Excel 2003 Bible [With CDROM]

by John Walkenbach

The most comprehensive guidebook available on the most popular spreadsheet program, fully updated to include all-new "X" features Written by the leading Excel guru known as "Mr. Spreadsheet," John... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764539671
• ISBN13: 9780764539671
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 897 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Glad I accidently bought it.

I meant to buy a VBA and a formula book, but bought the Bible instead. What the heck I thought, I bought it, so I'll read it. I got the books to learn more about VBA programs because I have no experience. It taught me many many neat things about excel even though I've been using excel for more than 5 years and continually show my coworkers how to do their work faster and better in Excel. Now I've been showing people about named ranges and arrays. Oh about that formula book, I haven't even touched it because this was the one I really needed. The book is written well and even the really complicated portions only took a few read throughs. I have scores of pages dogeared because of all the things that Excel can do that I never knew.

Great introductory through advanced guide to Excel

Prior to owning this book, I was fairly experienced with Excel, using techniques that I had either taught myself or picked up from friends. I am working as an intern this summer at a big company, and I knew that Excel and I were going to be spending a lot of time together so I decided to get a book to really learn the ins and outs of the program. Well, this book showed me just that; I learned new subtleties for topics I considered basic (formatting, basic formulas, etc.), and things I didn't even know Excel could do (arrays, pivot tables,...). The book does a great job (most of the time) of explaining the the topics presented, and it includes a CD containing example worksheets that you can work through to see exactly what how everything comes together. One thing that this book does not do comprehensively is VBA, which the author acknowledges. It gives a basic overview of how to write fairly basic macros, but the author has a separate book that really gets into the meat of VBA in Excel. All in all, a great book, I reference it almost every day at work.

Exceptional Guide for Advanced and Simple Applications

I usually avoid books about Microsoft software because I can usually muddle through and figure out what I want to do. If in doubt, I seek out a twelve-year-old who knows the answers. But this week I had a desire to create a unique chart for a client, and decided to see if Excel would help me make the chart. I had the good fortune to run across Excel 2003 Bible at the library, and took it home to skim. Within 45 minutes I had all the answers to my questions, and found a way to create a better chart than I had originally planned to make. That was well worth my time. I'm sure that I would never have found the alternatives on my own that the book pointed me to.Intrigued by the help I got, I went back and read the simple sections as well. I was impressed by how thorough all of the material is. You are given many different ways to accomplish the same task, along with the pros and cons of why to go one way versus another. I also appreciated the many graphics in the book to show what the screens look like. The book is also backed up with a CD to run simulations and a web site where you can get more help. If you think you may ever want to do advanced applications of Excel, I strongly encourage you to read this book. I particularly liked the charting and analysis sections.As I finished this book, I realized that I usually employ Excel to get tasks done faster . . . and hadn't given much thought to how to complete them better. I suspect that much data could be made more usable and valuable for me and others if I think about how to employ all of Excel's tools in advance.

Top Quality Material

Purchased the Excel 2003 Bible to brush up on my spreadsheet skills. It covers everything from the basics to advanced in an easy to read format which is easy to understand. Also comes with an eBook on CD that I have used more than the paperback. Quick information at the click of the mouse. Superb.

Walkenbach show you how to make the most out of Excel!

Walkenbach's Web site is awesome (http://j-walk.com/ss/)...you should check it out! But I still find just about every one of his Excel books too valuable to pass up. This one is perfect...but I also love Excel 2003 Formulas. Office 2003's XML capabilities really intrigued me, and the Excel 2003 Bible didn't disappoint in helping me find out what this mean for me and my business. Walkenbach just shows how to make the most out of Excel more than any author I've been able to find.