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Summary: An honest review by a real Dummy!
Review: Although I was into Mainframes twenty years ago, I entered the PC world only two years back. I find that most software makers do not give us "How to" information on their product by a step-by-step method. After installing Microsoft Office I could use very little of its potential by muddling thru and making many mistakes. Having graduated from "Idiot's Guide to Windows 98" I surfed the 'net and found EXACTLY what I was looking for--Excel 2000 for Windows for Dummies. It is written in clear, unambiguous, step-by-step format and I was off-and-running within hours after I received the book. Keep up the good work and you will keep hearing from this Dummy over and over again because Windows Me has got me hooked!
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Summary: I must be a real dummie.
Review: Helpful with the very basics, but I was lost by page 100.
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Summary: Useless
Review: I foudn the book compleely useless and a waste of money. It explains nothing. After studying this book for two hours I was unable to do anything whatsoever in Excel. Look elsewhere.
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Summary: Useless
Review: I foudn the book compleely useless and a waste of money. It explains nothing. After studying this book for two hours I was unable to do anything whatsoever in Excel. Look elsewhere.
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Summary: Gentle intro but no depth
Review: I used this book in lieu of sending a large group of our people to training classes. After doing so, the "help" requests for Excel went to absolute zero. Heck, I'm VP of IT and been working in spreadsheets since VisiCalc, and I picked up a couple of things.
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Summary: Outstanding "jump" start for those new or familari w/ Excel
Review: I used this book in lieu of sending a large group of our people to training classes. After doing so, the "help" requests for Excel went to absolute zero. Heck, I'm VP of IT and been working in spreadsheets since VisiCalc, and I picked up a couple of things.
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Summary: I must be a real dummie.
Review: The author knows what the reading public wants -- hands on experience from the get go. The theory and constructs are covered in the context of real-life needs. I withheld one "star" from the rating due to things that should have been explained and a couple (unforgiveable) typos.In contrast, the bk: "VBA For Dummies" (auth: Steve Cummings)doesn't seem to know where it is going. It flounders in "too much information" (details) that is not what I wanted or needed. You've heard of people who like to hear themselves talk, well this guy just like to see how many pages he can write and still leave his audience wondering what they just read. Incidently, both books are the same number of textual pagers: 370. The diffence is, I learned more in the first 10 pages of Walkenbach's book than I did in the first 200 pages of the latter.
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Summary: Get it! Got it? Good.
Review: The author knows what the reading public wants -- hands on experience from the get go. The theory and constructs are covered in the context of real-life needs. I withheld one "star" from the rating due to things that should have been explained and a couple (unforgiveable) typos. In contrast, the bk: "VBA For Dummies" (auth: Steve Cummings)doesn't seem to know where it is going. It flounders in "too much information" (details) that is not what I wanted or needed. You've heard of people who like to hear themselves talk, well this guy just like to see how many pages he can write and still leave his audience wondering what they just read. Incidently, both books are the same number of textual pagers: 370. The diffence is, I learned more in the first 10 pages of Walkenbach's book than I did in the first 200 pages of the latter.
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Summary: Good for Just Basics
Review: This book is fine if all you want to do is basic spreadsheets. If cutting, pasting, basic formatting, or creating VERY simple formulas is all you need to do then this book is fine. However, if you are trying to do anything more complicated forget using this book. For instance, the section on creating Macros wasn't very detailed. In addition, the book is completely missing any explanation of how to use the more complicated formula functions (there is no mention of how to do any of the statistical functions). Probably 80% of what an average user needs is in this book. But for anything beyond the basics, forget it; you'll need another reference.
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Summary: Excel made easy...
Review: This book not only took the mystery out of spreadsheets, but made me a spreadsheet junkie. I keep it by my desk for reference. A definite for people who want a quick start into the world of spreadsheets.
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