Brilliant Microsoft Excel 2007 Tips and Tricks


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This book provides the intermediate/experienced Excel user with everything they need to build on their existing Excel skills to more effectively use and develop all of the more advanced features and functions of Excel 2007. All over the world, Excel developers, power-users and gurus have been working overtime to uncover the hottest new tips, tricks, and tweaks. Now all of these have been collected in one place: Brilliant Microsoft Excel 2007 Tips & Tricks. Here you will find tips and shortcuts from Excel professionals, instructors, and power users; the best of solutions scoured from the Web (so you won't have to). Only the most valuable tips techniques and tweaks made the cut to improve your efficiency, take total control of Excel 2007 and avoid, troubleshoot and fix problems; make Excel work better, faster, smarter and safer. This book is targeted specifically at users of previous versions of Excel who are ready to take their learning to a new level and to develop their skills to harness the power of the new features of Excel 2007. The book begins by introducing all of the new features and functions of Excel 2007. The reader will then go on to learn what's new to this version of Excel and will refine and further their existing Excel skills. Most readers of this book will be developing databases/spreadsheets, macros and applications for themselves and one or two other users, and most will have no previous development experience. The book covers all topics necessary to take advantage of Excel 2007's rich set of features. Much of the book will be devoted to topics such as tables, queries, forms, reports, macros, beginning VBA, beginning security, and introduction to Excel and the Internet and an introduction to Excel and SharePoint. The teaching style of the book is clear and succinct with no superfluous material. It straddles the market between end-user and developer books, meeting the needs of those who want more than an end-user level book delivers, but who don't want or need a developer book. Author Information: Greg Holden (Chicago, IL) has written more than 30 books on computers and the Internet, including Introducing MS Expression Studio; Starting an Online Business for Dummies, and How to Do Everything with Your eBay Business. He is founder and owner of Stylus Media, his own small Internet-based business. Brilliant Excel 2007 Tips & Tricks: Provides expert information for the intermediate to advanced Excel user that is not available in any other book. Provides the reader with all of the new tips and tricks that are available with Excel 2007 whilst reinforcing and improving their basic Excel skills.




Brilliant Microsoft Office 2007


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Office 2007 is a massive, expensive suite packed with powerful applications that feature a huge number of new features and functionality that require a steep learning curve of all users irrespective of previous experience. Even when a user feels comfortable with the new verison of an application, many still feel unsatisfied, and feel that they are not gettig the most out of the suite as they should, or are still unaware of many new functions and features that could help them use the software more efficeintly and more beneficially for their job or buisness. After all, something this large and complicated should be able to solve lots of problems and make the user's life easier and more productive. This book is designed to bridge the gap between the users' expectation and demands and reality, between investment and payback, and between problem and solution. Using little-known or newly discovered "insider" techniques, shortcuts and best practices, this book will provide the reader with incredibly useful real-world solutions that will help them get the most out of all of the Office 2007 applications.




Brilliant Microsoft Excel 2007 Pocket Book


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This succinct yet comprehensive guide to Excel 2007 highlights all the latest features, and is packed with useful tips, tricks and hints to help you to use Excel more efficiently and successfully. It is ideal for the completely new Microsoft Excel user, and those upgrading from Office 2000 or 2003. Short, easy-to-follow tutorials help the reader to instantly grasp the essential functions of Excel, including creating macros, using conditional formatting and organising data with SmartArt diagrams, tables and charts. Keenly priced and with an attractive two-colour text design and in a handy pocket or bag-sized format, these books will be an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to improve or master their abilities without buying a bulky or expensive manual. The Windows Vista and Office 2007 Pocket books have entirely new, and substantially more content than the previous editions, which makes then even better value at just £8.99. With their bold new jacket designs they will stand out on any shelf.




Microsoft Office Excel 2007


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You already know Excel 2007. Now you'd like to go beyond with shortcuts, tricks, and tips that let you work smarter and faster. And because you learn more easily when someone shows you how, this is the book for you. Inside, you'll find clear, illustrated instructions for 100 tasks that reveal cool secrets, teach timesaving tricks, and explain great tips guaranteedto make you more productive with Excel 2007. * Minimal text and maximum illustrations * Task-oriented, step-by-step approach * Navigational aids connect instructions to illustrations * Self-contained, two-page lessons * Uniform layout makes it easy to read less, learn more How easy is it? Look for these symbols marking the difficulty of each task. * Demonstrates a new spin on a common task * Introduces a new skill or a new task * Combines multiple skills requiring in-depth knowledge * Requires extensive skill and may involve other technologies




The Unofficial Guide to Microsoft Office Excel 2007


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The inside scoop...for when you want more than the official line! Microsoft Office Excel 2007 may be just what you need to crunch numbers, but to use it with confidence, you'll need to know its quirks and shortcuts. Find out what the manual doesn't always tell you in this insider's guide to using Excel in the real world. What are the secrets of pro users? Are there shortcuts for repetitive tasks? From writing formulas to using charts, first get the official way, then the best way from two experts. Unbiased coverage of how to get the most out of Excel 2007, from creating workbooks and writing formulas to comparing data Savvy, real-world advice to help you set up, enter, format, and organize your data Time-saving techniques and practical guidance on creating custom macros with VBA and using PivotTables and PivotCharts Tips and hacks with practical ways to save time, avoid pitfalls, and increase your output Sidebars, tables, and illustrations featuring toolbar buttons and more ways to be productive in Excel Watch for these graphic icons in every chapter to guide you to specific practicalinformation. Bright Ideas are smart innovations that will save you time or hassle. Hacks are insider tips and shortcuts that increase productivity. When you see Watch Out! heed the cautions or warnings to help you avoid commonpitfalls. And finally, check out Inside Scoops for practical insights from the author. It's like having your own expert at your side!




Brilliant Microsoft Excel 2007


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Brilliant guides allow you to find the info you need easily and without fuss and guide you through the task using a highly visual, step-by-step approach - providing exactly what you need to know, when you need it !! Brilliant Excel 2007 will show you how to .... · Create workbooks more efficiently using the new results-oriented interface · Use data analysis tools and techniques for better decision making · Use organizing, processing, and presenting tools to create data in Excel · Integrate data from external sources and add hyperlinks · Use conditional formatting to visualize results · Create your own macros to automate your work · Add impact to your data with PivotTable and PivotChart reports · Create organizational data reporting and publishing solutions · Organize information and impact with clip art, SmartArt diagrams, tables and charts · Use Groove and SharePoint Team Services to collaborate and share documents and information




John Walkenbach's Favorite Excel 2007 Tips and Tricks


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John Walkenbach comments on the new Excel: "I've been using Excel for over 15 years, and Excel 2007 is by far the most significant upgrade ever. For starters, we've got a new user interface, new open file formats, a larger worksheet grid, better use of memory and CPUs, new functions, and more templates. Dig a bit deeper and you'll find worksheet tables, 100 levels of undo, easier formula construction, better-looking charts, unlimited color choices, SmartArt, a handy page layout view, new conditional formatting options, new collaboration features, a very useful compatibility checker, workbook themes—and even 'skins' so you can change the look of the entire program." John Walkenbach's Favorite Excel 2007 Tips & Tricks consists of a series of non-trivial tips and tricks that cover all aspects of Excel. Tips are improved ways of maximizing the power of Excel to create robust applications. Tricks are shortcuts that will speed up application development with Excel. John's favorites include tips and tricks on dealing with function arguments, creating "impossible" charts, pivot tables, taming the new Ribbon, why use a UserForm, how to create add-ins in Excel 2007, absolute vs. relative references, changing data entry orientation, overcoming the 7-level nesting limit, dynamic chart data, sorting on more than three columns, entering fake data for testing purposes, custom functions, and much more.




Brilliant Microsoft Excel 2007


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Pivot tables are the most powerful feature in Excel. A basic pivot table will allow you to summarize 500,000 rows of transactional data in 30 seconds with just a few mouse clicks. Business productivity would skyrocket if everyone knew how to use pivot tables. However, only 12% of people using Excel can create a basic pivot table. Of this group only a small percentage actually harness all the power that pivot tables afford them. By the end of the book, users will be pivot table gurus automating pivot tables using VBA, creating pivot tables with external data in OLAP cubes, and even creating dynamic reporting systems so that managers can answer their own queries with a few mouse clicks. Throughout the book there are no-nonsense, step-by-step tutorials and lots of practical examples aimed directly at business users.




Excel 2007 Pocket Guide


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Moving to Excel 2007 is not a routine upgrade. Microsoft's radical redesign of the application's user interface has led to confusion among many who people who have relied on Excel for years. Our new edition of the Excel 2007 Pocket Guide has been written from the ground up to help newcomers and longtime users alike find their way around without getting lost. With this book in hand, you'll be able to find your favorite Excel tools quickly. It's packed with information to guide beginners through the basics of creating spreadsheets and entering data, while providing advanced users with information on formulas, pivot tables, and more. Inside, you'll find: A visual guide to the new "Ribbon" interface that helps users find familiar tools A section designed to give beginners enough information to dive right in and start creating rich Excel workbooks immediately Quick answers about how to perform specific tasks in Excel, such as working with files, editing data, formatting, summarizing and displaying data Convenient techniques for connecting data across worksheets and projects Help for moving from the basics of spreadsheet construction to more advanced features This edition also includes an extensive reference on commonly used formulas, which reveal at a glance the many possibilities Excel 2007 provides for easy calculation. Tasks in the book are presented as answers to "How do I..." questions -- such as "How do I change the formatting of part of a cell's contents?" -- followed by concise instructions for performing the task. You'll learn ways to customize Excel to fit your needs, and how to share workbooks and collaborate with others. And much more. Don't let Excel 2007 baffle you. Pick up this convenient pocket guide and learn to navigate this redesigned application with ease.