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Before upload
Confirm engagement authorization, preserve the original file, record its owner and period, and identify macros, hidden sheets and external links.
Guide
A practical intake and review approach for client Excel files used in audit, reporting and compliance work.
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Confirm engagement authorization, preserve the original file, record its owner and period, and identify macros, hidden sheets and external links.
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Check headings, formulas, period labels and exceptions against the original workbook. Treat automated findings as prompts for investigation.
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Keep a clear trail from a finding to its worksheet area, evidence request and reviewer decision.
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Next step
Read why source context matters when a result becomes a professional draft.
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