This book is very, very different to any other Kindle book you have ever read. You'll notice the first difference as soon as you open it because it is published in Amazon's new Print Replica format. This full-color format preserves the beautifully crafted, rich graphical layout of each page.
The Smart Method provides an entirely new, easier and better way to learn Excel 2016. Here are just four of the many ways in which this book is unique:
- The book will equip you with excellent Excel 2016 skills, good enough to impress any employer, but it doesn’t confuse by attempting to teach skills that are not common in the workplace. Only users who have advanced requirements need progress to the Expert Skills book.
- Instruction is logically structured into sessions and lessons. While this makes the book ideal for self-instruction, you can also use it to run your own, highly effective, adult training courses.
- Every lesson is presented on two pages. You can complete each self-contained lesson in a few minutes.
- Each lesson has a sample file that models a real-world business problem.
The advanced teaching method used in this book will enable you to master Excel in a fraction of the time needed when learning from conventional text books. You’ll immediately appreciate the value and relevance of each skill as it is taught. Both IT professionals and absolute beginners will love this book because it avoids needless technical jargon and concisely explains everything you need in a simple and no-nonsense way.
Amongst other things you'll learn how to:
- Create stunning, professional, presentation-quality charts
- Use the Themes feature to create visually excellent worksheets
- Use Flash Fill to split, concatenate and format text and date values
- Use Cloud Computing features to share data
- Use the Versions feature to recover lost data
- Use AutoFill to create textual and numeric series
- Hide and show rows, columns and entire worksheets
- Create your own formulas
- Use Excel functions the professional way using Formula AutoComplete
- Understand absolute, relative and mixed cell references
- Create cross-worksheet formulas
- Add trend lines and moving averages to charts to forecast future values from non-cyclical data
- Use Forecast Sheets to forecast future values from cyclical data
- Use Sparklines to visually represent large data sets
- Bring your data alive with Visualizations
- Create custom conditional formatting rules with the Rules Manager
- Streamline your work by creating your own custom templates
- Create both textual and graphical cell comments
Companies who have taken Smart Method courses include:
AOL Time Warner, The United States Army, Daimler Chrysler, Motorola, HSBC, Barclays, American Express, Allied Irish Banks, Imperial Tobacco, Volvo, The BBC, British Petroleum, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Unilever, The Institute of Chartered Accountants, The Ministry of Defence, Keele University, Deutsche Bank, HBOS, Transport For London, The Performing Rights Society, Scottish Power, The Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, BAE Systems, RBS, Marks & Spencer, Virgin, O2, BMW... and many, many others.
