March 2013
Beginner
368 pages
9h 30m
English
Overview
Make the most of Excel 2013–without becoming a technical expert! This book is the fastest way to master Excel…use it to build powerful, trustworthy, easy-to-understand workbooks…discover hidden patterns and make better decisions…visualize data so everyone understands it…share and present workbooks on the web, tablets, anywhere! Even if you’ve never used Excel before, you’ll learn how to do what you want, one incredibly clear and easy step at a time. Excel has never, ever been this simple!
Who knew how simple Excel 2013 could be?
This is the easiest, most practical beginner’s guide to using Microsoft’s incredibly powerful new Excel 2013 spreadsheet program…simple, reliable instructions for doing everything you really want to do! Here’s a small sample of what you’ll learn:
Quickly create, edit, and format workbooks
Enter formulas and use functions effectively
Enter data more rapidly, easily, consistently, and accurately
Master powerful ways to sort, filter, consolidate, or group data
Visualize information through great charts, PivotTables, and Sparklines
Illustrate workbooks with images, shapes, and SmartArt
Explore and analyze data more easily with Excel 2013’s amazing new Power View
Share, print, present, and secure your workbooks
Store your workbooks online with SkyDrive
Work with macros
Build immense power into worksheet cells with UDFs
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