Excel 2010 Just the Steps For Dummies

Pick your Excel task, find it fast, and get it done with Just the Steps!

If you want to see how to do a particular Excel task, this is the perfect book.  Each page includes step-by-step instruction in one column and illustrations and screenshots in the other column, so you have all the information you need in one place—no flipping pages!

Improve your Excel skills with just the steps for entering spreadsheet data, building formulas, protecting excel data, formatting cells, designing spreadsheets with graphics, managing workbooks, changing worksheet values, sorting and filtering data, creating charts, creating PivotTables, building macros, integrating Excel into other Office programs, and—whew!—still more.

• Explains essentials tasks for Excel 2010, the spreadsheet application that is part of the Microsoft Office 2010 suite
• Shows you just the steps for numerous Excel tasks using an easy-to-follow, two-column page layout, with step-by-step instruction on one side and illustrations and screenshots on the other
• Covers entering spreadsheet data, building formulas, protecting excel data, formatting cells, designing spreadsheets with graphics, managing workbooks, changing worksheet values, sorting and filtering data, creating charts, creating PivotTables, and building macros
• Walks you step by step through collaborating in Excel and integrating or using Excel with Word, PowerPoint, and Access

Make your tasks easier, improve your Excel skills, and get better results with this step-by-step guide.

Easy steps for creating spreadsheets, analyzing data, and building charts

Use Cell Styles

1. Select the cells you want to format.
2. Choose Home-Cell Styles. In Figure 7-9, you see a gallery of predefined styles.

Format Cells as a Table

1. Select the data you want to format as a table.
2. Choose Home-Format as Table. A gallery of Excel themed formats appears. (See Figure 7-10.)

Themes are predefined style sets that appear across the entire Office suite, providing consistency in your work appearance.

Open the book and find:

• How to enter data into a spreadsheet
• Tips for creating formulas and functions
• Instructions for formatting and sprucing up your spreadsheets
• Steps for sorting and analyzing data
• Options for creating charts and PivotTables
• How to save time with macros
• Directions for integrating Excel into PowerPoint®

Diane Koers owns and operates All Business Service, a software training and consulting business formed in 1988, that services the central Indiana area. Her area of expertise has long been in the word-processing, spreadsheet, and graphics areas of computing. She also provides training and support for Peachtree Accounting Software. Diane's authoring experience includes over 40 books on topics, such as PC security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, WordPerfect, Paint Shop Pro, Lotus SmartSuite, Quicken, Microsoft Money, and Peachtree Accounting. Many of these titles have been translated into other languages, such as French, Dutch, Bulgarian, Spanish, and Greek. She has also developed and written numerous training manuals for her clients.

Diane and her husband enjoy spending their free time fishing, traveling, and playing with their four grandsons and their Yorkshire Terrier.