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Meet Niko Chatzoudis, Excel Forum Contributor

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Nov 18, 2021

The Excel Tech Community forum is where anyone can ask questions and get answers about Excel. The incredible forum contributors are the superheroes always ready to help others tackle their toughest Excel challenges. Today, we'd like you to meet Niko Chatzoudis.

 

Niko Chatzoudis

 

Niko started his career as a small shop owner in Greece where he assembled and sold PCs to the local people. He then sold the company and went to work as a store manager in a global telecommunications company. He rose quickly to area manager and then regional manager at in the company, followed by sales director across various subsidiaries. A few years later, he joined another company in the electronics industry as a sales manager. This job, however, ended up with a lot of traveling, keeping him away from home, and soon, he decided he would rather spend more time with his family.


Now living with his family in Germany, Niko helps his wife run a state recognized children's institution, providing refuge and support to young children from challenging situations. With his tech background, he naturally became the IT person for the institution. Moreover, he helps the children learn to use PCs and the basics of Microsoft Windows and Office, especially Excel.

 

Niko has used Excel passionately for almost 30 years throughout his career. In his free time, he participates in many Excel online forums, helping others tackling their real world challenges with Excel.

 

Niko is particularly fond of the Excel Tech Community forum. When asked why people should join this forum, he said,

 

It's a win-win situation. You give something and you always get something in return. You can feel when a person is happy and you develop respect for them.

 

In the Excel Tech Community forum, Niko loves sharing his Excel knowledge with people from all over the world, from different countries and different cultures. For him, the forum helps "bring the world into his home.”

 

Niko believes in not only helping the user but also in delighting them. The feedback in the forum gives him positive energy, which he channels back to his everyday life.

 

Thank you, Niko, for your continued contribution to our Excel community!

 

 

Updated Nov 18, 2021
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20 Comments

  • Shazza1960's avatar
    Shazza1960
    Copper Contributor

    Been a great help to me... thank you, thank you, thank you 🙂

  • Tyakat730's avatar
    Tyakat730
    Brass Contributor

    Huge shout out to Niko for taking time out of his very busy life and schedule to unlock a file that was important probably only to me, but it intrigued him and he managed to open the file.  A minor sports association in my community will get this file and I hope find it a useful tool for their upcoming young athletes.

    Niko, you made my day! Thank you so very much!

    Kathy

  • Tyakat730's avatar
    Tyakat730
    Brass Contributor

    First Niko, I'd like to apologize for the delay in responding to your email re: forgotten password, some life curves came up, nothing serious but they needed to be dealt with.   The file I was hoping to open is simply a baseball scoresheet for use in the minor ball program in our community, so nothing earth shattering or critical.

    The link you provided to upload the file requires me to setup an account and provide c/card info which I'm uncomfortable doing. I don't know how to go about this in another way. If there's something I can do please advise, if not, I do appreciate your efforts to assist.

    Thank you again for your time! Regards, Kathy

  • KKeoghSnr's avatar
    KKeoghSnr
    Brass Contributor

    I recently tried to open a password-protected Excel file, but i had forgotten the password.  I was in a time-critical situation, and i needed to access the file urgently.

    I went to MS Tech Community [my first time to visit] searching for help - and Niko's name popped up .... everywhere !

    I wrote to Niko, asking for his help. He immediately agreed to assist me, and kept me informed throughout the process of recovery.

     

    It has been a pleasure dealing with him.

    Not many people give other people their time and expertise for free on this Earth - this crazy world needs more people like this obliging man.

     

    Thank you so much Niko for your generous assistance.

     

    Kieran

     

  • Tonyp345's avatar
    Tonyp345
    Brass Contributor

    Working with Niko to assist with opening a 'locked Excel' workbook due to a changed password and it has been a pleasure to go through the motions with him.

  • nitheshck's avatar
    nitheshck
    Copper Contributor

    Hello,

     

    I need help in wrapping an Excel cell by length of the word

     

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    Column width should be automatically adjusted to the word length.  When I use wraptext, sometimes one word is getting split and coming in two lines.

     

    can anyone help in this

  • mathetes's avatar
    mathetes
    Silver Contributor

    It's always a pleasure to read Niko's contributions.