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Title Don't fear the spreadsheet : a beginner's guide to overcoming Excel's frustrations / Tyler Nash, Kevin Jones, Tome Urtis, Bill Jelen
Published Chicago : Holy Macro! Books, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; About the Authors; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Excel Basics; Why Do We Need Excel?; What 'Practical' Uses Does Excel Have?; What Is the Intersection of a Row and Column Referred to As?; What's a Workbook?; How Many Worksheets Come in a Workbook?; How Do I Insert New Worksheets into a Workbook?; What's with the Masking Tape?; How Can I QUICKLY Erase an Entire Sheet?; How Can I QUICKLY Delete an Entire Sheet from the Workbook?; How Would I Go about Deleting Several Cells at the Same Time?
Can I Reset Some Cells in a Worksheet While Keeping Others?What Does 'Freeze Panes' Do?; What Is the Native File Format for Excel?; Typing Just Enough Characters to Fill a Cell, Then Moving to Next Cell; I Can't Select the Right Cell; My Laptop Screen Is Too Small. I Can't Manage to Click on the Right Cell; How Can I Add More Rows or Columns to My Spreadsheet?; What Allows Me to Access Popular Commands from Any Ribbon Tab?; How Do I Use the Arrows Keys to Navigate More Efficiently?; How Can I See a List of Worksheet Names, and Quickly Go to a Sheet If I Can't See Its Sheet Tab?
How Can I Quickly Move between Several Excel Files That I Have Open?When Selecting a Range, the Corner That I Started in Is Not Also Highlighted; How Do I Select a Large Area of Cells without Having to Click and Drag?; Can I Cut and Paste Cells from One Worksheet into Another?; Is It Possible to Change How Often Excel AutoSaves?; How Do I Add Headers and Footers to My Worksheet When I Print It?; Old School Print Titles at Top of Each Page; How Do I Center My Work in Excel?; Print to Blueprint Printer Then Reduce on Copier Three Times; Chapter 2 -- Formatting
Is There a Way to Make a Sheet with Only a Few Cells and Columns?That Dotted Line Isn't There for Centering!; How Do I Put the Path and File Name in the Footer?; Word Wrap Woes; How Can I Merge Multiple Cells into a Single Cell?; How Can I Copy Cell Formatting?; How Can I Remove Cell Formatting?; Is It Possible to Change the Color of a Worksheet Tab?; Can I Customize Color?; All My Numbers Are Corrupt!; Can I Delete Data from a Spreadsheet without Changing the Formatting?; How Do I Set up Cells to Show Dollars and Cents?; I Type 0345 in a Cell and Excel Changes It to 345
When I Enter 36.80, Excel Leaves off the ZeroHow Can I Show My Numbers as Thousands or Millions?; How Can I Remove the Lines from Excel?; How Can I Insert Rows or Columns within My Existing Data?; Can I Make Part of the Text in a Cell Red?; Can I Double Space Lines in Excel?; Are There Any Other Formatting Tips?; Chapter 3 -- Formulas I; When Is It OK to Use a Calculator with Excel?; My Coworker Used an Adding Machine to Add a Column of 100 Numbers!; How Do I Total All the Rows and Columns in My Table of Numbers?; I Added up a Column of Numbers with a Formula of =A2+A3+A4+A5+A6+ A7+A8+A9+A10
Summary Written in a question-and-answer format, this lowest-level beginner book covers the extreme basics of using spreadsheets in Excel. Instead of delving into advanced topics that scare most Excel novices away, the guide starts at a much more basic level, quickly providing a passable knowledge of the program and allowing users to overcome their fears and frustrations. It answers hundreds of common questions, including Can I delete data from a spreadsheet without changing the formatting? How can I merge two cells, columns, or rows? How do I use text-wrapping? How do I create custom functions? and W
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SUBJECT Microsoft Excel (Computer file) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86025775
Microsoft Excel (Computer file) fast
Subject Business -- Computer programs.
Electronic spreadsheets.
COMPUTERS -- Desktop Applications -- Spreadsheets.
Business -- Computer programs
Electronic spreadsheets
Form Electronic book
Author Nash, Tyler
Jelen, Bill
Jones, Kevin, 1955-
Urtis, Tom
ISBN 9781615472062
1615472061
9781615473267
1615473262