Exploring Microsoft Office Excel 2010: Comprehensive

by Robert T. Grauer, Mary Anne Poatsy, Keith Mulbery

For introductory computer courses on Microsoft Office 2010 or courses in computer concepts with a lab component for Microsoft Office 2010 applications. The goal of the "Exploring" series has been to move students beyond the point and click, helping them understand the why and how behind each skill. The "Exploring "series for Office 2010 also enables students to extend the learning beyond the classroom. Students go to college now with a different set of skills than they did five years ago. With this in mind, the "Exploring" series seeks to move students beyond the basics of the software at a faster pace, without sacrificing coverage of the fundamental skills that everybody needs to know. A lot of learning takes place outside of the classroom, and the "Exploring "series provides learning tools that students can access anytime, anywhere.The goal of the "Exploring" series has been to move students beyond the point and click, helping them understand the why and how behind each skill.

646 pages, Spiral-bound

First published November 22, 2010

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was presented in a very clear and relatively easy-to-follow format. The exercises were quite comprehensive and really took you through all the different features of Excel 2010. My classmates and I did find it a bit difficult to follow sometimes, as the book doesn't show screenshots for some steps where it would be helpful. Sometimes the book describes where to click (status bar, menu bar, etc) but all those terms regarding the "anatomy" of the Excel workspace are so easy to confuse that it was sometimes hard to determine where we were really supposed to click.
Other than that, though - the reading and the exercises combined well to give a great overview.

[Salimah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This manual of a textbook explains, fairly well in laymen's terms, the interworkings and functions of Excel. It covers the bare bones of the program while getting meaty on many practice exercises throughout (which is probably the best feature of this textbook). Overall, I could understand the vernacular, but according to my instructor, some of the exercises were flawed. Nonetheless, I recommend this textbook to all who want to know more about Excel or want to freshen up their skills.