Excel Basics In 30 Minutes (2nd Edition) by Ian Lamont

Excel Basics In 30 Minutes (2nd Edition) by Ian Lamont

Updated in 2018 Here's your chance to finally learn how to use Microsoft Excel In a single sitting, this quick and easy user guide will help you learn MS Excel basics, from navigating the home screen to working with formulas and charts. It's a great Excel tutorial that will help you in the office, at school, or even at home.

Excel Basics In 30 Minutes, 2nd Edition is written in plain English, with lots of step-by-step instructions and screenshots that demonstrate exactly what to do. This MS Excel tutorial references Excel 2016, but most of the step-by-step instructions apply to earlier versions of MS Excel released as part of the Microsoft Office and Office 365 suites, including Excel 2013 and Excel 2010. If you don't own Excel, the book explains how to use two free online spreadsheets programs: Excel Online and Google Sheets (part of the Google Drive online office suite). Instructions for the Excel mobile apps (Excel for iOS and Excel for Android) are included as well.

Topics include:

• Excel screen layout, cells, and terminology
• Excel 2016 vs. Excel Online vs. Google Sheets
• Basic Excel formatting
• AutoFill
• Excel formulas and functions
• How to make charts in Excel
• Sorting and filtering
• Collaboration and sharing
• Exporting PDF, CSV, and other forms
• Printing tips
• Excel import and export formats (PDF, .CSV, .TSV, text, etc.)

This is not an Excel bible, but rather a basic Excel tutorial and reference that answers the core questions that any new Excel user will have:

• What is a spreadsheet?
• What are cells?
• What is the button with the Greek letter for?
• How can Excel spreadsheets create basic financial projections?
• How can certain data in a worksheet be highlighted?
• How can data be alphabetized or ranked?
• How to edit a chart in Excel
• How to print an Excel spreadsheet without cutting off columns

The second edition of Excel Basics In 30 Minutes is up-to-date with new instructions and high-resolution screenshots of Excel 2016, Excel Online, and the new Google Sheets. It includes new sections about collaboration, OneDrive, and other features.

Ian Lamont is the president and founder of i30 Media Corp., which publishes the award-winning In 30 Minutes series of travel guides. He's also the author of the Lean Media framework, which can assist creatives and production teams in creating meaningful media. Lamont's career has spanned more than 25 years and three continents, including a time in the British music industry and a six-year stay in Taipei working for a local broadcaster and newspaper. After he returned to the United States, he worked for Harvard University and the technology publisher IDG, creating websites, online communities, and other digital products. He eventually became managing editor of The Industry Standard, where he received numerous honors from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) and Trade Association Business Publications International (TABPI) for online initiatives, creative use of the internet, and online features.












R In 2011, he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership, a full-time MBA program. Please visit www.LeanMedia.org for further details.