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Summary: Book Not Easy to Use
Review: I have been using Special Edition books for years in my computer teaching. I was very dissatisfied with this edition and won't use it for my next class.
For example:
Numerous tables enumerate methods of navigating in a presentation, keyboard shortcuts. The header row on each table is incomplete. The titles on the header rows contain just a few letters, leaving the reader guessing at what the author means.
Instead of directing the reader to a specific page as the prior version's book did, we are left with see chapter so and so.
Organization Charts are barely covered, instead they are lumped in with other types of charts. Very skimpy directions.
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Summary: Very poorly written, "assembly line" book
Review: I have found other books in the Que Special Edition series to be very useful. This one has thorough coverage of the topic, but is extremely poorly written. The author's careless use of terminology, poor choice of examples, and lack of clear definitions and explanations makes what should be fairly simple subjects very difficult.I was hoping to use excerpts from this book to supplement the text in a class I am teaching, but it is completely unsuitable. I am very disappointed that the editors at Que did not do any kind of quality control on this. I guess they are just concerned with getting books on the hot topics cranked out. I will hesitate to buy any Que Special Edition book after this experience.
Rating:
Summary: Very poorly written, "assembly line" book
Review: I have found other books in the Que Special Edition series to be very useful. This one has thorough coverage of the topic, but is extremely poorly written. The author's careless use of terminology, poor choice of examples, and lack of clear definitions and explanations makes what should be fairly simple subjects very difficult. I was hoping to use excerpts from this book to supplement the text in a class I am teaching, but it is completely unsuitable. I am very disappointed that the editors at Que did not do any kind of quality control on this. I guess they are just concerned with getting books on the hot topics cranked out. I will hesitate to buy any Que Special Edition book after this experience.
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Summary: A great reference for Excel
Review: I've purchased a library of guides for different applications over the past two years and I now own 2 Special Edition Books... If you want to go to the next level with Excel this is the book. It has detailed function, chart, and list management coverage and is worth checking out... A great book.. Thanks
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Summary: A great reference for Excel
Review: I've purchased a library of guides for different applications over the past two years and I now own 2 Special Edition Books... If you want to go to the next level with Excel this is the book. It has detailed function, chart, and list management coverage and is worth checking out... A great book.. Thanks
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Summary: Outstanding Reference With Examples..
Review: Outstanding resource for functions, charts, and data management. I work in a large organization where data management is key. The 10+ chapters on functions with examples are extremely helpful... We also have presentations on a monthly basis and the chart examples and chapters are analyst quality.. A great help and would strongly recommend. I've been able to generate one chart that actually is tied into all of our data so I can generate any report via a drop down menu... A great time saver...
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Summary: Outstanding Reference With Examples..
Review: Outstanding resource for functions, charts, and data management. I work in a large organization where data management is key. The 10+ chapters on functions with examples are extremely helpful... We also have presentations on a monthly basis and the chart examples and chapters are analyst quality.. A great help and would strongly recommend. I've been able to generate one chart that actually is tied into all of our data so I can generate any report via a drop down menu... A great time saver...
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Summary: Worth the investment
Review: Special Editions's Using Microsoft Excel 2002 by Patrick Blattner is well worth the investment. Working in marketing, I need to know how to use Excel. When I have questions, I need to be able to find the answers quickly and easily. This book is easy-to-use, thorough, and provides examples with descriptive text and screen shots depicting what I want to do, such as filling in a series, creating a spreadsheet with grouped data, and creating customized functions, in a business scenario.
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Summary: Worth the investment
Review: Special Editions's Using Microsoft Excel 2002 by Patrick Blattner is well worth the investment. Working in marketing, I need to know how to use Excel. When I have questions, I need to be able to find the answers quickly and easily. This book is easy-to-use, thorough, and provides examples with descriptive text and screen shots depicting what I want to do, such as filling in a series, creating a spreadsheet with grouped data, and creating customized functions, in a business scenario.
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Summary: Excellent Book for Intermediate Users!
Review: This book is a great reference and excellent starting point for users that would like to be at an intermediate level. Blattner does a good job with formulas/functions, pivots, formatting, etc. He also threw in a few good tips. It would be nice if QUE would cover more VBA. They touch on it a bit with macros, but do not include the Object references. I have always enjoyed the Special Edition QUE books and highly recommend them for beginner / intermediate users.
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