Microsoft Excel 2002, the Office spreadsheet component, is tailormade for performing calculations on your data. If you want to maintain lists of information that you can summarize in reports , you should use Microsoft Access rather than Excel. But if you need to analyze sales, calculate budgets , figure out loan or stock information, or compare two financial situations, Excel is the program to turn to.
When you have finished this chapter, you will know how to:
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Enter data
Edit worksheets
Apply basic formatting
Construct simple formulas
Name cells and ranges
Organize worksheets for easy reading
Perform more advanced calculations
Print worksheets