Excel 2003 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies (For Dummies Series) - Softcover

Harvey, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076453758X ISBN 13: 9780764537585

Publisher: For Dummies, 2003

Synopsis

When you think of number-crunching and spreadsheets, you think of Excel, right? After Word, it’s the most popular program in the Microsoft Office suite. But if technical jargon isn’t your first language, you may have found Excel just a teeny bit frustrating. It can be really hard to pick your way through the many features and make Excel do what you need for it to do.

Once you know how, you can use Excel to

• Create fill-in-the-blank forms
• Prepare expense reports and invoices
• Manage all sorts of data
• Keep sales and inventory records
• Analyze financial data and create forecasts
• Present information in charts and graphs

Excel 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies tames the Excel monster. Nine minibooks break things down into manageable, logical sections covering the basics, worksheet design, formulas and functions, worksheet collaboration, charts and graphics, data management, data analysis, working on the Web, and tweaking Excel with a programming language called Visual Basic for Applications, or VBA. In the friendly, plain-English For Dummies style, this book makes it easy to find what you’re looking for and get instructions for doing what you need to do. You’ll be able to

• Find your way around Excel’s menus, toolbars, and dialog boxes, and access online help
• Format a professional-looking spreadsheet that presents data the way you choose
• Edit an existing spreadsheet without disturbing its design or contents
• Build Excel formulas and use built-in functions to produce the calculations you want
• Share spreadsheet data with other people and programs, and collect comments
• Create great-looking charts and find out how to choose the right format to display your data effectively
• Use Excel to maintain large amounts of data, then filter the data to extract the information you need
• Publish spreadsheets and charts on the Web in HTML format
• Explore ways to customize Excel with VBA

Best of all, it’s easy to find what you need in Excel 2003 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies. Before you know it, you’ll discover you’ve developed a friendship with Excel that will make your life easier, boost your business, and impress your friends!

About this title

About the Authors

Greg Harvey teaches courses in spreadsheet and database management software at Golden Gate University in San Francisco.

Greg Harvey is a veteran computer trainer and consultant who has written more than 50 books. He?s the owner of a multimedia publishing venture called Mind Over Media.

From the Back Cover

9 books in 1? your key to Excel 2003 success!

Your one-stop guide to building worksheets, creating formulas, managing data, and more

Excel is famous for its incredible range of capabilities ? accompanied by incredibly complex explanations that only a devout techie can understand. Jettison the jargon with this perfectly organized reference guide! You?ll discover how to use Excel?s every feature, and best of all, find the answer in a hurry should you still get stuck.

The Dummies Way

• Coverage of the essentials and beyond
• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Thumbtabs and other navigation aids
• Tear-out cheat sheet
• A dash of humor and fun

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076453758X
• ISBN 13: 9780764537585
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 840