Excel

This book consists of about twenty "ten-minute" lessons. Each lesson covers one aspect of Excel clearly and simply and is complete in itself. Throughout the book are small screen-shots to clarify the instructions, as well as pictures of buttons where appropriate. It is easy to progress through the book from one lesson to another or to skip around as topics are needed. As I tell my students, completing a lesson may take one person ten minutes or may take another thirty minutes. At the end of each one, however, the student will have mastered the topic, and will have sense of accomplishment. The book can also be used as a quick reference to get a step-by-step walk through of an Excel procedure. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a quick, clear step-by-step introduction to Excel.

This is an excellent book for those who are new to Excel and to documenting business (and other) data in general. In 27 chapters it covers all of the kinds of things a beginning-to-intermediate user would want to know. Included are basic concepts as well as more advanced topics such as design elements, importing data, functions, working with multiple spreadsheets, interaction with the internet, and other enhancements. Its use of graphic design helps the reader enormously - using blue typeface in a variety of fonts to accent certain terms and concepts makes it easier for the reader to negotiate through each chapter, and placing "quick tips" in boxes throughout the chapter makes for easy referral. It also has a helpful index to use when you forget just where you had found a certain piece of information. I've been wanting to learn Excel for a number of years and this is the first guide that enabled me to create a simple spread sheet in an hour. Highly recommended!