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Wayne Winston ... 864 pages - Publisher: Microsoft Press; 5th edition (December, 2016) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1509304215 - ISBN-13: 978-1509304219 ...

Master business modeling and analysis techniques with Microsoft Excel 2016, and transform data into bottom-line results. Written by award-winning educator Wayne Winston, this hands on, scenario-focused guide helps you use Excel’s newest tools to ask the right questions and get accurate, actionable answers. This edition adds 150+ new problems with solutions, plus a chapter of basic spreadsheet models to make sure you’re fully up to speed. Solve real business problems with Excel—and build your competitive advantage:  Quickly transition from Excel basics to sophisticated analytics - Summarize data by using PivotTables and Descriptive Statistics - Use Excel trend curves, multiple regression, and exponential smoothing - Master advanced functions such as OFFSET and INDIRECT - Delve into key financial, statistical, and time functions - Leverage the new charts in Excel 2016 (including box and whisker and waterfall charts) - Make charts more effective by using Power View - Tame complex optimizations by using Excel Solver - Run Monte Carlo simulations on stock prices and bidding models - Work with the AGGREGATE function and table slicers - Create PivotTables from data in different worksheets or workbooks - Learn about basic probability and Bayes’ Theorem - Automate repetitive tasks by using macros.

John Walkenbach ... 1152 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition (October, 2015) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1119067510 - ISBN-13: 978-1119067511 ... 

The complete guide to Excel 2016, from Mr. Spreadsheet himself: Whether you are just starting out or an Excel novice, the Excel 2016 Bible is your comprehensive, go-to guide for all your Excel 2016 needs. Whether you use Excel at work or at home, you will be guided through the powerful new features and capabilities by expert author and Excel Guru John Walkenbach to take full advantage of what the updated version offers. Learn to incorporate templates, implement formulas, create pivot tables, analyze data, and much more. Navigate this powerful tool for business, home management, technical work, and much more with the only resource you need, Excel 2016 Bible. Create functional spreadsheets that work - Master formulas, formatting, pivot tables, and more - Get acquainted with Excel 2016's new features and tools -Customize downloadable templates and worksheets. Whether you need a walkthrough tutorial or an easy-to-navigate desk reference, the Excel 2016 Bible has you covered with complete coverage and clear expert guidance.

David Slager ... 673 pages - Publisher: Apress; 1st edition (November, 2016) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1484221605 - ISBN-13: 978-1484221600 ... 

This book shows you how easy it is to create, edit, sort, analyze, summarize and format data as well as graph it. Loaded with screen shots, step-by-step instructions, and reader exercises, Essential Excel 2016 makes it easy for you to get to grips with this powerful software and what it can do. What You’ll Learn: How to create amazing visualizations of your data - Easy and accurate methods for entering data - How to extract just the information you want from imported data, and manipulate it and format it the way you want - Export your results to other programs or share with others in the cloud - Organize, Summarize, Filter, and Consolidate your Data in almost any way imaginable - Audit, Validate and Protect your Data. Who This Book Is For: Anyone new to Excel, or looking to take better advantage of the platform and find out its latest features.

From the Back Cover: Get up to speed quickly with Microsoft Excel 2016. See how easy it is to create, edit, sort, analyze, summarize, and format data. A broad range of other topics are covered, such as data import and export, sharing, visualization, validation, security, customization, and more. Loaded with screen shots, step-by-step instructions, and hands-on exercises, Essential Excel 2016 makes it easy for you to get started or ramp up your skills with this powerful software. In this book, you learn easy and accurate methods for entering data plus how to: Organize, format, filter, and consolidate your data in almost any way imaginable - Use built-in functions and customize your own - Create amazing visualizations of your data - Extract just the information you want from imported data, and manipulate and format the data in the way you want - Export your results to other programs or share with others in the cloud -Audit, validate, and protect your data. This book delivers the essential how-to and reference information for users new to Excel, those who want to continue building their Excel skills, or anyone who wants to get up to date on the latest changes and features in Excel 2016. 

Kenneth N. Berk, Patrick Carey ... 608 pages - Publisher: Cengage Learning; 3rd edition (June, 2009) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0495391786 - ISBN-13: 978-0495391784 ...

This popular best-selling book shows students and professionals how to do data analysis with Microsoft Excel. DATA ANALYSIS WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL teaches the fundamental concepts of statistics and how to use Microsoft Excel to solve the kind of data-intensive problems that arise in business and elsewhere. Even students with no previous experience using spreadsheets will find that this text's step-by-step approach, extensive tutorials, and examples make it easy to learn how to use Excel for analyzing data. A downloadable StatPlus™ add-in for Microsoft Excel, data sets for exercises, and interactive concept tutorials are available on the Book Companion Website.

Bill Jelen, Szilvia Juhasz ... 278 pages - Publisher: Holy Macro! Books; (September 1, 2015) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1615470409 - ISBN-13: 978-1615470402 ...

The 40 essential tips that all Excel users need to know. Crowdsourced by more than 300 contributors who collaborated on choosing the 40 best Excel tips, MrExcel XL provides users with a concise book that can be absorbed in under an hour. Includes a bonus 30 tips, keyboard shortcuts, Excel jokes, Excel cocktails. Anyone who uses Excel will be able to turn to any page and pick up tips that will save them hours of work.

Ken Bluttman - 408 pages - Publisher: For Dummies; 4th edition (December, 2015) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1119076781 - ISBN-13: 978-1119076780 ... 

Grab these Excel formulas and functions to make your life easier!: Are you intimidated by major financial choices, like which loan to get or how to grow your savings? Don't worry—we all are! But Excel Formulas & Functions For Dummies, 4th Edition can take some of the pain out of the data organization and analysis processes. This step-by-step reference sheds light on Microsoft Excel's 150 most useful functions, and offers detailed instructions on how to implement them. Additionally, each function is illustrated by helpful, real-world examples that show how they are used within a larger formula. To take your knowledge of Excel's functions a step further, 85 specialized functions are described in abbreviated form so you can use Excel to better support your decision-making process when securing a mortgage, buying a car, computing classroom grades, evaluating investment performance, and more.

Functions are predefined formulas that you can use to make data analysis a bit easier within the Microsoft Excel framework. Functions use specific values, called arguments, to calculate a variety of things, from simple sums and averages to more complicated loan payments. Explore the 150 most useful functions that help Microsoft Excel make your life easier * Access real-world examples of how functions fit into larger formulas * Discover 85 specialized functions, which are described in abbreviated form and take your knowledge of Excel to the next level * Understand how Microsoft Excel can help you make key decisions, such as whether to go with a 15-year or 30-year mortgage. Excel Formulas & Functions For Dummies, 4th Edition brings order to chaotic data—and helps you make decisions with confidence!

J. P. Holman ... 242 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition (June, 2006) ... Language: English - ASIN: B006QOGTDQ by Amazon Digital Services ...

With the many software packages available today, it's easy to overlook the computational and graphics capabilities offered by Microsoft® Excel™. The software is nearly ubiquitous and understanding its capabilities is an enormous benefit to engineers in almost any field and at all levels of experience. What Every Engineer Should Know About Excel offers in nine self-contained chapters a practical guide to the features and functions that can be used, for example, to solve equations and systems of equations, build charts and graphs, create line drawings, and perform optimizations. The author uses examples and screenshots to walk you through the steps and build a strong understanding of the material. With this book, you will learn how to… Set up the keyboard for direct entry of most math and Greek symbols + Build a default scatter graph that is applicable to most simple presentations with little cosmetic modification + Apply many types of formats to adjust the cosmetics of graphs + Use 3D surface and area charts for data and functional representations, with associated cosmetic adjustments + Correlate data with various types of functional relations + Use line drawing tools to construct simple schematics or other diagrams + Solve linear and nonlinear sets of equations using multiple methods + Curve student grades using Excel probability functions + Model device performance using different types of regression analysis involving multiple variables + Manipulate Excel financial functions + alculate retirement accumulation with variable contribution rate and retirement payouts to match increases in inflation + Apply Excel methods for optimization problems with both linear and nonlinear relations + Use pivot tables to manipulate both experimental data and analytical relationships + Calculate experimental uncertainties using Excel + And much more!

Michael Alexander, Dick Kusleika ... 816 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition (January, 2016) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1119067863 - ISBN-13: 978-1119067863 ...

Leverage the full power of Excel formulas: Excel 2016 Formulas is fully updated to cover all of the tips, tricks, and techniques you need to maximize the power of Excel 2016 through the use of formulas. This comprehensive book explains how to create financial formulas, release the power of array formulas, develop custom worksheet functions with VBA, debug formulas, and much more. Whether you're a beginner, a power user, or somewhere in between this is your essential go-to for the latest on Excel formulas. When conducting simple math or building highly complicated spreadsheets that require formulas up to the task, leveraging the right formula can heighten the accuracy and efficiency of your work, and can improve the speed with which you compile and analyze data. Understanding which formulas to use and knowing how to create a formula when you need to are essential. Access tips, tricks, and techniques that have been fully updated to reflect the latest capabilities of Microsoft Excel + Create and use formulas that have the power to transform your Excel experience + Leverage supplemental material online, including sample files, templates, and worksheets from thebook.

Ann Shaffer, Patrick Carey, Roy Ageloff, S. Scott Zimmerman, Beverly B. Zimmerman ...
936 pages - Publisher: Course Technology; 1st edition (August 7, 2013)
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1285167759 - ISBN-13: 978-1285167756

With proven pedagogy that emphasizes critical-thinking, problem-solving, and in-depth coverage, New Perspectives helps students develop the Microsoft Office 2013 skills they need to be successful in college and beyond. Updated with all new case-based tutorials, New Perspectives Microsoft Office 2013 continues to engage students in applying skills to real-world situations, making concepts relevant. A new Troubleshoot case problem enhances critical thinking, and a new tutorial on Managing Your Files helps students navigate Windows 8. As always, New Perspectives improves learning outcomes and transference of skills by helping students understand why what they're learning is important.

Ann Shaffer, Patrick Carey ...
1144 pages - Publisher: Course Technology; 1st edition (May 15, 2013)
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1285167643 - ISBN-13: 978-1285167640

With proven pedagogy that emphasizes critical-thinking, problem-solving, and in-depth coverage, New Perspectives helps students develop the Microsoft Office 2013 skills they need to be successful in college and beyond. Updated with all new case-based tutorials, New Perspectives Microsoft Office 2013 continues to engage students in applying skills to real-world situations, making concepts relevant. A new Troubleshoot case problem enhances critical thinking, and a new tutorial on Managing Your Files helps students navigate Windows 8. As always, New Perspectives improves learning outcomes and transference of skills by helping students understand why what they're learning is important.

Mike Alexander, John Walkenbach ... 336 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition (June, 2012) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1118281217 - ISBN-13: 978-1118281215 ...

Save time and be more productive with this helpful guide to Excel macros! While most books about Excel macros offer only minor examples, usually aimed at illustrating a particular topic, this invaluable resource provides you with the tools needed to efficiently and effectively program Excel macros immediately. Step-by-step instructions show you how to create VBA macros and explain how to customize your applications to look and work exactly as you want them to. By the end of the book, you will understand how each featured macro works, be able to reuse the macros included in the book and online, and modify the macro for personal use. * Shows you how to solve common problems with the featured macros, even if you lack extensive programming knowledge * Outlines a problem that needs to be solved and provides the actual Excel macro, as well as the downloadable code, to solve the problem * Provides an explanation of how each macro works and where to use the macro With 101 Ready-to-Use Excel Macros, Microsoft MVP Michael Alexander helps you save time, automate tasks, and ultimately be more productive.

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