McFedries - Excel data analysis your visual blueprint for analyzing data, charts, and PivotTables

Excel Data Analysis: Your visual blueprint for analyzing data, charts, and PivotTables, 4th Edition

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ISBN: 978-1-118-51714-7

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Credits

Executive Editor

Jody Lefevere

Project Editor

Jade L. Williams

Technical Editor

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Copy Editor

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About the Author

Paul McFedries is a full-time technical writer. He has been authoring computer books since 1991 and has more than 80 books to his credit, including Teach Yourself VISUALLY Excel 2013 , Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows 8 , Windows 8 Visual Quick Tips , The Facebook Guide for People Over 50 , iPhone 5 Portable Genius , and iPad 4th Generation and iPad mini Portable Genius, all available from Wiley. Pauls books have sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. Paul is also the proprietor of Word Spy ( http://www.wordspy.com ), a website that tracks new words and phrases as they enter the English language. Paul invites you to drop by his personal website at www.mcfedries.com , or you can follow him on Twitter @paulmcf and @wordspy.

Authors Acknowledgments

It goes without saying that writers focus on text and I certainly enjoyed focusing on the text that you will read in this book. However, this book is more than just the usual collection of words and phrases designed to educate and stimulate the mind. A quick thumb through the pages will show you that this book is also chock full of treats for the eye, including copious screen shots, meticulous layouts, and sharp fonts. Those sure make for a beautiful book and that beauty comes from a lot of hard work by Wileys immensely talented group of designers and layout artists.

They are all listed in the Credits section on the previous page, and I thank them for creating another gem. Of course, what you read in this book must also be accurate, logically presented, and free of errors. Ensuring all this was an excellent group of editors that I got to work with directly, including project editor Jade Williams, copy editor Marylouise Wiack, and technical editor Namir Shammas. Thanks to all of you for your exceptional competence and hard work. Thanks, as well, to Wiley Executive Editor Jody Lefevere for asking me to write this book.

How to Use This Visual Blueprint Book

Who This Book Is For

This book is for advanced computer users who want to take their knowledge of this particular technology or software application to the next level.

The Conventions in This Book

Steps

This book uses a step-by-step format to guide you easily through each task. Numbered steps are actions you must do; bulleted steps clarify a point, step, or optional feature; and indented steps give you the result.

Notes

Notes give additional information special conditions that may occur during an operation, a situation that you want to avoid, or a cross reference to a related area of the book.