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Amy S. Kinser, Esq., Series Editor Amy holds a B.A. degree in Chemistry with a Business minor from Indiana University, and a J.D. from the Maurer School of Law, also at Indiana University. After working as an environmental chemist, starting her own technology consulting company, and practicing intellectual property law, she has spent the past 15 years teaching technology at the Kelley School of Business in Bloomington, Indiana. Currently, she serves as the Director of Computer Skills and Senior Lecturer at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. She also loves spending time with her two sons, Aidan and J. Matthew, and her husband J. Eric.   Kristyn A. Jacobson Kristyn holds an M.S. in Education from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and a B.S. in Business Education from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She has been a faculty member and department chair of the Business Technology department at Madison College in Madison, Wisconsin for over 14 years. She also serves as the curriculum coordinator for Microsoft Excel beginning, intermediate, and advanced level courses for the college. As well as teaching, Kristyn provides training to businesses on the Microsoft Office Suite including MS Project, project management, customer service, personal productivity, and time management. Prior to teaching at Madison College, she taught at a business college in Des Moines, Iowa where she helped implement their online learning program while also teaching traditional business courses.   J. Eric Kinser Eric Kinser received his B.S. degree in Biology from Indiana University and his M.S. in Counseling and Education from the Indiana School of Education. He has worked in the medical field and in higher education as a technology and decision support specialist. He is currently a senior lecturer in the Operations and Decision Technology Department at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. When not teaching he enjoys experimenting with new technologies, traveling, and hiking with his family.   Diane L. Kosharek Diane is a full-time Business Technology faculty member at Madison College in Madison, WI. In addition to her faculty role, she works closely with business and industry specialists, developing and delivering tailored training solutions to employees in areas such as customer service, software applications and business writing skills. Prior to joining Madison College, she worked as a Technology Training Consultant, providing consultation and production assistance to teaching faculty and staff to incorporate appropriate technology in their courses to enhance learning. Diane holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s Degree in Educational Computing from Cardinal Stritch University.   Brant Moriarity Brant P. Moriarity earned a B.A. in Religious Studies/Philosophy and a M.S. in Information Systems at Indiana University. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business where he teaches topics such as data management and analysis, as well as the strategic use of Information Systems in business. He is also the founder of Beats Per Minute Technologies, LLC, bringing the benefits of business analytics to small businesses and non-profit organizations.  

CHAPTER 1: Understanding the Common Features of Microsoft Office 1 COMMON FEATURES
EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 1: Understanding the Fundamentals CHAPTER 1: Create, Navigate, Work With, and Print Worksheets  CHAPTER 2: Formats, Functions, and Formulas EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 1 CAPSTONE
EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 2: Conducting Business Analysis CHAPTER 3: Cell References, Named Ranges, and Functions CHAPTER 4: Effective Charts EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 2 CAPSTONE
EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 3: Integrating Complex Functions into Business Analysis CHAPTER 5: Complex Conditional and Retrieval Functions CHAPTER 6: Integrating Complex Functions into Business Analysis EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 3 CAPSTONE
EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 4: Build an Application with Multiple Worksheets and Workbooks CHAPTER 7: Multiple Worksheets, Workbooks, and Templates CHAPTER 8: Building an Application with Multiple Worksheets and Workbooks EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 4 CAPSTONE
EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 5: Manipulating Data Sets for Decision Making  CHAPTER 9: Organize, Import, Export, and Cleanse Data Sets  CHAPTER 10: Data Tables, Scenario Manager, and Solver  EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 5 CAPSTONE
EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 6: Building Financial and Statistical Models CHAPTER 11: Loan Amortization, Investment Analysis, and Asset Depreciation  CHAPTER 12: Business Statistics and Regression Analysis  EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 6 CAPSTONE 
EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 7: Enabling Decisions with Data Visualization and VBA CHAPTER 13: The Excel Data Model and Business Intelligence  CHAPTER 14: Visual Basic for Applications — VBA  EXCEL BUSINESS UNIT 7 CAPSTONE
APPENDIX GLOSSARY  INDEX