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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

Excel Data Analysis: Your visual blueprint for creating and Courier Font
analyzing data, charts, and PivotTables uses simple, Indicates the use of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
straightforward examples to teach you how to create code such as tags or attributes, scripting language code
powerful and dynamic programs.
such as statements, operators, or functions, and Excel
To get the most out of this book, you should read each Object Model code such as objects, methods, or
chapter in order, from beginning to end. Each chapter properties.
introduces new ideas and builds on the knowledge
learned in previous chapters. When you become familiar
with Excel Data Analysis: Your visual blueprint for creating Bold
and analyzing data, charts, and PivotTables, you can use
this book as an informative desktop reference. Indicates information that you must type.

Who This Book is For Italics
If you are interested in creating worksheets that analyze Indicates a new term.
your data so that you can accurately interpret results,
Excel Data Analysis: Your visual blueprint for creating and
analyzing data, charts, and PivotTables is the book for you.
This book is geared toward someone who is just learning
the skills necessary to become a data analyst. It is also ideal
for the data analyst who wants to learn more advanced An Apply It section usually contains a segment of code
analysis techniques. An intermediate to advanced that takes the lesson you just learned one step further.
experience with the Microsoft Windows operating Apply It sections offer inside information and pointers
system and Microsoft Excel is required. that you can use to enhance the functionality of your
code.
What You Need to Use This Book
To perform the tasks in this book, you need a computer
with Microsoft Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, or XP An Extra section provides additional information about the
installed, as well as Microsoft Excel 2000 or 2002. You do task you just accomplished. Extra sections often contain
not require any special development tools, because all the interesting tips and useful tricks to make working with
tools are part of Excel. Excel macros easier and more efficient.

The Conventions in This Book The Organization of This Book
A number of typographic and layout styles have been used Excel Data Analysis: Your visual blueprint for creating
throughout Excel Data Analysis: Your visual blueprint for and analyzing data, charts, and PivotTables contains 11
creating and analyzing data, charts, and PivotTables to chapters and five appendices.
distinguish different types of information.

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