Microsoft Office

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxix
Part I: Getting Started with Excel 1
Chapter 1: Introducing Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What Is Excel Good For? ..............................................................................................................3
Understanding Workbooks and Worksheets..................................................................................4
Moving Around a Worksheet ........................................................................................................6
Navigating with your keyboard ..........................................................................................6
Navigating with your mouse ..............................................................................................7
Introducing the Ribbon ................................................................................................................7
Ribbon tabs ........................................................................................................................8
Contextual tabs ..................................................................................................................9
Types of commands on the Ribbon....................................................................................10
Accessing the Ribbon using your keyboard ......................................................................11
Using the shortcut menus............................................................................................................13
Customizing your Quick Access Toolbar ....................................................................................14
Working with Dialog Boxes ........................................................................................................15
Navigating dialog boxes ....................................................................................................16
Using tabbed dialog boxes ................................................................................................16
Using the Taskbar........................................................................................................................17
Creating Your First Excel Worksheet ..........................................................................................18
Getting started on your worksheet ....................................................................................18
Filling in the month names ..............................................................................................19
Entering the sales data ......................................................................................................19
Formatting the numbers ..................................................................................................20
Making your worksheet look a bit fancier ........................................................................20
Summing the values..........................................................................................................21
Creating a chart ................................................................................................................21
Printing your worksheet....................................................................................................22
Saving your workbook......................................................................................................23
Chapter 2: What’s New in Excel 2007? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
A New User Interface ..................................................................................................................25
Larger Worksheets ......................................................................................................................26
New File Formats........................................................................................................................27
Worksheet Tables ........................................................................................................................27
Styles and Themes ......................................................................................................................28
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