If you're new to Excel or among the many existing Excel users who are confused and bewildered by all that the program can do (and by how little has actually done for you), Excel for Beginners: Missing Manual is your ideal resource. For every person who wants to quickly get up to speed on Excel to create, organize, and present household and / or office data and information, this new guide intelligent giving only the essential: to concentrate on must-have information and the best, most practical Excel features that people like you can use to maximize productivity and minimize your spreadsheet confusion and frustration. Clear explanations (with lots of examples), the instructions step-by-step, illustrated help, and timesaving advice guide you through all the features of the most common and useful Excel 2002 and 2003 - including how to build spreadsheets, add and format information, print reports, create tables and graphs, and use basic formulas and functions. Let author Matthew MacDonald, an educator and software developer who also wrote the highly popular Excel: Missing Manual, trusted guide as you learn which Excel features will serve you best and are best ignored.