CHAPTER 1
Essentials of Spreadsheet Application Development
What Is a Spreadsheet Application?
For the purposes of this book, a spreadsheet application is a spreadsheet file (or group of related files) that is designed so that someone other than the developer can perform specific tasks without extensive training. According to this definition, most of the spreadsheet files that you've developed probably don't qualify as spreadsheet applications. You may have dozens or hundreds of spreadsheet files on your hard drive, but it's a safe bet that most of them aren't designed for others to use.
A good spreadsheet application does the following:
- Enables the end user to perform a task...
