You already know Excel 2007. Now you'd like to go beyond with shortcuts, tricks, and tips that let you work smarter and faster. And because you learn more easily when someone shows you how, this is the book for you. Inside, you'll find clear, illustrated instructions for 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteedto make you more productive with Excel 2007. * Minimal text and maximum illustrations * Task-oriented, step-by-step approach * Navigational aids connect instructions to illustrations * Self-contained, two-page lessons * Uniform layout makes it easy to read less, learn more How easy is it? Look for these symbols marking the difficulty of each task. * Demonstrates a new spin on a common task * Introduces a new skill or a new task * Combines multiple skills requiring in-depth knowledge * Requires extensive skill and may involve other technologies
I wanted to learn more about Excel, and this book helped me do that. Prior to reading this book, I had been familiar with the basics of Excel - using it on a regular basis to organize information and to create tables - but I knew that I was missing out on a lot of the things Excel could do. I looked at a stack of books advertised to teach me what I needed to know, but every other book I looked at was either too basic or too difficult for me. This book was definitely geared toward people who have the basics, but who aren't computer gurus. I found the information simple to understand. Unlike the other reviewers who argue that there should be example data, I didn't think that was necessary. In my opinion, the step-by-step instructions provided were sufficient. Also, I love the organization of the book - topics are grouped very conveniently so that when I need to refer back to the book, I will be able to find what I am looking for very easily.
Awesome book but it's missing something
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I love this book, why? Well for one thing it's very colorful and it's easy to follow. I've had different versions of Microsoft Excel in the past but when they released the new Office 2007, I totally decided to buy a tutorial since it's worth learning a product that I really appreciate. The majority of the books on computers that I have bought comes with a book website where users can download practice files or code. I know this is not a programming book however it would be nice if I can download the excel workbook so I can go along with the lessons. The other excel book does not contain these goodies but I'm still going to give this a good rating.
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