10. Spreadsheet Essentials

Excel is Office 2011’s spreadsheet application. By working in a grid of columns and rows called a worksheet, you can create lists, perform complex calculations, and graph important data.

In this chapter, we’ll explore the basic topics you’ll need to understand in order to begin using Excel, as well as a few advanced ones that you’ll want to refer to later:

• Creating new ...

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