many books on excel are either limited and cover only the basic concepts in small steps or are exhaustive and explain in great detail everything the program can do. this book covers only those topics that are essential for professionals and for students in higher education. it is a practical book, intended for everyone who uses excel extensively or wants to start using it for their work or studies. after reading this book, professionals already working with the program will be able to get more out of their models. this book provides step by step explanations using concrete practical examples illustrated with screenshots. exercises are included for each topic so that the content can be applied in practice. after studying this book, the user will have all the knowledge and tools needed to use excel in a professional manner. getting more out of excel 2019 is suitable for both windows and mac users of excel 2016 or higher and office 365. no prior knowledge of excel is needed, although the user is expected to be proficient in basic skills such as copying, pasting, selecting, opening and saving files, and using italics and boldface. the complete answers to the examples and exercises are available on www.gettingmoreoutofexcel.nl. ben groenendijk teaches information technology at rotterdam university of applied sciences. he has published several books on topics such as databases and access.