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A teensy excerpt from the awesome Excel book I mentioned earlier - Greg - 04-10-2009
Elliot Bendoly wrote:
Cells in spreadsheets can contain:
- Fixed data: Data you’ve entered, numerical or otherwise.
- Formatting: Background color, border thickness, font type, and so on.
- Labels: References other than the standard ColumnRow reference.
- Comments: Notes regarding the contents.
- Formulae: Can be mathematical/statistical, text based, or a range of other types
such as logic based or search oriented.
- Live data links: Data that are drawn from an externally linked source, such as a
database or the Internet.
-- from Excel Basics to Blackbelt, by Elliot Bendoly. Page 8 (!!)
Unlike the normal approaches to teaching Excel, which invariably involves chapters on putting things into cells and making them look pretty, this author begins with a overview of how cells can be used to store or reflect information.
ISBN: 9780521889056
Re: A teensy excerpt from the awesome Excel book I mentioned earlier - deckeda - 04-10-2009
Thanks, I'll check it out. I've always wanted to learn Excel. I just don't know why. But if it causes me to want to use spreadsheets as "databases" or create monthly calendars I'm comin' after you. Fair warning.
Re: A teensy excerpt from the awesome Excel book I mentioned earlier - Greg - 04-10-2009
Enjoy, deckeda!
Re: A teensy excerpt from the awesome Excel book I mentioned earlier - Don C - 04-11-2009
The sample pages are not easy reading!
OTOH there is SO much to know that a reference to a good book is to be appreciated. I might hit a book store and see if I can find a copy to look over more than the few pages online.
Re: A teensy excerpt from the awesome Excel book I mentioned earlier - Jimmypoo - 04-11-2009
Here's a much better deal than most places....
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?bid=9740336589&siteID=hi3Lv4qpBig-RRPXqMs6DIZvypi4C0hBzA
...If you don't already have the PDF. BWAHAHAHAHA!
Re: A teensy excerpt from the awesome Excel book I mentioned earlier - Greg - 04-11-2009
Good heavens...$84!?
Re: A teensy excerpt from the awesome Excel book I mentioned earlier - N-OS X-tasy! - 04-12-2009
I almost literally couldn't live without Excel. Discovered it in 1990 and have used it almost daily ever since.