Teach Yourself VISUALLY Excel 2007
(Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) by
Nancy C. Muir
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Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to
do something - and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this
book is for you. Open it up and youll find clear, step-by-step screen shots
that show you how to tackle more than 150 Excel 2007 tasks. Each task-
based spread includes easy, visual directions for performing necessary
operations, including:
* Using the Ribbon and galleries
* Entering data and resizing columns
* Applying formulas and functions

* Formatting worksheets
* Adding clip art and 3D effects
* Interpreting data with charts
* Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
* Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
* Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
* Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules
Personal Review: Teach Yourself VISUALLY Excel 2007 (Teach
Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) by Nancy C. Muir
This may seem odd but I am entrenched in the complexities of the Access
2007 database application and its implementation, but didn't know scratch
about Excel 2007. My brother uses Excel to create estimates that are very
professional looking for his construction remodeling business. He says
Excel is a breeze, but so is everything when you already know how to use
it. He came over and gave me a few tips, and I was impressed with how it
worked, but I decided an intro book on how to do things was better than
having to ask him about every little thing I needed to learn. Based on the
reviews I took the plunge. I hesitated at first because there were several
comments about the pictures being non-related to learning the subject, and
complaints of not enough screen shots. I have to agree with them; NOT. I
don't think there are more than a handful of pages in the entire book that
doesn't have multiple screen shots in them, complete with bold arrows
pointing to the numbered steps in sequence. So with the program running
in front of you, there is no mistaking what you have to click on to get it to
work.
I am totally in love with the program. Inside of one day I am auto summing
columns, editing which cells are included, doing some custom
programming on the function bar. This program and book rocks. I am
excited about all of the uses I have for Excel. I even am working on a
method of downloading my Pay Pal activity in Excel format, and importing
that into Access to automate my ordering process. No more oneseys and
twoseys processing orders. Now I can download hundreds if need be, and
process them all at the same time with a few clicks.
Ok so back to the book. I have the Microsoft Inside Out books on several
of the leading software topics. It is an in depth coverage of all of the things
you can do with the application. The only problem is that they are
explaining things using words based on an understanding you derived from
reading earlier chapters in the book.(All 1400 pages) With this teach
yourself visually book, you can step into any function, never having read
any other part of the book, and instantly learn how to do that. For that

reason it makes an excellent reference while you are learning the program;
at least until you use it enough, that it becomes second nature.
I wish I had used the Teach Yourself reference books, when I had first
started to learn many of the different programs covered in the series. I
would have saved myself, days and even weeks of having to trudge
through the myriad of details, some of which I didn't need to learn, in order
to effectively use the program. I suggest you do the same, and also get an
Inside Out book if you are planning to use the program regularly on an in
depth level. Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Inside Out Notwithstanding, you
can use this TYVisually book to do most everything you need to learn for
regular functioning of the program. I have bought dummy books before,
and they were beneficial, but I think this TYV book is superior to them
because it assumes you don't know anything, and doesn't bother
entertaining you with a lot of humor to lighten the load. With TYV there is
no load. It's fun learning quickly, easily, and being able to get into what you
want to do with the program, rather than what you need to study to begin
to use the program. Highly recommended.
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