April 2025
Beginner
224 pages
6h 13m
English
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CHAPTER 1Introducing Excel
This chapter is an introductory overview of Excel 365. Excel 365 runs on Windows, macOS, the web, iOS, iPadOS, and Android, though not all functions are available outside of Windows and macOS. If you're already familiar with a previous version of Excel, reading (or at least skimming) this chapter is still a good idea.
Understanding What Excel Is Used For
Excel is the world's most widely used spreadsheet software and is part of the Microsoft Office suite. Other spreadsheet software is available, but Excel is by far the most popular and has been the world standard for many years.
Much of the appeal of Excel is its versatility. Excel's forte, of course, is performing numerical calculations, but Excel is also useful for nonnumeric applications. Here are just a few uses for Excel:
- Crunching numbers: Create budgets, tabulate expenses, analyze survey results, and perform just about any type of financial analysis you can think of.
- Creating charts: Create a variety of highly customizable charts.
- Organizing lists: Use the row-and-column layout to store lists efficiently.
- Manipulating text: Clean up and standardize text-based data.
- Accessing other data: Import data from a variety of sources such as databases, text files, web pages, and many others.
- Creating graphical dashboards: Summarize a large amount of business information in ...
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