Excel 2003 for Starters

Matthew MacDonald is President of ProseTech, a software documentation consultancy, and a project manager at VoiceIQ (http://www.voiceiq.com/), a provider of software for interactive voice-enabled applications and services. Matthew is a coauthor of the ASP.NET in a Nutshell (O'Reilly), and a contributor to the C# in a Nutshell (O'Reilly) API reference.

The Missing Credits Introduction What Excel Does About This Book About MissingManuals.com Part One:. Worksheet Basics Chapter 1. Creating and Navigating Worksheets 13 Creating a Basic Worksheet Starting a New Worksheet Adding the Column Titles Adding Data Editing Data Navigating in Excel The Menus The Task Pane The Toolbars The Formula Bar The Status Bar Saving Files Saving Your Spreadsheet in Other Formats Saving Your Spreadsheet with a Password Disaster Recovery Opening Files Opening Multiple Spreadsheets at Once Searching for Files Chapter 2. Adding Information to Worksheets Adding Different Types of Data Controlling Your Data Types Quick Ways to Add Data AutoComplete AutoCorrect AutoFill AutoFit Undo and Redo Chapter 3. Moving Data Around a Worksheet Selecting Cells Making Continuous Range Selections Making Non-Contiguous Selections Automatically Selecting Your Data Making Selections with the Keyboard Moving Cells Around A Simple Cut-and-Paste or Copy-and-Paste A Fancy Cut-and-Paste or Copy-and-Paste The Clipboard Special Pasting Adding and Moving Columns or Rows Inserting Columns Inserting Rows Inserting Copied or Cut Cells Deleting Columns and Rows Chapter 4. Formatting Worksheets Formatting Cell Values Formatting Numbers Formatting Dates and Times Special Formats for Special Numbers Formatting Cell Appearance Alignment and Orientation Fonts and Color Borders and Patterns Smart Ways to Apply Formatting Shortcuts with the Toolbars AutoFormat The Format Painter Using Styles Conditional FormattingChapter 5. Managing Worksheets and Workbooks Worksheets and Workbooks Adding, Removing, and Hiding Worksheets Naming and Rearranging Worksheets Grouping Sheets Moving Worksheets from One Workbook (Excel File) to Another Find and Replace The Basic Find More Advanced Searches Finding Formatted Cells Finding and Replacing Values Spell Check Chapter 6. Viewing and Printing Worksheets Controlling Your View Zooming Viewing Distant Parts of a Spreadsheet at Once Freezing Columns or Rows Hiding Data Saving View Settings Viewing Multiple Workbooks at Once Printing How to Print an Excel File Customizing Print Settings Getting a Print Snapshot Page Break Preview: A Bird's-Eye View of Your Worksheet Part two:. Worksheet Power Chapter 7. Building Basic Formulas Creating a Basic Formula Excel's Order of Operations Cell References How Excel Formats Cells that Contain Cell References Functions Specifying Cell Ranges Formula Errors Logical Operators Formula Shortcuts Point-and-Click Formula Creation Point-and-Click Formula Editing Using the Insert Function Button to Quickly Find and Use Functions Copying Formulas Absolute Cell References Partially Fixed References Chapter 8. Templates Understanding Templates Starting from a Template Spreadsheet Solutions Templates Discovering the Finer Points of Templates Office Online Templates Searching for Office Online Templates Creating Templates Understanding Custom Templates Building a Custom Template Chapter 9. Creating Basic Charts Charting 101 Embedded and Standalone Charts The Chart Wizard Basic Tasks with Charts Moving and Resizing a Chart Changing Chart Options Editing and Adding to Chart Data Printing Charts Practical Charting Charts with Multiple Series of Numbers Controlling the Data Excel Plots on the X-Axis Data that Uses a Date or Time Scale Non-Contiguous Chart Ranges Chart Types Column Bar Line Pie XY (Scatter) Area Donut Radar Surface Bubble Stock Cylinder, Cone, and Pyramid Part three:. appendix Appendix. Getting Help in Excel Asking Questions The Office Assistant Other Help Menu Options Index