excel basics

Excel provides you with a wide variety of printing and presentation options, which is fortunate. As you move beyond the work of collecting and analyzing quantitative information, you’ll usually want to share your information with others—typically by printing it. Tip: If you want to print a … [Read more...] about Quick Primer on Excel: Printing Workbooks

With proper formatting, your worksheets are easier to read and more visually attractive. Fortunately, Excel includes a rich set of easy-to-use tools for formatting your workbook data so it’s more enjoyable and easier to read. Using a Predesigned Format Excel’s AutoFormat feature performs many … [Read more...] about Quick Primer on Excel: Formatting Workbooks

Excel supplies many helpful commands that make creating and editing your workbooks easier and more efficient. If you anticipate spending any time at all working with Excel, it makes good sense for you to learn how these tools work and when they come in handy. Erasing Cell Contents You can erase … [Read more...] about Quick Primer on Excel: Editing Workbook Data

Excel’s power stems from its ability to perform calculations on the values you’ve stored in a workbook—something you do with formulas and functions. This section describes how to construct formulas; use Excel’s predefined formulas, called functions; and use range names in formulas. It also shows how … [Read more...] about Quick Primer on Excel: Using Formulas and Functions

If you’re new to Excel, you’ll benefit most from a quick tour of Excel, including how you start Excel, work with its windows, and create and save a workbook. That’s what we’ll do here. This discussion assumes you’re comfortable working with Microsoft Windows. You should know, for example, how to … [Read more...] about Quick Primer on Using Excel: Workbook Basics