Using the Companion CD

The CD-ROM that accompanies the book contains the sample files you use in the book’s examples (both the final Excel workbooks and starting templates you can work with on your own). The workbooks and templates are organized in folders named for each chapter. The answers to all chapter-ending problems in the book are also included on the book’s CD. Each answer file is named so you can identify it easily. For example, the file containing the answer to Problem 2 in Chapter 10 is named s10_2.xlsx.

To use the CD, first insert it into your CD-ROM drive. If AutoRun is not enabled on your PC, browse to the root folder of the CD and double-click the StartCD file. You will be presented with a licensing agreement that you need to accept before you can install the files from the CD. By default, the sample files will be installed to your folder Documents\Microsoft Press\Excel 2007 Data Analysis folder.

The CD also contains an electronic version of this book in PDF format. Adobe Reader is required to view the PDF version of the book. The CD includes a link to Adobe’s Web site, where you can choose to download a copy of Adobe Reader if you do not already have a copy installed on your computer. (You can download Adobe Reader free of charge.)