Excel Common Questions
            
							Winning Solutions, Inc. (WSI) has been involved 
							with custom Excel Spreadsheets since the very first 
							version of Excel came on the market. Because of 
							this we have run into a vast number of different 
							questions related to MS Excel - this page addresses 
							a number of the common ones. If you don't see your 
							specific question addressed here, please 
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							answer!
												At WSI we realize that no two 
												clients are exactly the same and 
												therefore we listen to your 
												needs and wants and deliver to 
												you the solution you desire with 
												the specs you want. 
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												experience. 
												Microsoft Excel Programming 
												Common Questions
								
												We have a talented Excel 
												Developer on staff, but they've 
												hit a roadblock or don't have 
												time for everything they need to 
												get done - Can you help?
														Absolutely!!! WSI 
														prides itself in being 
														flexible and able to fit 
														into your organization 
														in many different ways. 
														One of these is playing 
														whatever role, whether 
														large or small, you wish 
														for us to play. We can 
														help with just the piece 
														of the puzzle that is 
														proving to be a 
														challenge or we can take 
														on an entire project if 
														the workload is just too 
														much. 
															Contact us today 
														for a free estimate to 
														begin to see how WSI can 
														help you.
 
								
														We have a project 
														that needs to be 
														completed quickly - Can 
														you make it happen?
														
														A benefit of WSI is that 
														we have numerous 
														developers on staff, and 
														if necessary we can 
														place a team of 
														developers on your 
														project that will allow 
														us to complete your 
														project as quickly and 
														correctly as possible. 
															Contact us today 
														for a free estimate to 
														begin to see how quickly 
														WSI can help you
 
								
														We would like WSI to 
														develop an Excel 
														Database for us, but we 
														have a person on staff 
														that we would like 
														trained to maintain it - 
														Is this possible?
																												
														This is where WSI proves 
														it's working for you. 
														WSI can develop your 
														system and then turn 
														around and train 
														whomever you would like 
														to maintain it. This 
														often proves to be a 
														win-win situation as you 
														can maintain the day to 
														day items and then use 
														WSI only when it's out 
														of the skill set of the 
														person at your office. 
															Contact us today 
														for a free estimate to 
														begin to see how working 
														with WSI can be a 
														win-win situation.
 
								
														We have big plans 
														for a database, but a 
														small budget - Can we 
														even do anything?
																												
														WSI prides itself on 
														working within your 
														budget. We'll analyze 
														where you ultimately 
														want to get and break 
														the project down into 
														phases that fit within 
														your budget and develop 
														the entire project in a 
														series of phases. This 
														allows you to stay in 
														your budget but also get 
														the system you want over 
														time. 
															Contact us today 
														for a free estimate to 
														begin to see how WSI 
														works with you and your 
														budget.
 
								
														We're not sure we 
														even need a database - 
														What should we do?
														
														The professionals at WSI 
														can assess your needs 
														and recommend the best 
														path for you. This may 
														or may not mean an 
														Excel Database, but you 
														can trust that you'll be 
														heading in the right 
														direction. 
														Contact us
														today for a free 
														estimate to begin to see 
														how WSI guides you in 
														the best path.
 
								
														We've got an Excel 
														Database, but want some 
														of the data to show up 
														on our internet site - 
														Can we do this?
																												
														You bet!!! Excel 
														Databases can be setup 
														to work with the 
														internet, however there 
														are many issues to 
														consider so that your 
														site works properly. 
															Contact us today 
														for a free estimate to 
														begin to see how WSI 
														helps you get your data 
														on the web.
 
								
														We've already got an 
														accounting system, but 
														we need some additional 
														functionality built on 
														top of it - What should 
														we do?
																												
														WSI has integrated many 
														Excel Databases into 
														existing accounting 
														systems. This depends on 
														the accounting system 
														you use and what the 
														requirements are for 
														data integration. 
														Contact us today for 
														a free estimate to begin 
														to see how WSI helps you 
														integrate your 
														accounting system with a 
														custom Excel 
														application.
 
								
														My Excel 
														Application is running 
														too slow - what can I 
														do?
														
														WSI's technicians can 
														analyze your current 
														system and give you a 
														number of options to 
														optimize your system. 
														Some typical solutions 
														to this issue include: 
														Upgrading your database 
														to a SQL server backend, 
														upgrading the version of 
														MS Excel that you are 
														using, updating the 
														hardware you use and 
														redesigning the 
														structure of your tables 
														to optimize performance. 
															Contact us today 
														for a free estimate to 
														begin optimizing your 
														application.
 
								
														I can't find an 
														off-the-shelf package 
														that does what I need it 
														to do and I don't know 
														the first thing about 
														databases - what do I do 
														next?
																												
														This is where WSI 
														becomes a valuable 
														partner for you. You 
														understand your business 
														and what you want a 
														system to do - we 
														understand databases and 
														how to make them do what 
														you need it to do - a 
														perfect match. 
															Contact us today 
														for a free estimate to 
														begin designing your own 
														custom application.
 
								
														We have valuable 
														data floating all over 
														our office in Word 
														documents, legacy 
														systems and/or 
														spreadsheets - is there 
														any way to combine all 
														this data together?
														
														This is exactly the 
														purpose of a database 
														and specifically MS 
														Excel. 
															Contact us today 
														for a free estimate to 
														begin consolidating all 
														your data into one 
														seamless, easy to use 
														system.
 
								
														We want to use 
														Excel but the cost of 
														putting it on everyone's 
														computer is too much - 
														do we have any options?
														Absolutely.  A 
														run-time version of 
														Excel can be used 
														without any cost for 
														those users that don't 
														need to design forms or 
														reports. 
															Contact us today 
														for a free estimate to 
														help you develop and 
														distribute a run-time 
														version of Excel for 
														your system.
 
								
														We like what we see 
														and want to begin a 
														relationship with WSI, 
														however, we're located 
														hundreds of miles away 
														from your office - will 
														this work?
																												
														WSI has had numerous 
														relationships with 
														clients that were not 
														located in either our 
														Ames Iowa or Ft. Myers 
														Florida locations. 
														Depending on the scope 
														of the application, face 
														to face meetings are not 
														necessary to develop a 
														custom application 
														remotely. Our attention 
														to detail and customer 
														service has helped us 
														deliver many systems 
														without ever having a 
														face to face discussion 
														with the client. 
														Contact us today for 
														a free estimate to begin 
														your relationship with 
														us.