Formulas And Functions With Microsoft Excel 2003

The world of mathematical formulas and jargon in Microsoft Excel is complex and can be intimidating for even advanced computer users. Perhaps like you, a majority of users find it difficult to get the most they can out of this very valuable program. Formulas and Functions with Microsoft Excel 2003 strives to break down the complexities by focusing on the four primary technologies to master: ranges, formulas, data analysis tools and lists. Chapters such as “Getting the Most Out of Ranges,” “Building Your Own Functions Using VBA,” and “Solving Complex Problems with Solver” will teach you practical skills and solutions that you can put to work immediately. Frustration will become a thing of the past as you begin to master the complex world of Excel!

This book is made up of seven parts, each dealing with a specific topic: managing workbooks and worksheets, working with rows, columns and cells in a table, managing data (entering values, copying, moving, filtering and searching for data), making various calculations with formulas and functions, formatting data and using styles, printing and page setup, and creating drawing objects, diagrams and charts. Each chapter is independent of the others, so that you can choose what to study, and in what order. At the end of the book, you will find the official list of topics tested in the MOS Excel 2003 Core exam, with the references of each corresponding lesson and exercise from the book.

Everything you need to know about * Mastering operators, error values, naming techniques, and absolute versus relative references * Debugging formulas and using the auditing tools * Importing and exporting XML files and mapping the data to specific cells * Using Excel 2003's rights management feature * Working magic with array formulas * Developing custom formulas to produce the results you need Here's the formula for Excel excellence Formulas are the lifeblood of spreadsheets, and no one can bring a spreadsheet to life like John Walkenbach. In this detailed reference guide, he delves deeply into understanding, creating, and applying formulas in everything from basic workbooks to charts, pivot tables, and more advanced Excel applications. He examines financial formulas, explores the many options made possible with array formulas, teaches you to develop custom worksheet functions with VBA, and much more. Once again, "Mr. Spreadsheet" will astound you with the breadth and depth of Excel's capacity. CD-ROM Includes * Trial version of the author's award-winning Power Utility Pak 5 * More than 90 sample workbooks illustrating key formula concepts

Whether you are an Excel neophyte, a sophisticate who knows the program inside out, or an intermediate-level plodder eager to hone your skills, Excel: The Missing Manual is sure to become your go-to resource for all things Excel. Covering all the features of Excel 2002 and 2003, the most recent versions for Windows, Excel: The Missing Manual is an easy-to-read, thorough and downright enjoyable guide to one of the world's most popular, (and annoyingly complicated!) computer programs.Never a candidate for "the most user-friendly of Microsoft programs," Excel demands study, practice and dedication to gain even a working knowledge of the basics. Excel 2003 is probably even tougher to use than any previous version of Excel. However, despite its fairly steep learning curve, this marvelously rich program enables users of every stripe to turn data into information using tools to analyze, communicate, and share knowledge. Excel can help you to collaborate effectively, and protect and control access to your work. Power users can take advantage of industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) data to connect to business processes.To unleash the power of the program and mine the full potential of their database talents, users need an authorative and friendly resource. None is more authoritative or friendlier than Excel: The Missing Manual. Not only does the book provide exhaustive coverage of the basics, it provides numerous tips and tricks, as well as advanced data analysis, programming and Web interface knowledge that pros can adopt for their latest project. Neophytes will find everything they need to create professional spreadsheets and become confident users.Excel: The Missing Manual covers: worksheet basics, formulas and functions, organizing worksheets, charts and graphics, advanced data analysis, sharing data with the rest of the world, and programming.If you buy just one book about using Excel, this has GOT to be it. This book has all you need to help you excel at Excel.

Conquer Microsoft Excel formulas and functions—from the inside out! You’re beyond the basics, so dive right in and really put Excel formulas and functions to work! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds. It’s all muscle and no fluff. Discover how the experts increase their data analysis capabilities using Excel 2003, 2007, or 2010—and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery. Customize Excel formulas using 350+ built-in functions Create reusable formulas for common calculations Learn smarter ways to calculate date and time values Systematically search worksheets with lookup and reference functions Perform advanced calculations using mathematical, statistical, and financial functions Build complex formulas by nesting one function inside of another Analyze profit margins and more with new functions in Excel 2010 Develop your own functions with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) NOTE: The sample Excel files that accompany the book were updated on 12/4/2012. Click the Companion Content link to download the files.

If you’re using Excel 2003 and you’d rather be working on your projects instead of plodding through everything you could ever need to know (and may never need to know) about Excel, this is the reference for you. In a compact, info-packed, spiral-bound book that puts the facts you need at your fingertips, it covers the basics most Excel users need to know, including: Opening, saving protecting, and recovering workbook files and using workbook templates Adding, copying, and deleting worksheets, e-mailing worksheet data, and publishing worksheet data to the Web Entering and editing data and text and working with cells and ranges Creating formulas and functions Creating and using names Auditing, formatting, and printing your work Charting your data Analyzing data with pivot tables Complete with concise, step-by-step explanations (most of which take less than one page) and lots of screen shots and tables, this no nonsense guide gets you working instead of searching or reading, A detailed index makes it easy to find what you need to know fast. Excel 2003 For Dummies is a practical, at-a-glance reference for any Excel user.

Targets beginning to intermediate Excel users seeking real-world examples of how they can use Excel's powerful built-in functions Shows readers how to use Excel functions in formulas to help them decide between buying and leasing a car, calculate mortgage costs, compute grades, evaluate investment performance, figure college expenses, and more Gives explanations and examples of real-world situations Provides an abbreviated discussion of an additional 200 functions Excel commands nearly 90 percent of the market for spreadsheet applications; although this book is written for Excel 2003, the functions described are in earlier versions as well

The dominant spreadsheet program and one of the most widely used software applications in the world, Microsoft Excel is unbelievably powerful--and can be downright intimidating. If you're new to Excel or among the many existing Excel users who are dazed and confused by all that the program can do (and by how little it has actually done for you), Excel for Starter: The Missing Manual is your ideal resource. For everyone who wants to quickly get up to speed on Excel to create, organize, and present household and/or office data and information, this smart new guide delivers just the essentials: it concentrates on the must-have information and the best, most practical Excel features that people like you can use to maximize your productivity and minimize your spreadsheet confusion and frustration. Excel for Starters: The Missing Manual demystifies spreadsheets and explains how to use them most effectively and efficiently. Clear explanations (with lots of examples), step-by-step instructions, helpful illustrations, and timesaving advice guide you through all the most common and useful features of Excel 2002 and 2003--including how to build spreadsheets, add and format information, print reports, create charts and graphics, and use basic formulas and functions. Sure, there are plenty more thorough, more massive Excel books on the bookstore shelves. But why wade your way through a swamp of details you'll never need--or want--to use? Let author Matthew MacDonald, an educator and software developer who also wrote the highly popular Excel: The Missing Manual, be your trusted guide as you learn which Excel features will serve you best and which are best ignored. Utterly practical and refreshingly funny, this down-to-earth guide gives you nothing more (and nothing less) than what you need to make Excel do exactly what you want it to do. It's a quick read you'll want to keep on hand for reference again and again.