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 Excel Basics
In 30 Minutes
The quick guide to Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets

Second edition

Ian Lamont

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 Contents
Introduction: Excel: Not Just For Nerds! .....................1
Chapter 1: The Basics: Cells, Functions,
and Formulas ................................................ 2
The different flavors of Excel
(and Google Sheets) ................................... 2
Excel 2003 (and earlier), Excel for Mac
(2008 or earlier) ..................................... 3
Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, and
Excel for Mac (2011 or later)................... 3
Office 365 ................................................. 3
Excel Online.............................................. 4
Excel for mobile devices ............................ 4
Google Sheets .......................................... 4
Using this guide with Excel and Google Sheets .
4 Firing up Excel and creating a new file .......... 5
Spreadsheet terminology .............................. 5
Working with cells ......................................... 6
Your first spreadsheet formula ........................... 7
Introducing functions with SUM ..................... 9
AutoSum and the one Greek letter you
need to know .........................................10
Quickly accessing other functions .............11
Formatting cells and text ..............................12
Chapter quiz ................................................14
Excel Ninja Skill #1: AutoFill .......................................15
AutoFill magic..............................................15
Formulas and AutoFill...................................... 16
Dragging to extend functions ........................17
Chapter 2 : More Basic Excel Skills: Percentages,
Pasting, and Rows ....................................... 19
Working with multiple worksheets .................19
How to create a new worksheet .................19
Copy, paste, and paste special ......................... 20
How to duplicate a worksheet ....................22
Adding rows ................................................22
What happens to functions, formulas,
and references .....................................23
Using percentages .......................................... 23
Parentheses and PEMDAS.......................25
Declining percentages..............................27
V
Static cell references .................................. 28
Spreadsheet division .................................. 29
Referencing other worksheets .................... 30
Chapter quiz............................................... 32
Excel Ninja Skill #2: Charts ...................................... 33
Chart wizards ............................................. 33
Pie charts ................................................ 33
Chart options and customizations ............ 35
Column charts and line charts..................... 37
Chapter 3: Sorting and Filtering...................... 38
Sorting ....................................................... 38
Hiding rows and columns......................... 39
Rearranging a list in alphabetical order .... 40
Basic sorting in Excel .............................. 40
Basic sorting in Google Sheets ................ 41
An alternate sorting scenario ................... 41
Sorting with multiple criteria ..................... 42
Filtering ...................................................... 43
Chapter quiz............................................... 45
Chapter 4 : Printing, PDFs, and
Import/Export Features ........................... 46
Printing....................................................... 46
Adjust column widths............................... 46
Switch from portrait to landscape mode .... 46
How to set the print area .......................... 47
Printing cell outlines ................................ 47
Exporting PDFs .......................................... 48
Importing and exporting .............................. 49
Importing data into Excel ......................... 49
Exporting data ......................................... 51
Exporting charts ...................................... 52
Chapter quiz............................................... 52
A Message from the Author ...........................53
About the Author .......................................54
Glossary ..................................................55
Appendix I: Registering for Google Sheets.......... 56
Appendix II: Quiz answers .................................. 58
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