Special Edition Using Microsoft Excel 2002 (Paperback)

by Patrick Blattner (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

There is a focus on applying real-world techniques to solve everyday business problems in this edition. It will provide the most extensive coverage ever found in one book on Microsoft Excel's functions, as well as professional modeling, charting, and formula techniques. No other Excel book on the market provides as much essential intermediate to advanced-level coverage.

Topics covered will include:

• Building Charts with Excel
• Professional Charting techniques
• Using Formulas and Functions
• Using PivotTables & PivotCharts
• Creating Gantt Charts
• Combining Excel with Other Office Applications

From the Back Cover

There is a focus on applying real-world techniques to solve everyday business problems in this edition. It will provide the most extensive coverage ever found in one book on Microsoft Excel's functions, as well as professional modeling, charting, and formula techniques. No other Excel book on the market provides as much essential intermediate to advanced-level coverage.

Topics covered will include:

* Building Charts with Excel
* Professional Charting techniques
* Using Formulas and Functions
* Using PivotTables & PivotCharts
* Creating Gantt Charts
* Combining Excel with Other Office Applications


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Product Details

• Paperback: 976 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (May 28, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789725118
• ISBN-13: 978-0789725110
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #219,856 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly comprehensive and relevant., July 11, 2001

By	John Thomas Love (Northern Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

Unlike lots of tech books which just take you thru the menus and cmds, this book actually teaches you how to use Excel's finer points in the context of real-world business applications. I found the explanation of pivot tables and the concrete examples employed to be the best I've encountered. The tips on charting have definitely improved the appearance of my reporting products. The reference section on functions comprehensive and something I frequently refer to. Highly recommended.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Book Not Easy to Use, May 14, 2002

By A Customer

I have been using Special Edition books for years in my computer teaching. I was very dissatisfied with this edition and won't use it for my next class.
For example:
Numerous tables enumerate methods of navigating in a presentation, keyboard shortcuts. The header row on each table is incomplete. The titles on the header rows contain just a few letters, leaving the reader guessing at what the author means.
Instead of directing the reader to a specific page as the prior version's book did, we are left with see chapter so and so.
Organization Charts are barely covered, instead they are lumped in with other types of charts. Very skimpy directions.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great reference for Excel, November 29, 2002

By	Bill Sadowsky (Dallas, Tx) - See all my reviews

I've purchased a library of guides for different applications over the past two years and I now own 2 Special Edition Books... If you want to go to the next level with Excel this is the book. It has detailed function, chart, and list management coverage and is worth checking out... A great book.. Thanks