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The quick, visual way to build computer skills . These concise, friendly books use blockbuster visuals to teach one skill per two-page spread. They capture your attention, get you up and running quickly, and encourage exploration. This unique design makes information extremely accessible and easy to absorb, and provides a great reference for future use.
-- Each highly-visual two-page spread focuses on a single software skill with the steps on the left and colorful screenshots on the right.
-- Clues to Use Boxes provide concise information that expand on the major lesson skill or describe an independent task relating to the major lesson skill.
-- Using a real-world case, the process of solving problems is more meaningful.
Synopsis
Part of the Illustrated series, this text offers a visual and flexible way to build Microsoft Excel 2002 skills.
About the Author
Elizabeth Eisner Reding has authored many books for Course Technology on a variety of software programs, including Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Publisher. Living in New Mexico with her husband, she spends her free time designing and creating stained-glass decorative pieces, water gardening, mountain biking, and collecting Southwestern art. Lynn Wermers is a professor and the chair of the Computer Science Department at North Shore Community College in Massachusetts. She also coordinates the computer applications courses for the Verizon Next Step program, and serves as a math consultant for the School of Professional and Continuing Studies at Northeastern University.
Table of Contents
Windows Unit A: Getting Started with Windows 2000 Windows Unit B: Working with Programs, FIles, and Folders Unit A: Getting Started with Excel 2002 Unit B: Building and Editing Worksheets Unit C: Formatting a Worksheet Unit D: Working with Charts Unit E: Working with Formulas and Functions Unit F: Automating Worksheets Tasks Unit G: Managing Workbooks and Preparing Them for the Web Unit H: Using Lists Unit I: Analyzing List Data Unit J: Enhancing Charts and Worksheets Unit K: Using What-If Analysis Unit L: Analyzing Data with Pivot Tables Unit M: Exchanging Data with Other Programs Unit N: Sharing Excel Files and Incorporating Web Information Unit O: Customizing Excel and Advanced Worksheet Management Unit P: Programming Excel Macros Appendix A: Fromatting a Disk