Microsofta Excel Version 2002 Step by Step [With CDROM]

I purchased this specific Textbook for my existing Excel 2002 Software Program. It provided me with a large volume of additional information to better utilize this program. The Textbook was purchased used for a great deal less than a new one. Both the Textbook and the attached training CD were in perfect shape. I would recommend this book to anyone. Check this one out, it is a great deal!

After researching many different books, I picked the Step by Step Excel for my class. This is an extremely easy book to follow either as a class or on your own. It comes with a disk of practice exersices. The author has made it very easy to learn new consepts. This is the first time I have taught an Excel class and this book has made my adult students feel comfortable and confident in learning something new since most have not been in a classroom in many years. I will continue to use this book as a learning guide and would also recommend the Word Step by Step book. This would definately help anyone learning Excel as well as a review for someone who already uses Excel.

The 2002 version is much more user-friendly with its color pages and helpful organization than the bigger and less-organized 2000 offering. An added bonus for those looking to take the Microsoft Office Specialist Exam is the fact that this edition lists which core and expert objectives are covered when covering a lesson. Also, the interactive practice files make it extremely easy to follow and learn - for anyone. This book, in conjunction with the one by Barbara Clemens, helped me to not only garner Excel 2002 proficiency, but to become an Excel 2002 Expert. Now that I'm an Expert, I can tell you this book might be too easy for me - but maybe not for you. And that's the real deal.

This book is excellent in many ways but it is also filled with too many errors. I actually documented the errors and sent a letter to MSPress to notify them. These mistakes are no big deal but if you are truly new to computers or if you just follow along and do not really pay attention as you perform these exercises...you will get the wrong results at times. Most errors do not affect the outcome but in some cases they do. Such as.....page 99, step #14...just skip it. Go from step #13 to #15. If you perform step #14 you will not get the intended results.I also did not like the authors approach to explain what to click on. He does it in a backwards way like this - To cascade multiple workbooks select Arrange then choose Cascade then click OK under the Window menu option. He should say it like this - To Cascade multiple workbooks click on Window, then Arrange, then choose Cascade and click OK. Typed liked that it is easier to follow but most of the time he doesn't. This gets to be a royal pain! Overall the book is great if you need to learn Excel 2002 fast and do not want tons of extra info and in depth details about the functions you are learning. He spends a whopping 13 pages on Macros and a measely 10 pages on working with database data. I did not expect heavy coverage and neither should you. Those subjects are worthy of their own books. I train and teach Office products to clients and I would recommend this book. The practice files are excellent and makemit possible to work with real examples so you actually get to do Real Time exercises and not just read instructions.Let me add one more thing - The author of Outlook 2002 Step By Step was a better writer and made it easier to follow along and understand. If you need to learn Outlook fast I highly recommend it!!!!!

I read a lot of computer books, and normally they are about as exciting as watching paint dry. I can't claim this book is exciting, but it does everything it possibly can to ease the pain.The author is obviously a professional writer, not a computer guy who knows stuff and is writing a book about it. The structure of the book is impeccable and extremely consistent. Each section has a description and then extremely well written walk throughs. This allows people with different learning styles to access the book differently. I'm a very experiential learner, so I might do the walk through first and then read about what I did, others may like to do it differently.I have really enjoyed learning and growing in excel. At the time of reading this book I was progressively working on a real world spreadsheet. At the end of many chapters I would think "hey, what a cool feature, I could use it to improve my spreadsheet". As I spend a lot of time in this spreadsheet, this book has saved me lots of time by allowing me to streamline my work.Curtis, write more books please - the computer world needs authors like you!