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    Excel Basics In 30 Minutes (2nd Edition): The Beginner’s Guide To Microsoft Excel And Google Sheets
    Excel Basics In 30 Minutes (2nd Edition): The Beginner’s Guide To Microsoft Excel And Google Sheets
    Excel Basics In 30 Minutes (2nd Edition): The Beginner’s Guide To Microsoft Excel And Google Sheets
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    Excel Basics In 30 Minutes (2nd Edition): The Beginner’s Guide To Microsoft Excel And Google Sheets

    By Ian Lamont

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    Do you want to learn how to use Microsoft Excel, for a career boost or for school, or to better handle numbers, lists, and other data? The revised and expanded edition of this popular Excel user guide will quickly get your Excel skills up to speed with basic spreadsheet concepts, tips, and tricks! Excel Basics In 30 Minutes, 2nd Edition is written in plain English, with lots of step-by-step instructions, screenshots, and examples that demonstrate exactly what to do.

    This Excel book can be used with recent versions of Excel, including Excel 2013, Excel for Office 365, and Excel Online, as well as older Excel versions. For users who don't own Excel, the guide explains how to use a free online spreadsheets program called Google Sheets (part of the Google Drive online office suite).

    Topics include:
    * Screen layout, cells, and terminology
    * Formatting cells and text
    * AutoFill
    * Excel formulas and functions
    * How to make charts
    * Sorting and filtering
    * Printing
    * Importing and exporting PDFs, .CSV files, and other formats

    This is not an Excel bible, but rather a quick guide that answers the core questions that most new Excel users will have:

    * What is a spreadsheet?
    * What are cells?
    * What is the button with the Greek letter for?
    * How can spreadsheets create basic financial projections?
    * How can certain data in a worksheet be highlighted?
    * How can data be alphabetized or ranked?
    * How to edit a chart in Excel
    * How to print an Excel spreadsheet without cutting off columns

    Excel Basics In 30 Minutes, 2nd Edition is authored by Ian Lamont, an award-winning technology writer and author of Google Drive & Docs In 30 Minutes, Twitter In 30 Minutes, and Dropbox In 30 Minutes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIan Lamont
    Release dateFeb 23, 2015
    Excel Basics In 30 Minutes (2nd Edition): The Beginner’s Guide To Microsoft Excel And Google Sheets
    Author

    Ian Lamont

    Ian Lamont is an award-winning business and technology journalist and the founder of i30 Media Corporation. He has written for more than a dozen online and print publications and has also served as the managing editor of The Industry Standard. His writing and editorial work has garnered industry awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Lamont has written several In 30 Minutes guides, including Dropbox In 30 Minutes, Google Drive & Docs In 30 Minutes, and Excel Basics In 30 Minutes. He is a graduate of the Boston University College of Communication and MIT's Sloan Fellows Program.

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      Excel Basics

      In 30 Minutes

      The quick guide to Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets

      Second edition

      Ian Lamont

      Copyright © 2015

      i30 Media Corporation

      In 30 Minutes® Guides

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      The author and the publisher make no representations with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaim any implied or express ­warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular usage, application, or purpose.

      The author and the publisher cannot be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, those resulting in loss of profit, loss of contracts, goodwill, data, income, information, anticipated savings or business relationships, arising out of or in connection with the use of this book or any links within.

      i30 Media Corporation and IN 30 MINUTES guides are not associated with other brand names, product names, or trademarks cited in this book, including Microsoft Excel®, Office 365™, Google Drive™ or Google Sheets. Excel Basics In 30 Minutes is an independent publication and is not affiliated with, nor has it been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. Screenshots featuring Excel are used with permission from Microsoft. Google and the Google logo are registered trademarks of Google Inc., used with permission.

      Cover Design: Steven Sauer, Single Fin Design

      Interior Design and Layout:

      Rick Soldin, Print/Digital Book Production Specialist

      Contents

      Introduction: Excel: Not Just For Nerds!

      Chapter 1: The Basics:

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