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Microsoft Excel 365 Bible
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Microsoft Excel 365 Bible

by Michael Alexander, Dick Kusleika
March 2022
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
1072 pages
28h 16m
English
Wiley
Content preview from Microsoft Excel 365 Bible

CHAPTER 1Introducing Excel

This chapter is an introductory overview of Excel 2022. 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 a concise format. ...
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