Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Excel 2007
THE ONLY EXCEL BOOK YOU NEED \ We crafted this book to grow with you, providing the reference material you need as you move toward Excel proficiency and use of more advanced features. If you buy only one book on Excel, Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 is the book you need.\ Does your life play out in a spreadsheet? Do numbers in columns and rows make or break you in the work world? Tired of having numbers kicked in your face by other Excel power users who make your modest...
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Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Excel 2007 will ease the upgrade path to the lastest version of Microsoft best-selling spreadsheet program. The author, "Mr. Excel " introduces you to the new interface, allowing you to quickly get back up-to-speed in performing your job, and will then introduce the powerful new features available in Excel 2007. Among other skills, you will learn how to create amazing data visualizations using conditional formatting and in-cell data bars. This is the only book you need on Microsoft Office Excel 2007!“Excel 2007 is the biggest, most exciting release of Excel ever. This book’s straightforward approach explains the most important features of Excel 2007 in a thorough, easy-to-understand format. Further, it clearly compares older versions of Excel with Excel 2007, which makes for a seamless transition to this newest version of the program. It is a must-have desk reference for today’s business professional.”–David Gainer,Group Program Manager,Microsoft ExcelTHE ONLY EXCEL BOOK YOU NEEDWe crafted this book to grow with you, providing the reference material you need as you move toward Excel proficiency and use of more advanced features. If you buy only one book on Excel, Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 is the book you need.Does your life play out in a spreadsheet? Do numbers in columns and rows make or break you in the work world? Tired of having numbers kicked in your face by other Excel power users who make your modest spreadsheets look paltry compared to their fancy charts and pivot tables?If you answered yes to any of these questions, Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 is the bookthat will make it all better. Learn quickly and efficientlyfrom a true Excel master using the tried and true SpecialEdition Using formula for success. Here, you’ll findinformation that’s undocumented elsewhere–even inMicrosoft’s own Help systems. You’ll learn from finelycrafted, real-life examples built by an author who livesand dies by the integrity of his spreadsheets.Excel’s backbone is its formulas and functions. Master those and you will master your spreadsheets. Special Edition Using Microsoft Office® Excel® 2007 provides more down and dirty help with your formulas and functions than you’ll find in any other book! See how it’s done in real life! Don’t settle for lame pivot table and chart examples found in other books… This book provides beautifully detailed examples that not only show you how it should be done, but how to be the local worksheet hero!CONTENTSIntroductionI Mastering the New User Interface1 Introducing the Ribbon User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 The Quick Access Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 The Mini Toolbar and Other U.I. Improvements . . . 534 Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655 Galleries, Live Preview, and Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876 The Excel Options Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103II A Tour of What’s New7 The Big Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1218 Fabulous Table Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1319 Visualizing Data in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15310 Using Pivot Tables to Analyze Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19111 Formatting Pivot Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21512 Pivot Table Data Crunching for Excel 2007 . . . . . . . 23713 Removing Duplicates and Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27114 Sorting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28715 Using Excel Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29916 Using SmartArt, Shapes, WordArt, and Text Boxes . . 32717 Using Pictures and Clip Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351III Working in a Legacy Environment18 File Format Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36519 Working with Prior Versions of Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371IV Calculating with Excel20 Understanding Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38521 Controlling Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40922 Understanding Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43123 Using Everyday Functions: Math, Date and Time,and Text Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45124 Using Powerful Functions: Logical, Lookup, andDatabase Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52525 Using Financial Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58726 Using Statistical Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63127 Using Trig, Matrix, and Engineering Functions . . . . 73528 Connecting Worksheets, Workbooks, andExternal Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79729 Using Super Formulas in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82330 Using Names in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84131 Using What If, Scenario Manager, Goal Seek,and Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863V Formatting and Sharing Information32 Formatting Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89133 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92534 Sharing Workbooks with Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94135 More Tips and Tricks for Excel 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949VI More Power36 Automating Repetitive Functions UsingVBA Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96937 Interacting with Other Office Applications . . . . . . 100538 A Tour of the Best Add-Ins for Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1025
IntroductionI Mastering the New User Interface1 Introducing the Ribbon User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 The Quick Access Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 The Mini Toolbar and Other U.I. Improvements . . . 534 Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655 Galleries, Live Preview, and Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876 The Excel Options Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103II A Tour of What’s New7 The Big Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1218 Fabulous Table Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1319 Visualizing Data in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15310 Using Pivot Tables to Analyze Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19111 Formatting Pivot Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21512 Pivot Table Data Crunching for Excel 2007 . . . . . . . 23713 Removing Duplicates and Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27114 Sorting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28715 Using Excel Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29916 Using SmartArt, Shapes, WordArt, and Text Boxes . . 32717 Using Pictures and Clip Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351III Working in a Legacy Environment18 File Format Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36519 Working with Prior Versions of Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371IV Calculating with Excel20 Understanding Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38521 Controlling Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40922 Understanding Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43123 Using Everyday Functions: Math, Date and Time,and Text Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45124 Using Powerful Functions: Logical, Lookup, andDatabase Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52525 Using Financial Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58726 Using Statistical Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63127 Using Trig, Matrix, and Engineering Functions . . . . 73528 Connecting Worksheets, Workbooks, andExternal Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79729 Using Super Formulas in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82330 Using Names in Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84131 Using What If, Scenario Manager, Goal Seek,and Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863V Formatting and Sharing Information32 Formatting Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89133 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92534 Sharing Workbooks with Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94135 More Tips and Tricks for Excel 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949VI More Power36 Automating Repetitive Functions UsingVBA Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96937 Interacting with Other Office Applications . . . . . . 100538 A Tour of the Best Add-Ins for Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1019Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1025
