Microsoft Office Excel 2007: Visual Quick Tips

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Excel 2007 Visual Quick Tips provides visual learners with useful and unexpected techniques essential to getting the most from their spreadsheets. This easy to use, compact guide provides tips, secrets, and tricks to help readers save time and become more efficient with Excel. Full-color screen shots and numbered, step-by-step instructions break down big tasks into bite-sized modules that show readers how to save time and boost productivity. A handy smaller trim size makes it easy for readers to find essential information on the core tasks of Excel 2007. About The Author Denise Etheridge is the president and founder of BayCon Group, Inc. She publishes Web sites, provides consulting services on accounting-related software, and teaches college-level computer and accounting courses. Denise has also written several Web-based software tutorials, and has been training and assisting clients with the implementation of accounting-related software since 1985. Stanford University and the United States House of Representatives are among her former clients. Table Of Contents Part 1: Boosting Efficiency Name Cells and Ranges Validate with a Validation List Validate with Data Entry Rules Extend a Series with AutoFill Insert Symbols and Special Characters Hide Rows by Grouping and Outlining Add Comments to a Worksheet Let Excel Read Back Data Part 2: Working with Formulas and Functions Define a Constant Create Formulas That Include Names Figure Out Loan Terms Determine the Internal Rate of Return Determine the nth Largest Value Create a Conditional Formula Calculate a Conditional Sum Add a Calculator Find Products and Square Roots Perform Time Calculations Perform Date Calculations Part 3: Copying, Formatting, and More Check Formulas for Errors Change Text to Numbers and Then Calculate Convert a Row to a Column Copy with the Office Clipboard Specify How to Paste with Paste Special Create Your Own Style Copy Styles to Another Workbook Conditionally Format a Worksheet Track Changes While Editing Consolidate Worksheets Part 4: Manipulating Records Enter Data with a Form Filter Duplicate Records Perform Simple Sorts and Filters Perform Complex Sorts Perform Complex Filters Filter by Multiple Criteria in the Same Column Subtotal Sorted Data Chart Filtered Data Easily Count Filtered Records Look UpInformation in a Worksheet Define Data as a Table Modify a Table Style Part 5: Exploring Patterns in Data Create a PivotTable Modify PivotTable Data and Layout Compute Sub- and Grand Totals Create a Calculated Field Hide Columns or Rows in a PivotTable Sort a PivotTable Create a PivotChart Describe Data with Statistics Find the Correlation Between Variables Explore Outcomes with What-If Analysis Optimize a Result with Goal Seek Part 6: Creating Charts Create a Chart That Has Visual Appeal Add Chart Details Change the Chart Type Add a Trendline to a Chart Add and Remove Chart Data Add Error Bars Create a Histogram Part 7: Presenting Worksheets Format Quickly with Format Painter Insert Shapes into a Worksheet Insert Text Boxes into a Worksheet Insert Photographs into a Worksheet Arrange the Graphics in a Worksheet Insert a Background Image Take a Picture of a Worksheet Part 8: Protecting, Saving, and Printing Protect a Worksheet Save a Workbook as a Template Choose a Format when Saving a Workbook Print Multiple Areas of a Worksheet Print Multiple Worksheets from a Workbook Part 9: Extending Excel Paste Link into Word or PowerPoint Embed a Worksheet Hyperlink a Worksheet Query a Website Import a Text File Import an Access Database Query an Access Database Reuse a Saved Query Export a Worksheet to Access Part 10: Customizing Excel Install Add-Ins Customize the Quick Access Toolbar Work with Multiple Windows Save Time by Creating a Custom View Create a Custom Number Format Automate a Worksheet with Macros Create an Icon to Run a Macro Index