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Excel 2003 Personal Trainer
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O'Reilly Media, Paperback, Bk&CD edition, Published November 2004, 464 pages, ISBN 0596008538
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Every time a new version of Microsoft Excel appears, you're introduced to another batch of powerful features--most of which you'll never understand or use. Even if you're experienced with this spreadsheet program, you'll struggle to keep up with all of the improvements. But if you're a beginner, you probably don't know where to start.

Now, with Excel 2003 Personal Trainer, beginners and experts alike can become black belts, quickly and easily. This fully illustrated book takes a modular approach to learning, allowing you to start with the fundamentals and work your way to advance topics through dozens of task-oriented

Lessons---at your own pace. The companion CD tutorial guides you through each

Lesson interactively.

Excel 2003 Personal Trainer includes sections on editing, formatting, functions, formulas, lists, macros, creating and managing workbooks, and creating and editing charts. You'll also learn data analysis, what-if analysis, pivot tables, how get Excel to work with other programs and the Internet, and advanced topics like using detect and repair. Every chapter includes detailed diagrams and a review at the end to help you absorb and retain all you have learned.

If you already use Excel, you can dive right into those topics (and only those topics) that you need or want to learn. Unlike many consumer software tutorials that dumb down the material or present it in a confusing fashion, Excel 2003 Personal Trainer is written in a non-technical and engaging style that you will find fun, easy, and most of all, clear and informative. You don't have to wade through tons of jargon and technical information to become proficient with Excel.

Part of our new Personal Trainer Series, this book is based on content from CustomGuide (www.customguide.com), a leading provider of computer training materials. Founded by instructors who grew dissatisfied with the industry's dry course materials, CustomGuide offers courseware (for instructors and students), quick references, to software bulletins and e-learning courses that are fun, flexible, and easy to use.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Fundamentals

Lesson 1.1
Starting Excel

Lesson 1.2
What's New in Excel 2003?

Lesson 1.3
Understanding the Excel Program Screen

Lesson 1.4
Using Menus

Lesson 1.5
Using Toolbars and Creating a New Workbook

Lesson 1.6
Filling Out Dialog Boxes

Lesson 1.7
Keystroke and Right Mouse Button Shortcuts

Lesson 1.8
Opening a Workbook

Lesson 1.9
Saving a Workbook

Lesson 1.10
Moving the Cell Pointer

Lesson 1.11
Navigating a Worksheet

Lesson 1.12
Entering Labels in a Worksheet

Lesson 1.13
Entering Values in a Worksheet and Selecting a Cell Range

Lesson 1.14
Calculating Value Totals with AutoSum

Lesson 1.15
Entering Formulas

Lesson 1.16
Using AutoFill

Lesson 1.17
Previewing and Printing a Worksheet

Lesson 1.18
Getting Help

Lesson 1.19
Changing the Office Assistant and Using the "What's This" Button

Lesson 1.20
Closing a Workbook and Exiting Excel

Chapter One Review

Chapter 2. Editing a Worksheet

Lesson 2.1
Entering Date Values and Using AutoComplete

Lesson 2.2
Editing, Clearing, and Replacing Cell Contents

Lesson 2.3
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Cells

Lesson 2.4
Moving and Copying Cells with Drag and Drop

Lesson 2.5
Collecting and Pasting Multiple Items

Lesson 2.6
Working with Absolute and Relative Cell References

Lesson 2.7
Using the Paste Special Command

Lesson 2.8
Inserting and Deleting Cells, Rows, and Columns

Lesson 2.9
Using Undo, Redo, and Repeat

Lesson 2.10
Checking Your Spelling

Lesson 2.11
Finding and Replacing Information

Lesson 2.12
Advanced Printing Options

Lesson 2.13
File Management

Lesson 2.14
Inserting Cell Comments

Lesson 2.15
Understanding Smart Tags

Lesson 2.16
Recovering Your Workbooks

Chapter Two Review

Chapter 3. Formatting a Worksheet

Lesson 3.1
Formatting Fonts with the Formatting Toolbar

Lesson 3.2
Formatting Values

Lesson 3.3
Adjusting Row Height and Column Width

Lesson 3.4
Changing Cell Alignment

Lesson 3.5
Adding Borders

Lesson 3.6
Applying Colors and Patterns

Lesson 3.7
Using the Format Painter

Lesson 3.8
Using AutoFormat

Lesson 3.9
Creating a Custom Number Format

Lesson 3.10
Creating, Applying, and Modifying a Style

Lesson 3.11
Formatting Cells with Conditional Formatting

Lesson 3.12
Merging Cells, Rotating Text, and Using AutoFit

Lesson 3.13
Finding and Replacing Formatting

Chapter Three Review

Chapter 4. Creating and Working with Charts

Lesson 4.1
Creating a Chart

Lesson 4.2
Moving and Resizing a Chart

Lesson 4.3
Formatting and Editing Objects in a Chart

Lesson 4.4
Changing a Chart's Source Data

Lesson 4.5
Changing a Chart Type and Working with Pie Charts

Lesson 4.6
Adding Titles, Gridlines, and a Data Table

Lesson 4.7
Formatting a Data Series and Chart Axis

Lesson 4.8
Annotating a Chart

Lesson 4.9
Working with 3-D Charts

Lesson 4.10
Selecting and Saving a Custom Chart

Lesson 4.11
Using Fill Effects

Chapter Four Review

Chapter 5. Managing Your Workbooks

Lesson 5.1
Switching Between Sheets in a Workbook

Lesson 5.2
Inserting and Deleting Worksheets

Lesson 5.3
Renaming and Moving Worksheets

Lesson 5.4
Working with Several Workbooks and Windows

Lesson 5.5
Splitting and Freezing a Window

Lesson 5.6
Referencing External Data

Lesson 5.7
Creating Headers, Footers, and Page Numbers

Lesson 5.8
Specifying a Print Area and Controlling Page Breaks

Lesson 5.9
Adjusting Page Margins and Orientation

Lesson 5.10
Adding Print Titles and Gridlines

Lesson 5.11
Changing the Paper Size and Print Scale

Lesson 5.12
Protecting a Worksheet

Lesson 5.13
Hiding Columns, Rows, and Sheets

Lesson 5.14
Viewing a Worksheet and Comparing Workbooks Side by Side

Lesson 5.15
Saving a Custom View

Lesson 5.16
Working with Templates

Lesson 5.17
Consolidating Worksheets

Chapter Five Review

Chapter 6. More Functions and Formulas

Lesson 6.1
Formulas with Several Operators and Cell Ranges

Lesson 6.2
Using the Insert Function Feature

Lesson 6.3
Creating and Using Range Names

Lesson 6.4
Selecting Nonadjacent Ranges and Using AutoCalculate

Lesson 6.5
Using the IF Function to Create Conditional Formulas

Lesson 6.6
Using the PMT Function

Lesson 6.7
Displaying and Printing Formulas

Lesson 6.8
Fixing Formula Errors
Mathematical Functions
Financial Functions
Date and Time Functions
Statistical Functions
Database Functions

Chapter Six Review

Chapter 7. Working with Lists

Lesson 7.1
Creating a List

Lesson 7.2
Working with Lists and Using the Total Row

Lesson 7.3
Adding Records Using the Data Form Dialog Box and Insert Row

Lesson 7.4
Finding Records

Lesson 7.5
Deleting Records

Lesson 7.6
Sorting a List

Lesson 7.7
Filtering a List with the AutoFilter

Lesson 7.8
Creating a Custom AutoFilter

Lesson 7.9
Filtering a List with an Advanced Filter

Lesson 7.10
Copying Filtered Records

Lesson 7.11
Using Data Validation

Chapter Seven Review

Chapter 8. Automating Tasks with Macros

Lesson 8.1
Recording a Macro

Lesson 8.2
Playing a Macro and Assigning a Macro a Shortcut Key

Lesson 8.3
Adding a Macro to a Toolbar

Lesson 8.4
Editing a Macro's Visual Basic Code

Lesson 8.5
Inserting Code in an Existing Macro

Lesson 8.6
Declaring Variables and Adding Remarks to VBA Code

Lesson 8.7
Prompting for User Input

Lesson 8.8
Using the If-Then-Else Statement

Chapter Eight Review

Chapter 9. Working with Other Programs

Lesson 9.1
Inserting an Excel Worksheet into a Word Document

Lesson 9.2
Modifying an Inserted Excel Worksheet

Lesson 9.3
Inserting a Linked Excel Chart in a Word Document

Lesson 9.4
Inserting a Graphic into a Worksheet

Lesson 9.5
Opening and Saving Files in Different Formats

Chapter Nine Review

Chapter 10. Using Excel with the Internet

Lesson 10.1
Adding and Working with Hyperlinks

Lesson 10.2
Browsing Hyperlinks and Using the Web Toolbar

Lesson 10.3
Saving a Workbook as a Non-Interactive Web Page

Lesson 10.4
Saving a Workbook as an Interactive Web Page

Lesson 10.5
Import an External Data Source

Lesson 10.6
Refresh a Data Source and Set Data Source Properties

Lesson 10.7
Create a New Web Query

Chapter Ten Review

Chapter 11. Data Analysis and PivotTables

Lesson 11.1
Creating a PivotTable

Lesson 11.2
Specifying the Data a PivotTable Analyzes

Lesson 11.3
Changing a PivotTable's Calculation

Lesson 11.4
Selecting What Appears in a PivotTable

Lesson 11.5
Grouping Dates in a PivotTable

Lesson 11.6
Updating a PivotTable

Lesson 11.7
Formatting and Charting a PivotTable

Lesson 11.8
Creating Subtotals

Lesson 11.9
Using Database Functions

Lesson 11.10
Using Lookup Functions

Lesson 11.11
Grouping and Outlining a Worksheet

Chapter Eleven Review

Chapter 12. What-If Analysis

Lesson 12.1
Defining a Scenario

Lesson 12.2
Creating a Scenario Summary Report

Lesson 12.3
Using a One and Two-Input Data Table

Lesson 12.4
Understanding Goal Seek

Lesson 12.5
Using Solver

Chapter Twelve Review

Chapter 13. Advanced Topics

Lesson 13.1
Hiding, Displaying, and Moving Toolbars

Lesson 13.2
Customizing Excel's Toolbars

Lesson 13.3
Sending Faxes

Lesson 13.4
Creating a Custom AutoFill List

Lesson 13.5
Changing Excel's Options

Lesson 13.6
Password Protecting a Workbook

Lesson 13.7
File Properties and Finding a File

Lesson 13.8
Sharing a Workbook and Tracking Changes

Lesson 13.9
Merging and Revising a Shared Workbook

Lesson 13.10
Using Detect and Repair
Chapter Thirteen Review

Index




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