Excel Formulas and Functions For Dummies 3rd Edition by Ken Bluttman (PDF)

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Learn to use Excel for practical, day-to-day calculationsExcel is a powerful program with more than 300 built-in functions that can be used to perform an almost infinite number of calculations. This friendly book shows you how to use the 150 most valuable ones in real-world situations: to compare the cost of buying vs. leasing a car, calculate classroom grades, or evaluate investment performance, for example. Another 85 specialized functions are also described. Detailed, step-by-step instructions help you understand how functions work within formulas and how you can use them to solve everyday problems.Excel is a complex tool, making it a perfect subject for the straightforward, plain-English approach of this bookFormulas and functions are explained in classic For Dummies fashion, with examples of how to apply the 150 most commonly used functions in real-world situationsDiscover how to use Excel to compare the cost of 15 and 30-year mortgages, decide whether to buy or lease a car, calculate the actual cost of credit card purchases, forecast college expenses, design a database for your own use, and much moreServes as an excellent resource for all versions of Excel, including the latest version 2013Excel Formulas and Functions For Dummies, 3rd Edition helps you put the power of Excel to work in your daily life.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Learn to:Use functions and understand how they work within a formulaTake advantage of 150 built-in Excel functionsEvaluate investment performance or forecast college expensesCompare 15- versus 30-year mortgage ratesGot numbers to crunch? Master Excel’s formulas and functions and put its power to workDon’t be intimidated by Excel! Functions and formulas are its secret weapon, and this friendly guide helps you make sense of them. You’ll unlock the mysteries of arrays, discover what goes into a function, understand predictions and probability, analyze data, learn to calculate important things like interest payments and depreciation, and much more!Begin with the basics — first, get a clear understanding of workbooks and worksheets, cells, ranges, and tablesFormula for success — learn the proper way to enter a formula, how to include functions, and how to catch and correct errorsDo the math — calculate payments, interest rates, how long it will take to pay off a loan, and cost/revenue comparisonsStatistics, STAT — understand mean, median, and mode, and use the functions for calculating varianceNo crystal ball needed — examine predictions and probabilities and how to forecast trendsFun with functions — find things using lookup, logical, and reference functions, and get information with the CELL functionMake a date with data — work with database functions, fine-tune criteria, and perform database calculationsOpen the book and find:Function tools that make life easierTips on taming errorsHow Excel handles moneyData analysis techniquesAll about dates and time in ExcelHow to handle textSeveral ways to SUM things upThe top ten functions you really should know About the Author Ken Bluttman is a veteran software developer specializing in developing web applications and VB/VBA-based applications. He has written several books and articles on Office/VBA development, XML, and SQL Server, and was coauthor of two previous editions of Excel Formulas and Functions For Dummies.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Dummies books are, and always have been my go-to resources for all things Microsoft Office. They are written in a very direct, and often humorous manner, and contain numerous “screen shots”. This Dummies book will eliminate the need to take costly classes.I’m a pretty advanced at Excel, and use it quite a bit in my line of work, which is Business Intelligence. This book contains all the advanced formulas and functions to take my spreadsheets to the next level. I keep it on hand in my office to refer to.

⭐Only had this for a little while. Bit of a hard read unless you are sitting in front of your computer and working what they say then you may not get a good understanding of the process.

⭐Great if you have an application in mind and want to know what formulas to use to get the result you want. Step by step instructions are easy to follow.

⭐I’m sorry, I never give one star ratings but this book was disappointing. It is basic, basic only. If you already know how to SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, SUMIF and COUNTIF, there is very little more to interest you here. Even the cheat sheet that is on the dummies.com web site has only 19 functions listed and again, only the most basic ones. Perhaps I expected an encyclopedia, but this falls far short of anything like that. I did, however, find a different outstanding book on formulas and functions. My advice is shop around and read the reviews to get what you want.

⭐Quick delivery. I love the “for dummies” brand. Great price. Highly recommended.

⭐This is a very helpful book. I really needed it. worth the buy.

⭐Not for coffee table reading but excellent for Excel users who are not well versed in functions and formulas. Step-by-step instruction is very good.

⭐Great book. Wonderful reference given its organization and comprehensive coverage of the functions of Excel. I keep this book handy whenever I start a new Excel project!

⭐Excel formulas did seem very complicated to me (I’ve never loved maths!!!) but once you understand the basics of it, you can’t stop trying new formulas!

⭐Great

⭐Perfect for work and home – one of the best aide memoires I have used. Thanks this is making excel much easier to use

⭐Brilliant for absolute beginners. Difficulty is when you have followed all the instructions and your formulas still don’t work!!

⭐Bit hard to understand, but will get used to it

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