Author Description

There are not many resources available that truly answer the question "What is Excel?" In his book Excel How To - Starting From Ground Zero, Eddie de Jong not only explains what Excel is used for, but takes the reader from having virtually no knowledge of Excel to becoming adept at using the program and many of its features.Eddie assumes no prior knowledge of Excel on the part of his readers, but explains in detail the how, what and where of topics such as: Excel terminology Basic Calculations Formatting Sheets Printing from Excel Rather than an Excel How To book or an Excel Tutorial, this book is written in a practical format that guides the user through each Excel activity step by step. A summary at the end of each section, together with Excel exercises rounds off the learning and completes the understanding of principles explained before moving on to the next subject.With millions of companies using Excel and many of them not being prepared to send employees for Excel training, many users don't know the essentials of Excel and are wasting countless hours doing what should be quick and easy tasks in Excel. Asking co-workers for help does not help as the explanations given are more often than not so fast and superficial, that the novice feels even more bewildered and is eventually too afraid to ask. No wonder that Excel for Dummies is so popular. Although this book is written for Excel beginners, many long-time Excel users will find tremendous value simply through learning how to do tasks more efficiently. This will lead to improved performance and reduced frustrations.Eddie has many years of experience in training users on how to use Excel at all levels. Teaching computer literacy has however refined his skills in explaining basic principles to even the most inexperienced user. This comes through in his explanations which are concise and clear, and readers will be able to follow the instructions quickly and eas