Dig into formulas, functions, and more to build your Excel skills Whether you're a beginner or an Excel veteran, this friendly guide provides the fundamental techniques to help you create, edit, format, and print your own spreadsheets. You'll start from scratch and quickly progress to manipulating data with formulas and using Excel's extensive formatting options to present your information in the most powerful way. Open the book and find: Ways to navigate Excel's Ribbon interface Data entry tips to start your spreadsheet How to build formulas and edit workbooks Formatting steps to follow Printing basics to present your data
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The most comprehensive guidebook available on the most popular spreadsheet program, fully updated to include all-new "X" features Written by the leading Excel guru known as "Mr. Spreadsheet," John Walkenbach, who has written more than thirty books and 300 articles on related topics and maintains the popular Spreadsheet Page at www.j-walk.com/ss The definitive reference book for beginning to advanced users, featuring expert advice and hundreds of examples, tips, techniques, shortcuts, work-arounds, and more Covers expanded use of XML and Web services to facilitate data reporting, analysis, importing, and exporting information Explores Excel programming for those who want advanced information CD-ROM includes all templates and worksheets used in the book, as well as sample chapters from all Wiley Office "X" related Bibles and useful third party software, including John Walkenbach's Power Utility Pak Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
