Macabacus Lite

A productivity add-in for Excel® loaded with tools and shortcuts that minimize the time you spend working with financial and other models

Macabacus Lite is a "must-have" solution popular among finance and consulting professionals and students working with spreadsheets around the world. Here are just a few user testimonials:

“The macro is a life saver.”
“I would have spent hours editing my models without it.”
“A viable alternative to DealMaven.”

EASY TO INSTALL There are no executable files to install. You'll find it easy to download and get started with Macabacus Lite on your own, without your firm's IT support.

Release notes



For use with MS® Office 2010/07/03 for Windows 7/Vista/XP®. Macabacus Macros may conflict with other add-ins you have installed. Please review the Terms of Use before downloading.

Shortcuts

Work more efficiently

With over 90 keyboard shortcuts, Macabacus Lite reduces the time required to perform routine actions, such as cell formatting and formula auditing, by as much as 80%. The time savings add up quickly.

Formatting

Endless formatting possibilities

Macabacus Lite delivers unparalleled flexibility to quickly modify number formats, fill colors, border styles, alignment, indentation, font size, cell dimensions, and more.

Shortcuts

Cycles & toggles

Keyboard shortcuts are available for most Macabacus Lite tools and configured as cycles/toggles where appropriate to maximize speed. Repeat a single keystroke to cycle through several font colors, for example.

Navigate

Navigate in new ways

Macabacus Lite includes a number of shortcuts to make navigation of your spreadsheets and finding what you're looking for easier.

Customization

Extensive customization

Set up Macabacus Lite to cycle through your firm's branded colors or your favorite number formats. Set shortcuts to your preferred keystrokes. There is almost no limit to personalization.

Advanced Tools

Advanced formula auditing

Macabacus Lite offers the most advanced formula auditing tools available, including the popular Smart Precedents/Dependents. After using them, you'll wonder how you ever lived without.

AutoColor

AutoColor

Color numbers according to your preferred convention, either automatically upon entry or upon command. Select specific colors for inputs, formulas, worksheet links, and workbook links.

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Workbook optimization

Macabacus Lite includes several tools to improve workbook performance, remove clutter, and reduce file size. Older workbooks, especially, benefit from these tools.

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Classic Excel interface

Macabacus Lite includes a familiar Excel® 2003 menu interface that can be toggled on/off for those still getting used to the Excel® 2010/07 ribbon interface.

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Enterprise deployment

Macabacus Pro includes enterprise tools that support corporate branding (e.g. colors, fonts), centralized settings management, and server deployment.

† Macabacus Pro only

Who is using Macabacus?

Macabacus Lite is used in global and boutique investment banks, insurance companies, private equity shops, hedge funds, corporate finance departments, colleges and universities, and other organizations in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Here are just a few places where Macabacus Lite has been used:

Macabacus Macros for PowerPoint® COMING SOON!

Macabacus Macros for PowerPoint® is a productivity and document processing tool that provides a host of options for linking to Excel® data and facilitates the standardization of presentations across a firm. Like our Excel® add-in, our PowerPoint® edition is tailored for use by the financial community and is especially useful in the production of pitch books. However, non-finance users will find these tools extremely useful as well.

Selected Features

  • Import Excel® data as a linked picture, table, embedded worksheet, or chart
  • Work with multiple linked shapes at once
  • Link to slides in other presentations, just as you would link to Excel® data
  • Import preformatted slides and shapes into your presentations to maintain a uniform appearance
  • Take control of slide numbering in your presentations
  • Automatically generate a Table of Contents from slides in your presentation
  • Quickly insert stamps (e.g. "DRAFT") onto all slides in your presentation at once

Please send questions, suggestions, and other feedback regarding Macabacus Macros to help@macabacus.com.