Excel 2013 Spreadsheet Inquire
Patrick O'Beirne
TL;DR
This paper evaluates Excel 2013's Inquire add-in for spreadsheet auditing, comparing it with third-party tools, and proposes enhancements and a helper add-in to improve its functionality.
Contribution
It provides a detailed comparison of Inquire with similar tools and introduces a free helper add-in to address its main shortcomings.
Findings
Inquire offers useful auditing features but has notable limitations.
The helper add-in improves Inquire's effectiveness.
Comparison highlights areas for future enhancement.
Abstract
Excel 2013 (version 15) includes an add-in "Inquire" for auditing spreadsheets. We describe the evolution of such tools in the third-party marketplace and assess the usefulness of Microsoft's own add-in in this context. We compare in detail the features of Inquire with similar products and make suggestions for how it could be enhanced. We offer a free helper add-in that in our opinion corrects one major shortcoming of Inquire.
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Taxonomy
TopicsSpreadsheets and End-User Computing