Beginning Microsoft Excel 2010

Beginning Microsoft Excel 2010 is a practical, step-by-step guide to getting started with the world’s most widely used spreadsheet application. The book offers a hands-on approach to learning how to create and edit spreadsheets, use various calculation formulas, employ charts/graphs, and get work done efficiently.

Microsoft is rolling out several new features with Excel 2010—perhaps the most notable is the ability to use Excel 2010 online and this collaborate on a project in real time. Beginning Microsoft Office 2010 keeps you up-to-date with all of these new features and more.

• What distinguishes 2010 from its immediate predecessor
• What distinguishes 2010 from Excel 2003
• Get started with data entry and formatting
• How to get started with formula writing skills
• Get started with database capabilities, including pivot tables
• How to get started with charting

This book is for those new to Excel and for those who have used Excel in the past but are new to Excel 2010.

1. Introduction to Excel 
2. Getting Started and Getting Around the Worksheet
3. From Data Entry to Data Creation: Formula Basics and Beyond 
4. Keeping Up Appearances—Formatting the Worksheet
5. The Stuff Of Legend—Charting in Excel 
6. Setting the Table: Database Features of Excel 2010  
7. Working With Multiple Sheets  
8. PivotTables and Pivot Charts 
9. Getting It On Paper—Printing in Excel 2010  
10. Taking it to the Cloud: Sharing and Collaborating on the Internet