Microsofta Office Excela 2003 Step by Step

by Curtis D. Frye

This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly builds your skills with Microsoft Office Excel 2003--one step at a time With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735615187
• ISBN13: 9780735615182
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

MOS 2003

Great book for studying for Expert in Excel XP or 2003 in the MOS 2003 or XP series.

Good for an Advanced Beginner

Although this book is listed as being suitable for Beginning/Intermediate users, I think that their definition of beginning might be a bit different than the usual. Within a couple of pages the book has you opening a spreadsheet and making changes to it. If you have some spreadsheet experience, even just a little, then this book will take you a long ways. Far enough to get you to pass the Microsoft Office Specialist test. Being a Microsoft book, this book is about using Excel in a Windows environment. Some of the information would be useful to Apple folk, but there are probably better books for them. When looking at Excel books, I first look to see what they have about Pivot Tables. In this book, there is an entire chapter devoted to them. This is something that the beginning user just won't understand but which will be very helpful to someone of intermediate level. There is even a section on Pivot Charts, something not seen very often at all. I didn't do all of the exercises, especially if I had a good understanding of that area. I did find a couple of errors that turned out to be pretty obvious. A little better proof reading would have helped. Still these were not serious enough to hurt the book.

The best of the best

I gave this book 5 stars because it is a perfect text for the icrosoft Office Specialist certification and for the fact that it covers simple to advanced concepts all in one book. Included in the book are basic data entry and spreadsheet writing as well as the programming of macros and the use of XML in the worksheet. It also covers topics such as using formulas, formatyting data series and others. The practice files are invaluable in the learning of the basic to advanced skills. There is really no way to lose with this book.

Passed the MOUS exam

This book is great! Unlike Microsoft 2003 inside out and other Excel books, this book provides exercises that allow you to understand how you apply the functions on Excel. This is very useful for understanding how you can apply your Microsoft Excel skills for work or personal use. As far as typos, there were probably 2 or 3...even though I'm a perfectionist, this really isn't such a big deal.

Excel 2003...the step by step improvement!

In comparing this version to earlier Excel Step by Step versions...there is no comparison! I have even contacted the author to let him know that this is the best Excel Step by Step book I have ever seen! Within the covers...Curtis puts his expertise to work...and the end result is a thorough and solid learning book that will teach you how to become an intermediate Excel user. While I prepare for my SkillSoft Excel 2003 Beginning Course...I find this book is the most ideal in terms of breaking down the different levels of study. It fits very well with my own preparation...and I have also been able to share my optimism with the Microsoft people who are interested in what someone would typically buy this book for. KUDOS to everyone involved...and I would highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in learning how to use Excel 2003!