Synopses & Reviews
Spreadsheet guru Greg Harvey is back with friendly guidance and the most up-to-date information on Excel 5 for Windows, the latest version of Micrsoft's popular spreadsheet. Excel For Dummies, 2nd Edition, leads you through Excel's powerful features so you can impress everyone with your professional spreadsheets and reports. Find out about Excel basics the fun and easy way:
- Through updated coverage of Excel 5 for Windows, including the new features like TipWizard, tabbed dialog boxes, Function Wizard, editing in cells, and much more
- Discover how to build and format worksheets
- Produce impressive charts that are useful too
- Take advantage of Excel's Toolbar and find out how to select the right tool for the job
- Create macros with Microsoft's new Visual Basic for Applications to automate and speed-up your work
- Find out how to use AutoFilter to simplify the task of getting information out of your database
- Plus Greg's Lists of Top Ten Excel Tips:
- Ten Excel commandments
- Ten amazing Word 6 and Excel 5 tricks
- Ten ways to work smarter and faster, and get that promotion!
Synopsis
Whatever you're now doing with Microsoft Excel there's much more you could be doing. The world's most popular spreadsheet program, Excel grows richer in features with each new release. Excel For Dummies puts at your disposal all the powerful capabilities of version 5 -- capabilities for everything from manipulating databases to creating three-dimensional charts. Whether you're new to Excel or just new to version 5, bestselling author Greg Harvey's concise, clear, how-to explanations get you doing what you need to do quickly -- without a lot of hair-pulling and staying late at the office.
Synopsis
Head's up - this book was published in 1994 Check out Excel 2019 For Dummies for the most up-to-date information
I imagine you landed here because you're trying to figure out Excel and know the For Dummies books are a great way to find fast answers. Just so you know, this edition of Excel For Dummies covers a version of the application that's been updated 10 times since we published the book. For the most current info, search for Excel 2019 For Dummies.
The good news is Excel hasn't changed so much in all those years, so a lot of this book is still usable. We're humbled that people still give it great reviews. The better news is there's a version of Excel For Dummies for every version of the application released since then.
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About the Author
Greg Harvey, the author of more than 30 computer books, has been training business people in the use of IBM PC, DOS, and software application programs such as WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, and dBASE since 1983. He has written numerous training manuals, user guides, and books for business users of software, including IDG Books Worldwide's PC World WordPerfect 6 Handbook, 1-2-3- For Dummies, Windows For Dummies Quick Reference, WordPerfect For DOS For Dummies Quick Reference, DOS For Dummies Quick Reference and WordPerfect For Windows For Dummies Quick Reference. He currently teaches courses in Lotus 1-2-3 and dBASE in the Department of Information Systems at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He says reading Excel For Dummies, 2nd Edition, is like taking one of his classes-but without the boring lectures!
Table of Contents
Introduction.
PART I: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS.
Chapter 1: Now, Just What Have You Gotten Yourself Into?
Chapter 2: Concocting Your First Workbook.
PART II: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE.
Chapter 3: Fancying Up the Figures.
Chapter 4: How to Make Changes without Messing Up the Entire Workbook.
PART III: FERRETING OUT THE INFORMATION.
Chapter 5: Keeping on Top of the Information (or How to Avoid Losing Stuff).
Chapter 6: Getting the Information Down on Paper (or Spreadsheet Printing 101).
PART IV: AMAZING THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH EXCEL (FOR FUN AND PROFIT).
Chapter 7: A Picture Worth a Thousand Numbers.
Chapter 8: Facts and Figures at Your Fingertips.
Chapter 9: Coping with More than One Worksheet at a Time.
PART V: EXCEL—HAVE IT YOUR WAY.
Chapter 10: Excel Made to Order.
Chapter 11: Tooling Around.
PART VI: EXCEL FUNCTION REFERENCE (FOR REAL PEOPLE).
Chapter 12: I Love Everyday Functions.
Chapter 13: Functions for the More Adventurous.
PART VII: THE PART OF TENS.
Chapter 14: Ten Beginner Basics.
Chapter 15: Ten Excel Commandments.
Chapter 16: Ten Printing Pointers.
Chapter 17: Ten Clever Customizers.
Chapter 18: Ten Welcome Warnings.
Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Work Smarter, Faster, and Get That Promotion!
Chapter 20: Ten Amazing Word 6 and Excel 5 Tricks.
Chapter 21: Ten Thousand (More or Less) Useful Keystroke Shortcuts.
APPENDIX: How to Install Excel 5.0 on Your Computer without Going Crazy.
Glossary.
Index.
Book Registration Information.