Meet Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a full-featured spreadsheet application that you can use to create worksheets, charts, lists, and even Web pages.

Excel's interface combines common Mac OS X screen elements with buttons, commands, and controls that are specific to Excel. To use Excel effectively, you must have at least a basic understanding of these elements.

This chapter introduces the Excel workplace by illustrating and describing the following elements:

  • The Excel screen, including window elements

  • Menus, shortcut keys, toolbars, and dialogs

  • Document scrolling techniques

  • Excel's Help feature, including the Office Assistant

Tips

  • If you're brand new to Mac OS X, don't skip this chapter. Many of the interface elements discussed in this chapter ...

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