Excel 2007 Bible
Chapter One
Introducing Excel
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding what Excel is
used for
Learning the parts of Excel's
window
Introducing the Ribbon user
interface, shortcut menus, and
dialog boxes
Navigating Excel worksheets
Introducing Excel with a quick
hands-on session
This chapter serves as an introductory overview of Excel 2007. If you're
already familiar with a previous version of Excel, reading this chapter is
still a good idea. Excel 2007 is different from every previous version - very
different.
What Is Excel Good For?
Excel, as you probably know, is the world's most widely-used spreadsheet program,
and is part of the Microsoft Office suite. Other spreadsheet programs are available,
but Excel is by far the most popular and has become the world standard.
Much of the appeal of Excel is due to the fact that it's so versatile. Excel's forte,
of course, is performing numerical calculations, but Excel is also very useful for
non-numerical applications. Here are just a few of th ... read full excerpt from Excel 2007 Bible ebook