Excel 2002 for Dummies Quick Reference

by Banfield, Colin; Walkenbach, John

• ISBN13: 9780764508295
• ISBN10: 0764508296
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-02
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

This Quick Reference will quickly get you up to speed with Excel's new features, whether you're a novice user or an expert. You'll master how to easily publish interactive Web pages that include spreadsheets and tables. You'll learn how to use new Smart Tags to access real-time data from the Web for your Excel documents. You will be able to use Excel's latest speech recognition capabilities to "talk to your spreadsheets," and much, much more!

Author Biography

<b>Colin Banfield</b> has been working in the telecommunications field for over 20 years. Colin has been using spreadsheet programs for over 18 years and has used every major spreadsheet program at one time or another, including every version of Microsoft Excel for the PC. He works closely with acclaimed spreadsheet author and guru John Walkenbach in beta testing and providing valuable input for John's award-winning Power Utility Pack Excel add-in, as well as in reviewing many of John's spreadsheet books (including the previous edition of this book, which was originally written by John). Colin's largest Excel project to date is a comprehensive tool designed for central office equipment configuration, pricing, and manufacturing, that is used by sales, engineering, and manufacturing personnel. <p> gt;John Walkenbach</b> is one of the country's leading authorities on spreadsheet software. He's principal of JWalk & Associates Inc., a Southern California-based consulting firm that specializes in spreadsheet application development. John is also a shareware developer, and his most popular product is the Power Utility Pak add-in for Excel. John has written more than 250 articles and reviews for publications such as PC World, InfoWorld, Windows, and PC/Computing. In addition, he's authored more than 20 other spreadsheet books, including <I>Microsoft Excel 2000 Bible, Excel 2000 For Windows For Dummies Quick Reference</I>, and <I>Excel 2000 Programming For Dummies</I>. He also maintains the Spreadsheet Page on the World Wide Web (http://www.j-walk.com). When he's not banging away on his computer keyboard, he's probably banging away on one of his guitars, trying to cop a few blues licks from Freddie King.

Table of Contents

The Big Picture: Microsoft Excel 2002	1
Using Workbook Files	1	(12)
Working with Worksheets	13	(14)
Entering and Editing Worksheet Data	27	(30)
Using Formulas and Functions	57	(10)
Creating and Using Names	67	(10)
Auditing Your Work	77	(16)
Formatting Your Data	93	(20)
Printing Your Work	113	(16)
Charting Your Data	129	(20)
Linking and Consolidating Worksheets	149	(6)
Working with Lists and External Data	155	(16)
Goal Seeking and What-If Analysis	171	(8)
Analyzing Data with PivotTables	179	(8)
Glossary: Tech Talk	187	(8)
Index	195