Excel 2010 Made Simple

Table of contents

1. Title Page
2. Contents at a Glance
3. Contents
4. About the Author
5. About the Technical Reviewer
6. Acknowledgments
7. Quick Start Guide
   1. The Excel Worksheet: What You're Looking At
   2. Key Tips: Accessing Buttons with the Keyboard
   3. Contextual Tabs
   4. A Visit Backstage
   5. Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
   6. Where to Learn More
   7. Excel Keyboard Equivalents
8. Chapter 1: Introducing Excel 2010
   1. The Advantages of Learning More
   2. Spreadsheets Defined
   3. Excel Can Be Fun
   4. Summary
9. Chapter 2: Getting Around the Worksheet and Data Entry
   1. The Journey Starts Here
   2. Looking Around
   3. Getting Around a Worksheet
   4. Selecting Multiple Cells
   5. Entering Text and Data
   6. Aligning Your Data—Where It Appears in the Cell
   7. Widening and Narrowing Columns
   8. Entering Numerical Data—How it's Different
   9. Entering Data into a Selected Range
   10. Using Auto Fill to Speed Up Data Entry
   11. Data Validation: Bringing Quality Control to the Worksheet
   12. Adding Data Entry Instructions with Input Messages
   13. Summary
10. Chapter 3: EditingData
    1. Changing Your Data
    2. Copying and Moving: Duplicating and Relocating Your Data
    3. The Clipboard: The Storage Area for Copied and Cut Data
    4. Summary
11. Chapter 4: Number Crunching 101: Functions, Formulas, and Ranges
    1. Automatic Calculations with Functions
    2. Customizing the Worksheet with Formulas
    3. Clarifying Cell References by Naming a Range
    4. Summary
12. Chapter 5: For Appearance's Sake: Formatting Your Data
    1. What Formatting Does (and Doesn't Do)
    2. Basic Formatting
    3. Aligning (and Realigning) Your Data
    4. Inserting, Deleting, and Hiding Columns and Rows
    5. Formatting Values: Making the Numbers Look Good
    6. Customizing Number Formats
    7. Copying Formats (Not Data) with the Format Painter
    8. Applying Ready-Made Formats with Styles
    9. Applying Styles Quickly: Another Way to Access Formatting Options
    10. Conditional Formatting
    11. Summary
13. Chapter 6: Charting Your Data
    1. Defining Chart Elements
    2. Choosing a Chart Type
    3. Creating a Column Chart
    4. Creating a Chart in 2 Seconds
    5. Changing a Chart
    6. Switching Rows with Columns: A Different Kind of Change
    7. Formatting Charts
    8. Introducing Sparklines: Mini-Charts Placed in Cells
    9. Summary
14. Chapter 7: Sorting and Filtering Your Data: Excel's Database Features
    1. Sorting Data: Instilling Order in Your Data
    2. Finding What You Want with Filters
    3. Tables: Adding User-Friendliness to Your Database
    4. Summary
15. Chapter 8: PivotTables: Data Aggregation Without the Aggravation
    1. Looking at Some PivotTables
    2. Creating a PivotTable
    3. Grouping Related Items Using Two Fields
    4. Viewing Which Records Are Filtered: Using the Slicer
    5. Formatting the PivotTable
    6. Styling Your Report
    7. Creating Charts from PivotTables Using PivotCharts
    8. Summary
16. Chapter 9: Managing Your Workbook
    1. Adding Worksheets to Your Workbook
    2. Grouping Sheets: Changing Multiple Sheets at the Same Time
    3. Using the View Context Tab to Show and Hide Basic Screen Elements
    4. Protecting the Worksheet and the Workbook
    5. Summary
17. Chapter 10: Printing Your Worksheets: Hard Copies Made Easy
    1. Deciding What You Want to Print
    2. Surveying Printing Options: The Print Backstage
    3. Setting the Print Area
    4. Customizing Your Printing
    5. Adding Headers and Footers
    6. Printing the Gridlines and Headings
    7. Summary
18. Chapter 11: Automating Your Work with Macros
    1. The Two Kinds of Macros
    2. Composing a Macro
    3. About Saving a Workbook with a Macro
    4. Saving a Macro to the Personal Macro Workbook
    5. Deleting a Macro
    6. Editing a Macro by Tweaking It in VBA
    7. Activating a Macro with a Keyboard Shortcut
    8. A Note on Macro Security
    9. Summary
19. Index