Mastering Spreadsheets
Published on 18. August 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-333-47229-3 (ISBN)
Description
An introductory guide designed to give students a practical understanding of spreadsheets. This step-by-step guide ranges from loading the program, discussing its facilities and applications, to an assessment of ten popular spreadsheet packages.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
250 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-47229-3 (9780333472293)
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Content
Introduction: introducing the personal computer; printers and plotters; looking at the operating system; installing a spreadsheet program; keeping track of files. Part 1 Basic spreadsheet concepts: loading your spreadsheet program; moving about your spreadsheet; types of spreadsheet entries; spreadsheet commands; creating a simple spreadsheet; saving and printing. Part 2 Coming to terms: formulas; formatting; inserting new rows and columns; protecting and hiding cells; copying and moving; table lookup; titles; windows; recalculation; circular references; database applications; logical expressions; macro files; sorting; dates. Part 3: graphs and charts. Part 4 Integrated packages: spreadsheets, wordprocessors and databases; importing and exporting spreadsheets. Part 5 How to do: a cashflow and price list; stock records; linking records; invoices; decision making; statistics; mathematics. Part 6 Extras: printing sideways; using Lotus HAL. Part 7 Ten popular spreadsheet programs: Visicalc; SuperCalc (Vers 1,2,3,4); Lotus 1-2-3; Perfect Calc II; Multiplan; Boeing Calc; Quattro; Logistix; Ability Plus; Excel.