Excel Spreadsheet Validation for Part 11 to Eliminate 483s

David Nettleton

Monday,
January 26,2026
Time:
1:00 PM EST
Duration:
75 Minutes
Event Type :
Live Webinar
Category:
Pharmaceutical
Days Left :
5 Days Left
Overview :

This interactive webinar explains how to configure and validate a GxP-compliant spreadsheet application to avoid FDA 483s.  Follow the step-by-step instructions as we configure Excel for audit trails, security features, and data entry verification. Understand how to validate your application with minimal documentation. Bring your laptop and use Excel for your own needs. This session will make you a better Excel user, saving you time and costs.

Areas Covered:-

  • Develop spreadsheet applications that are GxP compliant
  • Learn how to use Excel’s built-in 21 CFR Part 11 features
  • Apply features required for GxP environments without programming macros.
  • Follow along as we configure Excel for audit trails, security features, data verification, and multiple concurrent users
  • Avoid 483s and Warning Letters
  • How to use cell and file protections
  • Reduce validation time and costs
  • Increase compliance while lowering resource needs
  • Validate your application with minimal documentation
  • Understand what does and does not need to be validated.
  • How to specify and test your application.

Who Should Attend?

  • All Excel users
  • IT
  • QA
  • QC
  • Laboratory staff
  • Managers
  • Executives

Live Version

Recorded Version

Combo Version

Download the Order Form

Did you know that this online training is included in the 3-Month All Access Pass?

For just $209, you can register for this session alone — or upgrade to the 3-Month All Access Pass for $999 and give yourself and your entire team unlimited access to all 100+ online trainings 2025-2026!


Instructor:

Computer System Validation’s principal, David Nettleton, is an industry leader, author, and teacher for 21 CFR Part 11, Annex 11, HIPAA, EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), software validation, and computer system validation. He is involved with developing, purchasing, installing, operating, and maintaining computerized systems used in FDA-compliant applications. He has completed more than 300 mission-critical laboratory, clinical, and manufacturing software implementation projects. His most recent book is Software as a Service (SaaS) Risk-Based Validation With Time-Saving Templates, which provides fill-in-the-blank templates for completing a COTS software validation project.