Chapter 11
Managing and Calculating Data with Microsoft Excel
In This Chapter
Identifying the components of a worksheet
Entering data into a worksheet
Performing basic math calculations
Formatting a worksheet
Printing a worksheet
Creating charts
Excel has many practical uses. You can use its orderly row-and-column worksheet structure to organize multicolumn lists, create business forms, and much more. Excel provides more than just data organization, however; it enables you to write formulas that perform calculations on your data. This feature makes Excel an ideal tool for storing financial information, such as checkbook register and investment portfolio data.
In this chapter, I explain how to create Excel worksheets that include data, calculations, and formatting, and how to create charts from that data and print your work. After completing this chapter, you will understand how to ...
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