Sloppy Spreadsheets: Readers Speak Out

June 18, 2008 from CFO.com – One example is “The worst practice that I see every day is sending spreadsheets out to people and not setting up the sheet to print. I received a simple spreadsheet today that, when printed, came out as a three-page portrait, when it should have been a one-page landscape. So after printing the garbage, I had to take time to re-format the entire print function.

I require that my staff format every spreadsheet before it's sent out. I tell them to assume I am forwarding it to the president, and he will just print it.”

180 View – There are a lot more examples of sloppy spreadsheets in the article.