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This icon indicates that the file referred to in an exercise or some part of it is supplied
to you on the CD-ROM that comes with this workbook.

This icon indicates a tidbit that, if retained, can make your work somewhat easier
in Excel.

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trouble in your spreadsheet.

Where to Go from Here

This workbook is constructed such that you don’t have to start working through the
exercises in Chapter 1 and end with those in Chapter 23. That being said, it is still to
your benefit to complete all the exercises within a particular chapter, if not in a single
work session, at least in a short time period.

If you’re a real newbie to Excel and have no experience with the program, I urge you to
complete the exercises in Part I, Chapters 1 through 4, before you take off in your own
direction. The exercises in this part are truly fundamental and are meant to give you a
strong foundation in the basic features that all Excel users need to know.

Please keep in mind that I designed the exercises in this workbook to work with my
Excel companion books, Excel For Dummies and Excel All-In-One Desk Reference For
Dummies (published by Wiley). They can therefore provide you with additional infor-
mation about the Excel features you’re using either at the time you go through the
workbook exercises or afterward. To facilitate this crossover usage, I have, wherever
possible, used the same example files in the exercises of this workbook as you see
illustrated and explained at length in these references.

Whatever you do next and wherever you go in this workbook, just be sure that you
enjoy yourself!