Excel 2002: The Complete Reference

Rating:
Summary: Great for those who don't need to learn "cut and paste"
Review: Many of these books start from the cut and past beginnings. This book assumes that the user has some knowlege of windows and doesn't waste time with the absolute basics. You can immediatly jump right in and start building your understanding of Excel.
The layout is easy to follow but it does have a tendancy to refer to terms that are covered in future chapters which can make things confusing until you cover that info later on. The section on functions and arrays also deals with many examples that should be more clearly explained, especially when dealing with mathematical terms and equations that may not be as familiar to some users!! A CD would have been nice to give the user a chance to go "hands-on" where most of the real learning takes place.
Overall I would recommend this book to those seeking a more comprehensive understanding of Excel. It's easy to read (which speaks volumes in this category!!) and keeps the user interested and plugging away instead of frustrated and putting the book away on a shelf collecting dust.

Rating:
Summary: Unclear explanation, not easy to follow up with authors idea
Review: Multiple mistakes make it hard to understand what author tries to explain. Examples presented in this book are very poor. Compare to additional books I have I would not recommend this one to buy for those who seeking a more comprehensive understanding of Excel.