Synopsis
Microsoft Excel® is the industry standard spreadsheet used for the analysis and presentation of results. This text provides a straightforward introduction to these tools, directed specifically towards their use in a management or business context. A Guide to Microsoft Excel to Business and Management presumes no prior knowledge of Microsoft Excel® or business terminology, instead it guides the reader forward from basic principles to the more complicated areas such as modelling, the analysis of charts and report writing.
- Contains a wide variety of real-life business examples and case studies
- Explains the most useful Excel functions available to the manager or business student today
- Written clearly and concisely, by an author with a proven track-record in this area
- Includes a broad range of illustrations, including screenshots
- Can be used with any version of Excel, from Excel 5 to Excel 2000
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About the Author
Bernard Liengme , Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, St Francis Xavier's University, Nova Scotia, Canada
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From the preface--
It is arguable that the spreadsheet is the most widely used microcomputer application. Today the industry standard for spreadsheets is Microsoft Excel. This book is designed to show you how easy it is to take advantage of this important tool. It is written for the complete novice or the reader who has only a passing familiarity with Excel. Once you have mastered this Guide you will be able to make constructive use of Microsoft Excel in your workplace--be it your office or study room.
The approach is a series of step-by-step instructions leading to the required result. No assumptionms about previous knowledge of Microsoft Excel or of business terminology are made. However, it is assumed that you have some familiarity with Windows or the Macintosh operating system. This book is not version-specific and can be used with any version from Excel 5 to Excel 2000.
It is recommended that you start at the beginning and work through the book. Do not jump material even if you think you already understand the topic, because there could be something new to you in the exercise. Please try the problems at the end of each chapter. Using the Microsoft Excel Help feature while tackling the problems is not considered cheating! Answers to the starred problems are given at the back of the book to encourage this process.
The Guide may be used as either a textbook or for independent study and it is hoped that even professionals will find that their knowledge of Excel will increase to such an extent that they will be able to solve one-off problems with ease. A few topics are not covered in this book. While there is a chapter on working with lists, the database functions are not introduced. Likewise the application of Excel to statistical problems is not explored. These problems are covered in more advanced books. Furthermore, we do not look at Visual Basic for Applications since this is an advanced topic.
I recommend that the information available on the Internet for Excel be fully explored. There are a number of useful websites maintained by Microsoft Excel experts. Newsgroups and list servers can be used in two ways: you can simply read the messages and learn from other's questions and answers, or you can submit your own questions. Visit my website (www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme) to see an up to date list of addresses for these resources.
Bernard V. Liengme July 1999
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