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Microsoft Office Excel 2007 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 is the biggest revision this industry standard software has undergone in years. It has a brand new interface, tons of new tools and even a suite of services called Excel Services to allow you to share your valuable data on the web. For the first time in years there is a lot to learn to make the most of this powerful new update.
To take advantage of all of the new features in this powerful program (and to do so quickly), users need Microsoft Office Excel 2007: Visual QuickStart Guide. In these pages, veteran author and trusted Excel teacher Maria Langer provides step-by-step instructions for the full gamut of Excel tasks: from worksheet basics like editing, using functions, formatting cells, and adding graphics objects, to more advanced topics like creating charts, working with databases, and Web publishing. As with all Visual QuickStart Guide books, clear, concise instructions and lots of visual aids make learning easy and painless.
Sample Content:
Creating Spreadsheets and Charts in Microsoft Excel 2007: Visual QuickProject Guide
Microsoft Excel is the world’s most-popular spreadsheet program–used by schools, offices, and home users. In Excel 2007, Microsoft has completely redesigned the user interface, making it more intuitive and more attractive. But anyone needing to get started quickly without learning all the ins and outs of the software still needs a handy guide. And with Creating Spreadsheets and Charts in Microsoft Excel 2007: Visual QuickProject Guide they’ve got one.
Excel expert Maria Langer walks readers through the new interface and teaches them the tools they will use throughout the project. From there, she helps them create their first workbook, using formulas, adding formatting, adding a visually rich chart. Readers also learn how to effectively print their spreadsheets and charts–something that’s much more confusing than it sounds! Along the way all readers will learn how to create attractive, professional, and effective Excel documents.
Each book in the Visual QuickProject Guide series now has a companion website featuring sample project files–making it even easier for users to work through each project as they read through the book. Other features on the companion website may include articles on getting the most out of the topic, a database of frequently asked questions, excerpts from the book, general tips, and more.
Sample Content & Files:
- Front Matter (including complete Table of Contents; pdf)
- Excerpt from Chapter 3
- Build the Budget Worksheet
- Sample Files
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