Excel 2016 For Dummies

Updated to reflect the latest changes to the Microsoft Office suite, this new edition of Excel For Dummies quickly and painlessly gets you up to speed on mastering the world's most widely used spreadsheet tool. Written by bestselling author Greg Harvey, it has been completely revised and updated to offer you the freshest and most current information to make using the latest version of Excel easy and stress-free.

If the thought of looking at spreadsheet makes your head swell, you've come to the right place. Whether you've used older versions of this popular program or have never gotten a headache from looking at all those grids, this hands-on guide will get you up and running with the latest installment of the software, Microsoft Excel 2016. In no time, you'll begin creating and editing worksheets, formatting cells, entering formulas, creating and editing charts, inserting graphs, designing database forms, and more. Plus, you'll get easy-to-follow guidance on mastering more advanced skills, like adding hyperlinks to worksheets, saving worksheets as web pages, adding worksheet data to an existing web page, and so much more.

• Save spreadsheets in the Cloud to work on them anywhere
• Use Excel 2016 on a desktop, laptop, or tablet
• Share spreadsheets via email, online meetings, and social media sites
• Analyze data with PivotTables

If you're new to Excel and want to spend more time on your actual work than figuring out how to make it work for you, this new edition of Excel 2016 For Dummies sets you up for success.

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with Excel 2016 9

CHAPTER 1: The Excel 2016 User Experience 11

CHAPTER 2: Creating a Spreadsheet from Scratch 41

Part 2: Editing without Tears 93

CHAPTER 3: Making It All Look Pretty 95

CHAPTER 4: Going Through Changes 145

CHAPTER 5: Printing the Masterpiece 177

Part 3: Getting Organized and Staying That Way 203

CHAPTER 6: Maintaining the Worksheet 205

CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Multiple Worksheets 233

Part 4: Digging Data Analysis 255

CHAPTER 8: Doing What-If Analysis 257

CHAPTER 9: Playing with Pivot Tables 271

Part 5: Life beyond the Spreadsheet 293

CHAPTER 10: Charming Charts and Gorgeous Graphics 295

CHAPTER 11: Getting on the Data List 331

CHAPTER 12: Linking, Automating, and Sharing Spreadsheets 355

Part 6: The Part of Tens 379

CHAPTER 13: Top Ten Beginner Basics 381

CHAPTER 14: The Ten Commandments of Excel 2016 385

CHAPTER 15: Top Ten Ways to Manage Your Data 387

CHAPTER 16: Top Ten Ways to Analyze Your Data 393

Index 397

Greg Harvey, PhD is the President of Mind Over Media. Greg wrote his first computer book more than twenty years ago and since that time, he has amassed a long list of bestselling titles including Excel All-In-One For Dummies (all editions) and Excel Workbook For Dummies (all editions).

• Use Excel on any Windows^® device
• Share worksheets on OneDrive^® with Skype for Business
• Present worksheets in online meetings

Play show and tell with your data

Whether you're starting from square one or updating your skills, this guide to Excel 2016 gets you up and running quickly. You'll easily get the hang of worksheets, formulas, graphs, formatting, and more as you explore this powerful application. Show off your data and maximize its potential!

Inside…

• Learn how to make changes to data
• Stay on top of the data in your spreadsheets
• Transfer data between different workbooks
• Track and organize information
• Create a chart using data in a worksheet