Excel All-in-One For Dummies

Excel-erate your productivity with the only guide you'll need to the latest versions of Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel offers unsurpassed functionality and accessibility for data exploration and analysis to millions of users around the world. And learning to unlock its full potential is easier than you can imagine with help from Excel All-in-One For Dummies.

Follow along with Excel expert and veteran author Paul McFedries as he walks you through every feature and technique you need to know to get the most out of this powerful software. You'll learn how to design worksheets, use formulas and functions, collaborate with colleagues and review their work, create charts and graphics, manage and analyze data, and create macros. Plus, you'll discover all the capabilities Microsoft has included in the newest versions of Excel, including dark mode and accessibility features.

This indispensable reference allows you to:

• Get a firm grasp of Excel basics with the book's step-by-step guides before moving on to more advanced topics, like data analysis

• Access up-to-date information on all the new versions of Excel, including the ones bundled with Microsoft 365, Office 2021, and the LTSC/Enterprise Edition

• Enjoy the convenience of a single, comprehensive resource detailing everything you need to know about Excel

Perfect for people coming to Excel for the very first time, Excel All-in-One For Dummies, Office 2021 Edition is also a must-read resource for anyone looking for a refresher on foundational or advanced Excel techniques.

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Paul McFedries has written over 100 books with topics ranging from Windows 10 to Microsoft Office, Apple gadgets, and Amazon Alexa. His most recent For Dummies titles include Google's G Suite, Cord Cutting, and Excel Data Analysis.

Greg Harvey, PhD was author of over 30 For Dummies titles covering Excel.

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Excel-erate your productivity!

The Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet application is one of the most popular software packages in the world. If you're one of the millions of people who use this tool for work or personal number-crunching needs, you can't afford to be without this book. Dive in and get a grip on the most essential features in the application, including built-in templates, ready-to-use formulas, and PivotTables for wrangling data. You'll even learn how to make your data accessible and attractive with charts and graphics! 8 Books Inside

• Excel Basics
• Worksheet Design
• Formulas and Functions
• Worksheet Collaboration and Review
• Charts and Graphics
• Data Management
• Data Analysis
• Macros and VBA

Inhalt
Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Foolish Assumptions 2

Conventions Used in This Book 3

Icons Used in This Book 5

Beyond the Book 5

Where to Go from Here 5

Book 1: Excel Basics 7

Chapter 1: Excel: The 50-Cent Tour 9

A Bird's-Eye View of Excel 10

Checking Out Excel's Start Screen 10

Getting Comfy with the Excel User Interface 12

Going behind the scenes to Excel's Backstage view 13

Ripping through the Ribbon 17

Working with the Quick Access toolbar 22

Fooling around with the Formula bar 23

What's up with the Worksheet area? 25

Taking a tour of the Status bar 30

Getting Help 31

Show-and-tell help with the Search feature 31

Getting Help from the Help tab on the Ribbon 32

Launching and Quitting Excel 34

Starting Excel from the Windows Start menu 34

Starting Excel from the Windows Search text box 35

Telling Cortana to Start Excel for you 36

Starting Excel from the Windows Metro view in Tablet mode 36

When it's quitting time 37

Chapter 2: Customizing Excel 39

Tailoring the Quick Access Toolbar to Your Tastes 40

Adding Ribbon commands to the Quick Access toolbar 41

Adding non-Ribbon commands to the Quick Access toolbar 42

Exercising Your Options 43

Changing some of the more universal settings on the General tab 44

Changing common calculation options on the Formulas tab 47

Digging the options on the Data tab 50

Changing correction options on the Proofing tab 51

Changing save options on the Save tab 53

Changing the Office language preferences 56

Setting some accessibility options 57

Changing a whole lot of other common options on the Advanced tab 58

Customizing the Excel Ribbon 63

Using Office Add-ins 68

Using Excel's Own Add-ins 70

Managing the standard Excel Add-ins 72

Managing Excel COM add-ins 72

Purchasing third-party add-ins 73

Book 2: Worksheet Design 75

Chapter 1: Building Worksheets 77

Creating Fresh Workbooks 78

Take it from a template 78

Designing a workbook from scratch 84

Getting to Know Excel's Data Types 86

What's in a label? 87

What's the value? 89

Data Entry 101 93

Data entry keyboard style 94

Doing data entry with the Touch keyboard 96

You AutoComplete me 99

You AutoCorrect me 100

Constraining data entry to a cell range 102

Getting Excel to put in the decimal point 103

You AutoFill me 103

Flash Fill to the rescue 110

Linking to Other Documents 116

Hyperlinks: the basics 116

Inserting links 117

Follow that link! 120

Editing links 120

Using the HYPERLINK Function 121

Saving the Data 123

Saving workbooks in other commonly used file formats 126

Changing the default file location 127

Saving a new workbook in the old file format 128

Document Recovery to the Rescue 129

Chapter 2: Formatting Worksheets 131

Selecting Cells and Ranges 132

Selecting cells with the mouse 133

Selecting cells by touch 135

Selecting cells with the keyboard 135

Selecting cells with AutoSelect 136

Selecting cells with Go to 138

Name that range! 139

Adjusting Columns and Rows 141

Fitting the column to its contents automatically 141

Adjusting columns the old-fashioned way 142

Setting a new standard width 143

Hiding out a column or two 143

Rambling rows 144 Formatting Tables from ...