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Excel Sheet Explainer: Understand Any Excel Sheet Someone Else Made

Inherited a workbook from a colleague who has left? Open it here and see every formula explained in plain language, using the sheet’s own column names, with mistakes flagged.

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🔒 Your file never leaves your computer.

The sheet is opened and read inside your own browser. Nothing is uploaded to our server, and nothing is saved, so we never see your data.

Don’t believe us? Load this page, turn off your internet, and try it. It still works.

Analysing your workbook

How it works

  1. 1

    Drop in the Excel file (.xlsx, .xlsm or .xls). It is opened inside your browser; nothing is uploaded.

  2. 2

    See the overview: the sheets, how many formulas each one has, and which sheet feeds which.

  3. 3

    Go through the Formulas tab. A formula copied down a column is shown once, with the column names it uses and a plain-language explanation. Click Details for the step-by-step view and for what each cell uses and is used by.

  4. 4

    Check the Problems tab for errors, numbers typed into formulas, links to other files and risky lookups, then download the handover report as a PDF.

Frequently asked questions

Is my Excel file safe?
Your file never leaves your computer. The sheet is opened and read inside your own browser. Nothing is uploaded to our server, and nothing is saved, so we never see your data. The page has no server address that accepts files, and the browser is told not to send data anywhere else. Don’t believe us? Load this page, turn off your internet, and try it. It still works.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It works in any recent browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari) on a computer or a phone. There is no sign-up, no add-in and no macro.
Which Excel versions are supported?
Files saved by Excel 2007 or newer (.xlsx and .xlsm) and older .xls files. Formulas from every version are explained, including newer ones like XLOOKUP, FILTER and IFS, and the tool tells you which functions will not work in older Excel. Password-protected files must be unlocked in Excel first.
Does it work with Google Sheets files?
Yes, after exporting. In Google Sheets choose File › Download › Microsoft Excel (.xlsx), then open that file here.
Can it explain Excel formulas in Gujarati or Hindi?
Yes. Switch the language at the top of the page: the explanations, the function help cards and the report are in English, Gujarati or Hindi. Your column names stay exactly as they are in the sheet.
Does it change my workbook?
No. It only reads the formulas. Your file is not edited, and macros in .xlsm files are never run.
What is in the handover report?
A PDF with the workbook overview, which sheet feeds which, every formula with its readable view and explanation, the problems found, and a help card for each function used. It is created in your browser, and your contact details on the cover are optional.

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