Guide to using the latest edition of the popular Excel spreadsheet program for Office XP from tips on using basic features to easy to understand explanations of advanced functions. By inputting or importing data, analyses for financial, statistical, engineering, or, other professional functions can be made.

A reference for users of Excel 2002, showing how to take maximum advantage of its new and improved features. Shows how to create custom functions, retrieve data from databases, use value chains, cut, slice and pivot information of the Web with Excel's PivotTable utility, and more. Also includes a companion Web site with help for Office XP.

Microsoft Excel sets the standard for spreadsheet programs. Its versatility and functionality have made it the most popular spreadsheet program for Windows. It boasts an impressive set of tools to create, analyze, and share spreadsheets. With Excel 2002, Microsoft has added new features such as context-sensitive smart tags, new task panes, and Document Recovery to this popular product. Excel's compatibility with other Office 2002 products and its improved collaboration and Web integration features, including the ability to add data from Web sources, make it the perfect tool for sharing information on the Internet or intranets. Excel 2002 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide offers a friendly, gentle tour through all the features of Excel 2002. Starting with worksheet basics, readers will learn to edit, use functions, format cells, and add graphic objects. Then this Visual QuickStart Guide moves on to charts, printing, databases, Web publishing, and advanced techniques in Excel. This visual guide can be used as a task-based reference or as a tutorial.

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Learn how to use Excel without having to decipher technical jargon or wade through a giant manual. By providing straightforward, easy-to-follow explanations and numbered steps, this compact guide shows how to use Excel in the shortest time possible.