Beginning Excel, First Edition


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This is the first edition of a textbook written for a community college introductory course in spreadsheets utilizing Microsoft Excel; second edition available: https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/beginningexcel19/. While the figures shown utilize Excel 2016, the textbook was written to be applicable to other versions of Excel as well. The book introduces new users to the basics of spreadsheets and is appropriate for students in any major who have not used Excel before.




Excel 2019 Basics


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A Step-By-Step Approach to Learning Excel Fast Excel 2019 Basics covers all you need to quickly get up to speed in creating spreadsheets to provide solutions for your data. If you are new to Excel and the thought of spreadsheets makes your head spin, then you've come to the right place. This book will hold your hand through a step-by-step process in becoming skilled with Excel. If you already have some Excel skills and you want to skill-up on more advanced topics like functions, Excel tables, pivot tables, and charts, then you've also come to the right place. Excel 2019 Basics goes beyond introduction topics and covers topics like functions, Excel tables, and analysing your data with charts. The aim of this book is to guide you from beginner to being skilled with Excel within a few short hours. Learn Excel Quicker by Avoiding Unnecessary Fillers This book cuts to the chase without the unnecessary verbosity seen in many other Excel books. You don't need to get through a wall of text to learn how to quickly carry out various tasks in Excel. Hence, Excel 2019 Basics focuses on providing direct instructions for how to complete tasks with screenshots where necessary to illustrate the concepts. In this book, you'll learn how to: Add, name, copy and move worksheets. Freeze and unfreeze panes (rows and columns). Use AutoFill and Flash Fill to automate repetitive tasks. Move and copy data. Format cells, ranges and tables. Create formulas for different types of calculations. Use absolute and relative cell references. Use AutoSum to quickly automate calculations. Use functions like IF, DATE, DATEDIF, LEN, MID, and VLOOLUP. Work with Excel tables, including applying table styles. Easily filter and sort your data. Dynamically analyze your data with Pivot Table tools that can carry out automated data summaries in seconds that would have taken hours to do manually! Use the Quick Analysis tool to generate charts and sparklines with just a few clicks. Secure your workbook data and design with a password. Use many more Excel features... Get the book now to start your journey to Excel mastery today!




Microsoft Excel 2019 Data Analysis and Business Modeling


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Master business modeling and analysis techniques with Microsoft Excel 2019 and Office 365 and transform data into bottom-line results. Written by award-winning educator Wayne Winston, this hands-on, scenario-focused guide helps you use Excel to ask the right questions and get accurate, actionable answers. New coverage ranges from Power Query/Get & Transform to Office 365 Geography and Stock data types. Practice with more than 800 problems, many based on actual challenges faced by working analysts. Solve real business problems with Excel—and build your competitive advantage: Quickly transition from Excel basics to sophisticated analytics Use PowerQuery or Get & Transform to connect, combine, and refine data sources Leverage Office 365’s new Geography and Stock data types and six new functions Illuminate insights from geographic and temporal data with 3D Maps Summarize data with pivot tables, descriptive statistics, histograms, and Pareto charts Use Excel trend curves, multiple regression, and exponential smoothing Delve into key financial, statistical, and time functions Master all of Excel’s great charts Quickly create forecasts from historical time-based data Use Solver to optimize product mix, logistics, work schedules, and investments—and even rate sports teams Run Monte Carlo simulations on stock prices and bidding models Learn about basic probability and Bayes’ Theorem Use the Data Model and Power Pivot to effectively build and use relational data sources inside an Excel workbook Automate repetitive analytics tasks by using macros




Microsoft Project 2019 Step by Step


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The quick way to learn Microsoft Project 2019! This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Microsoft Project 2019. Jump in wherever you need answers–brisk lessons and informative screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step. Other Project users will want to grab this book as well. Quickly start new plans, build task lists, and assign resources View resource capacity and track progress Capture and fine-tune work and cost details Visualize schedules with Gantt charts and other views and reports Consolidate projects, and share resources across plans Manage modern Agile projects (James Mills, Jr., contributor) Customize Project to maximize your efficiency Leverage improvements to task linking, timelines, and accessibility Master PM best practices while you learn Project Look up just the tasks and lessons you need







Microsoft Excel 2019 Formulas and Functions


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Expert Paul McFedries helps you master key Excel 2019 and Office 365 tools for building more powerful spreadsheets. Use Excel 2019 and Office 365 core features to build spreadsheets that solve business problems and deliver reliable answers. Drawing on his unsurpassed experience, Paul McFedries helps you make the most of formulas and functions, including the latest improvements to arrays, formula error handling, and statistics. McFedries’ step-by-step projects walk you through handling key tasks, from building timesheets to projecting cash flow and aging receivables. His practical examples and clear instructions demystify intermediate- to advanced-level formula construction, and help you leverage Excel’s most useful functions in your everyday work. Becoming an Excel expert has never been easier! By reading this book, you will: • Improve business analyses by adding intelligence and knowledge to your models • Replace cumbersome formulas with convenient predefined functions • Radically simplify complex calculations with Office 365’s new dynamic arrays • Use conditional formatting to reveal anomalies, problems, or opportunities • Calculate loan payments, interest costs, terms, and amortization schedules • Project the future value of investments, and plan to achieve investment goals • Master essential discounting and cash-flow analysis tools, including net present value and internal rate of return • Sort, filter, and analyze tabular data, from customers to inventory • Easily analyze huge data sets with PivotTable calculations About This Book • For everyone who wants to get more done with Microsoft Excel in less time • For business and financial professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and others who need to efficiently manage and analyze data