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A book collection spreadsheet for Excel, with a read and lent column.
The book setup calls each entry a Title and adds Author, Format, Date acquired, Price paid, Read, Rating and Lent to. Format is a dropdown of Hardback, Paperback, Ebook and Audiobook, and Rating runs from 5 to 1. Categories run from Fiction to Children.
- Excel 2016 and later
- Calculations checked in LibreOffice and Google Sheets
- Name the entrySay what one entry is called, such as Book or Asset. It becomes the first column heading. Choose whether to add a Category dropdown and list the categories.
- Add your columnsAdd up to twelve columns. Choose a type for each, enter the choices for a dropdown, or pick Calculated to add, subtract, multiply or divide two columns.
- Download and typeDownload the workbook and open the Register sheet. Type one entry per row from row 6. Dates, amounts and dropdowns are checked, and the Summary totals each number and money column.
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Preview: Book collection. Change the selected dates, categories or layout to update the preview.
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What you get
What is different in this setup
Readers who want to know what they own, what they have read and who has borrowed a copy.
- Read is a Yes or No column, and Rating is a dropdown from 5 to 1.
- A Lent to column, for remembering who has a book.
- The Summary totals Price paid and counts by Format and category.
Sheets included (4)
- Start HereHow the workbook works, what each sheet is for and the settings used.
- RegisterOne row per title. Start typing in row 6.
- SummaryCounts and totals, calculated from the Register.
- ListsEdit the white lists to change dropdown choices. Shaded lists are fixed because formulas use those names.
File details
- Made for
- Excel 2016 and laterThe download is an .xlsx workbook.
- LibreOffice
- No calculation errors in our testLibreOffice recalculated every formula in the workbook with no error values, such as #VALUE! or #N/A.
- Google Sheets
- Calculations matched Excel in our testGoogle Sheets removes sheet protection and repeated print headings.
- Apple Numbers
- Some calculations do not workMany calculations on the Summary sheet do not work in Apple Numbers. Numbers converts list-based dropdowns to plain cells and removes colour markers, sheet protection, frozen headings and number and date validation. Use Excel for these calculations and features.
- Calculations
- The Start Here sheet lists the calculations used in this workbook. Results update from the entries you add.
- Builder privacy
- The builder runs in your browser. The entries used to make the workbook stay on your device. How the utilities work
Questions
Are my builder entries sent to Due Form?
No. The builder uses them in your browser to make the workbook on your device.
Information is sent to Due Form when you submit a form or use another service described on the How it works page.
Can I record a series or a reading date?
Yes. Add a text column called Series, or a date column called Date read, before you download. You can have up to twelve columns after the title.
Does it find books from an ISBN?
No. It has no link to a book database, so titles and authors are typed by you. An ISBN column, if you add one, stores the number as text.
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