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title: Poor John's Spreadsheet Error
description: It's important to find all spreadsheet errors before you celebrate your quarterly earnings. XLAudit makes it easy to find all types of errors in your Excel spreadsheets.
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# [Poor John's Spreadsheet Error](https://blog.cimcon.com/blog/johns-spreadsheet-error)

 Written by [CIMCON Software](https://blog.cimcon.com/blog/author/cimcon-software) | Feb 20, 2018 9:38:00 AM

The consequences of trusting - *but not verifying* - that your spreadsheet has no errors. 

# John's Spreadsheet Error

How important is it to find errors in your Excel spreadsheets before you publicly report your quarterly earnings?  This humorous, 15-second video shows the pitfalls of not being able to systematically error check your work. 

 

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