If you: need to process information quickly and accurately want to produce professional looking reports and presentations want to produce spreadsheets, charts and graphs need a self-teaching approachthen Excel 97 for Windows Made Simple is for you!By a combination of tutorial approach, with tasks to do and easy steps, the MADE SIMPLE series of Computer Books from British publisher Butterworth-Heinemann, using British authors and designed for a European audience, stands above all others.

This book provides a complete learning package that makes the mastery of Excel '97 both easy and fun. Designed to get you up and running quickly, the book allows users to master Excel with a minimum of time and effort. with numerous screen illustrations and lots of hands-on activities for guidance, the reader learns quickly in a straightforward, understandable manner.

Readers learn just what they need to know at their own pace with this book on Microsoft's latest version of Excel. This text uses a step-by-step, full-color graphic approach. "Try It" sections let users practice what they've learned.

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Readers will quickly learn to type text, move around the screen, make changes and print a variety of documents. The CD concentrates on the word processing features that most people use in the office every day, making this the best book for beginning Excel 97 for Windows users.