Get the guide that makes learning Microsoft Excel plain and simple! This full color, no-nonsense book shows you the quickest ways to solve a problem or learn a skill, using easy-to-follow steps and concise, straightforward language. You'll analyze, manage, and share information in more ways than ever before. Here’s WHAT You’ll Learn Manage your data quickly and efficiently Filter, sort, summarize, and crunch your numbers Use formulas and functions to do the heavy lifting Bring data to life with charts and graphics Share data between Microsoft Office documents Work as a team, online and in the cloud Here’s HOW You’ll Learn It Jump in wherever you need answers Follow easy STEPS and SCREENSHOTS to see exactly what to do Get handy TIPS for new techniques and shortcuts Use TRY THIS! exercises to apply what you learn right away

Excel 2013 in easy steps shows you how to quickly get to grips with the new features of Microsoft’s latest version of this popular spreadsheet application. Excel 2013 brings more intuitive ways to explore, analyse and display your data, and simplifies sharing and collaborating using cloud storage. Excel 2013 in easy steps explores the Ribbon interface provided by Office 2013 and the subscription version, Office 365. It shows you how to create and manipulate worksheets, starting with the basic concepts, then introducing functions and features that allow you to organize and manage vast amounts of information. It covers the Excel Table data list structures, advanced functions and Excel add-ins, and shows you how to present your worksheet data in chart formats. The book will help you to create macros, recorded or via Visual Basic. You'll learn how to use templates, tools and other resources to help you apply Excel to various tasks. You'll link your worksheets to other workbooks and get automatic updates. It also covers Excel on the Internet, using the Office Web Apps. Written concisely, yet comprehensively, Excel 2013 in easy steps uses detailed images and easy-to-follow instructions to get you up to speed with Excel, whether you’re just upgrading from a previous version or you are new to the spreadsheet concept.

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Get going with Excel 2010 quickly and easily with this Simplified guide Excel can be a complex program, and Excel 2010 includes new features and functionalities that require users of older versions to re-learn the application. Whether you're switching from an earlier version or learning Excel for the first time, this easy-to-follow visual guide provides information you can use right away. With an easy-to-read design, numbered steps illustrated with full-color screen shots, concise information, and helpful tips, Excel 2010 Simplified makes learning faster and easier than ever before. Excel is the world's leading spreadsheet and data analysis tool; Excel 2010 includes numerous new features, a redesigned interface, a new focus on collaboration and application servers, and much more Its complexity makes Excel a perfect subject for the step-by-step visual instruction in this guide Numbered steps illustrated with full-color screen shots teach dozens of Excel 2010 tasks Covers Excel basics, workbook fundamentals, formatting worksheets and enhancing them with graphics, analyzing data, communicating results with charts and PivotTables, and much more A quick and easy way to get up to speed on Excel 2010 for both novice users and those upgrading from an earlier version Excel 2010 Simplified tames this complicated application and gives you the skills to start using Excel with confidence.

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