The world's most popular spreadsheet program is now more powerful than ever, but it's also more complex. That's where this Missing Manual comes in. With crystal-clear explanations and hands-on examples, Excel 2013: The Missing Manual shows you how to master Excel so you can easily track, analyze, and chart your data. You'll be using new features like PowerPivot and Flash Fill in no time.
The important stuff you need to know: Go from novice to ace. Learn how to analyze your data, from writing your first formula to charting your results. Illustrate trends. Discover the clearest way to present your data using Excel's new Quick Analysis feature. Broaden your analysis. Use pivot tables, slicers, and timelines to examine your data from different perspectives. Import data. Pull data from a variety of sources, including website data feeds and corporate databases. Work from the Web. Launch and manage your workbooks on the road, using the new Excel Web App. Share your worksheets. Store Excel files on SkyDrive and collaborate with colleagues on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Master the new data model. Use PowerPivot to work with millions of rows of data. Make calculations. Review financial data, use math and scientific formulas, and perform statistical analyses.

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Matthew MacDonald is a science and technology writer with well over a dozen books to his name. Web novices can tiptoe out onto the Internet with him in Creating a Website: The Missing Manual. HTML fans can learn about the cutting edge of web design in HTML5: The Missing Manual. And human beings of all description can discover just how strange they really are in the quirky handbooks Your Brain: The Missing Manual and Your Body: The Missing Manual.

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The Missing Credits Introduction Part 1: Worksheet Basics

Chapter 1: Creating Your First Spreadsheet
Chapter 2: Adding Information to Worksheets
Chapter 3: Moving Data
Chapter 4: Managing Worksheets
Chapter 5: Formatting Cells
Chapter 6: Smart Formatting Tricks
Chapter 7: Viewing and Printing Worksheets Part 2: Formulas and Functions
Chapter 8: Building Basic Formulas
Chapter 9: Math and Statistical Functions
Chapter 10: Financial Functions
Chapter 11: Manipulating Dates, Times, and Text
Chapter 12: Lookup, Reference, and Information Functions
Chapter 13: Advanced Formula Writing and Troubleshooting Part 3: Organizing Your Information
Chapter 14: Tables: List Management Made Easy
Chapter 15: Grouping and Outlining Data
Chapter 16: Templates Part 4: Charts and Graphics
Chapter 17: Creating Basic Charts
Chapter 18: Formatting and Perfecting Charts
Chapter 19: Inserting Graphics
Chapter 20: Visualizing Your Data Part 5: Sharing Data with the Rest of the World
Chapter 21: Protecting Your Workbooks
Chapter 22: Worksheet Collaboration
Chapter 23: Using Excel on the Web
Chapter 24: Exchanging Data with Other Programs Part 6: Advanced Data Analysis
Chapter 25: Scenarios and Goal Seeking
Chapter 26: Pivot Tables
Chapter 27: Analyzing Databases
Chapter 28: Analyzing XML and Web Data Part 7: Programming Excel
Chapter 29: Automating Tasks with Macros
Chapter 30: Programming Spreadsheets with VBA Part 8: Appendix
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