me just say that if your task involves taking a lot of data that would make a lot more sense to you or your boss if it were summarized in various ways, Pivot Tables are for you, and the authors of this book are recognized experts in the field.

Note that the book has been brought up to date to cover Excel 2007. There are a number of changes in 2007 that are distinct improvements over previous versions but that require you to do things that are a bit different while the overall functionality remains basically the same.