Excel Essentials

Abstract

Excel is often misconstrued, by those who are not familiar with it, as being a glorified calculator or an alternative to creating a table in Microsoft Word. Those who take the time to become acquainted with the application soon realize that Excel has much more to offer, and with a few fundamental techniques, users can easily create purposeful and flexible worksheet models. Excel is used by corporations and individuals worldwide for a gamut of purposes, from statistical analysis of numerical results to sorting and filtering lists of data. With each new version, Microsoft has streamlined and enhanced the multitude of worksheet operations that can be carried out in Excel to help users make the most of this versatile application.