1. Getting Started

In This Chapter

Opening the program and selecting a working mode

• Opening menus and using toolbars and dialog boxes

• Understanding the spreadsheet window

• Exploring ways you can use a spreadsheet

Some say I can be pretty funny in person, but that doesn’t seem to carry through to my writing; I know—I’ve tried. So, out of respect for you, I won’t crowd this book with my feeble attempts at humor. Instead, I will try my best to keep from boring you silly by remembering that I’m not writing Computer Books: the $29.95 Cure for Insomnia, and I will focus on helping you understand how to use Quattro Pro.

Quattro Pro is a spreadsheet program; like their paper counterparts, spreadsheet programs enable you to work with rows and columns ...

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