Hour 1. Getting Started

The highlights of this hour include the following:

What Excel can do for you
How to start Excel
How to use Excel's toolbars, menus, and dialog boxes
Where to find online help
The best ways to navigate Excel
How to exit Excel

In this hour, you'll start and exit Excel, get a tour of the Excel screen, examine Excel's components such as the toolbars, menus, dialog boxes, and task panes, explore online help, and navigate a workbook and worksheet.

Part I: Excel Basics

Hour 1. Getting Started

What Is Excel?

Planning Strategies for Excel Worksheets

Starting Excel

Looking at the Excel Screen

Working with Toolbars

Using Excel Menus and Dialog Boxes

Working with Dialog Boxes

Examining the Task Pane

Getting the Most Out of Help

Moving Within a Workbook

Summary

Q&A

Hour 2. Entering Data

Hour 3. Organizing Your Files

Hour 4. Managing Your Files and Workbooks

Hour 5. Letting Excel Do the Math

Hour 6. Using Excel Templates

Hour 7. Printing Your Workbook

Part IV: Advanced Excel Techniques

Part V: Creating and Using Databases in Excel

Part VI: At the Office and on the Internet/Intranet