Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Inside Out (Microsoft Office Excel Inside Out) (Paperback)

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Product Description
Hey, you know your way around a spreadsheet—so now dig into Excel 2003 and really put your data to work! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of time-saving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and handy workarounds in concise, fast answer format. Work smarter with core functions such as using worksheets and charts, analyzing data, and creating databases—and quickly advance your expertise by building PivotTable reports, creating macros, using custom functions, and automating Microsoft Excel with Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications. Also learn how to link and embed Excel data in other Microsoft Office applications, and how to capture, reuse, and share data by exploiting XML features. On the companion CD you get an eBook of Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Inside Out, along with Insider Extras from the authors, a trial version of the Spreadsheet Assistant add-on, a collection of Microsoft resources for learning about Office, a catalog of 3rd-party Excel resources, and two additional e-books: the Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, and the Insider’s Guide to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003. With INSIDE OUT, you’ll discover the best and fastest ways to perform everyday tasks—and challenge yourself to new levels of Excel mastery!

About the Author
Craig Stinson was a contributing author to Microsoft Windows® XP Inside Out and a coauthor of Microsoft Windows XP Inside Out, Deluxe Edition. Before coauthoring Microsoft Excel Version 2002 Inside Out, he cowrote several editions of the best-selling Running Microsoft Windows. He is also a contributing editor of PC Magazine and has written music reviews for such well-known publications as Billboard, the Boston Globe, and the Christian Science Monitor.

A former senior technical writer for the Microsoft Office User Assistance group, Mark Dodge cowrote Microsoft Excel Version 2002 Inside Out and was the coauthor of four editions of Running Microsoft Excel. He served as technical editor for more than a dozen books on Microsoft applications and has been honored with six awards from the Society for Technical Communication.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1056 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073561511X
• ISBN-13: 978-0735615113
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #111,522 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great aid, June 18, 2005

By	Madisonville Animal Hospital "Javaman" (Covington, La United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book can not only be used an instructional guide, but also makes a great desk reference. It teaches you how to use a lot of the key shortcuts that all the super geeks know, while also giving very good advice on how to start your spreadsheet. To me starting is the most difficult part. You have a boat load of data and just can't figure out how to put it in a spread sheet that makes sense to everyone else. This will help you in that area plus a thousand others. I love it. I already knew the Excel extreme basics, this put me on the level I needed to be on.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reply to the "Vicster", November 12, 2005

By	TechReview (Washington State) - See all my reviews

Are you sure you were on the correct Web page when you wrote this review? Seems you were looking at a different book. I checked both the 2002 and 2003 versions of this book and I could not find any of the things you mentioned as being incorrect. The code sample you mention on page 173 does not exist, and I didn't find the problems you mention about screen shots. You sure you weren't looking at Using Excel ...? LOL

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Run for the Roses: Become a Spreadsheet Jockey, December 13, 2005

By	Two Wheel Touring (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

Don't guess, don't waste time with the MS Help's Office Assistant, and don't Google it. Buy an Excel reference book and learn to do it right. I own this one, The Excel Bible, and Excel Formulas 2003. Any one of them will do, but owning multiple is overkill. The book comes with a searchable .pdf version that I keep on my laptop and use regularly. By picking up the hardcopy from my bookshelf once a week, I've really streamlined my spreadsheet building process. Were you once an Arts & Crafts type of person and are trying to morph into a quant guru? I was. I am...... still working on it. Buy the book. -Sly