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Excel Annoyances How to Fix the Most Annoying Things about Your Favorite Spreadsheet

By Curtis Frye
December 2004
Pages: 256
Series: Annoyances
ISBN 10: 0-596-00728-0 | ISBN 13: 9780596007287

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Excel Annoyances addresses all of the quirks, bugs, and hidden features found in the various versions of the Excel spreadsheet program. Broken down into several easy-to-follow categories such as Entering Data, Formatting, Charting, and Printing, Excel Annoyances uncovers a goldmine of helpful nuggets that you can use to maximize Excel's seemingly limitless potential.
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It's the solution to almost all of your electronic organization needs. Need to present a detailed expense report? Try an Excel spreadsheet. Keeping track of a complicated budget? Excel to the rescue. Want to keep tabs on your office football pool? You guessed it. Thanks to its incredible versatility and power, Excel has emerged as more than just a mainstream program; it's now one of the most used applications on the planet. Everyone from run-of-the-mill PC users to leading financial analysts count on Excel to make sense of overflowing data. And to keep up with the overwhelming user demand, three different versions of Excel have hit the market since the debut of Excel 97: Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. Naturally, each version offers a new slate of next-generation upgrades--and, of course, operating bugs! At last, Excel users have some relief: Excel Annoyances emerged from the suggestions of numerous Excel users who've struggled with these irritating bugs over the years. Written in the popular Annoyances format, this latest O'Reilly helper addresses all of the quirks, bugs, inconsistencies, and hidden features found in each of the four versions. Chances are if someone, somewhere, found a certain step confusing, then it's addressed in Excel Annoyances. Author Curtis D. Frye breaks down the cavalcade of information into several tip-of-the-finger categories such as Entering Data, Formatting, Charting, Printing, and more. If you're one of the millions of people who use Excel, you're sure to find a goldmine of helpful nuggets that you can use to fix the program's most annoying traits. In the end, Excel Annoyances will help you to truly maximize Excel's seemingly limitless potential.

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First Edition: December 2004
Series: Annoyances
ISBN: 0-596-00728-0
Pages: 256

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"This book is made for those who have had one or more vexing problems with Excel. If that’s you, the answer can probably be found here and lots more besides... Most users never tap the full potential of Excel, and I’m no exception. I feel I am an expert, but I certainly learned a lot by reading this book and you will too, if you use Excel at all."
--George W. Harding, The Journal of The Tucson Computer Society, June 2005

"This is an outstanding book to learn time-saving shortcuts and speed your work. Many obscure procedures which are available in Excel are thoroughly explained. Get this book to increase your productivity."
--Ed Laskowski, The Vista PC Journal (Sierra Vista PC Users Group), March 2005

"I freely admit a secret foible: I love Excel. Curtis Frye (author of an Excel Pocket Guide I have found essential) has produced another gem for the Excel user: Excel Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things About Your Favorite Spreadsheet. Frye claims that the "the river of Excel annoyances runs deep and treacherous," and after years of battling its currents, I agree. This book has what you need to stay on course."
--Blogcritics.org, January 2005

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