Chapter 1: Working with Excel

You use Microsoft Excel to create spreadsheets, which are documents that enable you to manipulate numbers and formulas to quickly create powerful mathematical, financial, and statistical models. In this chapter, you learn about Excel, take a tour of the program’s features, and learn how to customize some aspects of the program.

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Getting to Know Excel

Start Excel

Tour the Excel Window

Work with the Excel Ribbon

Work with the Excel Galleries

Customize the Quick Access Toolbar

Customize the Ribbon

Change the View

Configure Excel Options

Add Excel to the Windows Taskbar

Quit Excel

Getting to Know Excel

Working ...

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