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Office for iPad and Mac For Dummies
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Office for iPad and Mac For Dummies

by Peter Weverka
March 2015
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
384 pages
8h 17m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 10

Up and Running with Excel 2011

In This Chapter

arrow Creating an Excel workbook

arrow Understanding what a worksheet is

arrow Entering text, as well as numeric, date, and time data

arrow Using the AutoFill command to enter lists and serial data

arrow Establishing conditional formats for text

arrow Setting up data-validation rules

This chapter introduces Excel, the world’s greatest number cruncher. The purpose of Excel is to track, analyze, and tabulate numbers. Use the program to project profits and losses, formulate a budget, or analyze Elvis sightings in North America. Doing the setup work takes time, but after you enter the numbers and tell Excel how to tabulate them, you’re on Easy Street. Excel does the math for you. All you have to do is kick off your shoes, sit back, and see how the numbers stack up.

This chapter explains what a workbook and a worksheet is, and how rows and columns on a worksheet ...

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