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About Curtis Frye
Curtis Frye is the author of numerous books on Excel, Access, and privacy-enhancing technologies. Microsoft Excel 2010 Step By Step is consistently among the best-selling Excel books. He has also created over a dozen online training courses for lynda.com. Before beginning his writing career in 1995, Curt spent four years with The MITRE Corporation as a defense trade analyst. When not writing, Curt is a popular conference speaker, corporate entertainer, and professional improvisational comedian with ComedySportz Portland.
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This is learning made easy. Get productive fast with OneNote and jump in wherever you need answers. Brisk lessons and colorful screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step--and practice files help you build your skills.
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Get the guide that makes learning Microsoft Access 2010 plain and simple! This full color, no-nonsense book shows you the quickest ways to build a database and sort information, using easy-to-follow steps and concise, straightforward language. You'll learn how out-of-the-box templates and reusable components make Access 2010 a fast and simple database solution.
Here's WHAT you'll learn:
- Design and build your own database quickly
- Use Access forms to collect information with ease
- Create and modify tables to organize your data
- Store files such as documents and images
- Exchange data with other databases and documents
- Bring your data alive with colorful reports
- Jump in whenever you need answers
- Easy-to-follow STEPS and SCREENSHOTS show exactly what to do
- Handy TIPS teach new techniques and shortcuts
- Quick TRY THIS! exercises help apply what you learn right away
Now in full color!
The quick way to learn Microsoft Excel 2016!
This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Excel 2016. Jump in wherever you need answers--brisk lessons and full-color screen shots show you exactly what to do, step by step.
- Quickly set up workbooks, enter data, and format it for easier viewing
- Perform calculations and find and correct errors
- Filter, sort, summarize, and combine data
- Analyze data by using PivotTables, PivotCharts, scenarios, data tables, and Solver
- Visualize data with charts and graphs, including new sunbursts, waterfalls, and treemaps
- Build data models and use them in business intelligence analyses
- Create timelines, forecasts, and visualizations, including KPIs and PowerMap data maps
- Look up just the tasks and lessons you need
This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Office 2019. Jump in wherever you need answers - brisk lessons and colorful screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step.
- Covers Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Format Word documents for maximum visual impact
- Build powerful, reliable Excel workbooks for analysis and reporting
- Prepare highly effective PowerPoint presentations
- Use Outlook to organize your email, calendar, and contacts
- Includes downloadable practice files
The quick way to learn Microsoft Excel 2019!
This is learning made easy. Get more done quickly with Microsoft Excel 2019. Jump in wherever you need answers–brisk lessons and detailed screenshots show you exactly what to do, step by step.
- Quickly set up workbooks, enter data, and format it for easier viewing
- Perform calculations and find and correct errors
- Create sophisticated forecast worksheets, key performance indicators (KPIs), and timelines
- Visualize data with 3D maps, funnel charts, and other powerful tools
- Import, process, summarize, and analyze huge datasets with Excel’s improved PowerPivot and Power Query
- Build powerful data models and use them in business intelligence
- Look up just the tasks and lessons you need
The smart way to learn Excel 2013—one step at a time!
Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself how to manage, analyze, and present data with Excel 2013. With Step by Step, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you them! Includes downloadable practice files and companion eBook.
Discover how to:
- Work with Excel 2013 in touch mode
- Write formulas, create macros, and organize data
- Present data visually and add images to worksheets
- Consolidate multiple sets of data into a single workbook
- Analyze data using the Quick Analysis Lens
- Collaborate with colleagues and present workbooks online
As he notes in the preface:
After reading this book, you will be better prepared to take on challenges in the personal and business facets of your life. As you gain skill and confidence, you will apply these principles effectively and learn even more as you go.
Frye starts by describing how performers prepare to improv; play characters; listen, process, and react to offers made during a scene; play the games within the games; build an effective team; and create and evaluate improv performances. Along the way, he describes specific ways you can apply these techniques to business and life. At the end of the book, you’ll find an Appendix with a series of improv games you can play to help energize your groups.
“Curt Frye’s book Improspectives takes his knowledge and experience in the world of stage improvisation and brings it to the business world in a simple and easy to implement way. There is no doubt that I will use his processes in my own business – starting now!”
-- Scott Deming, author of The Brand Who Cried Wolf
“Curt provides a fresh, eye-opening, and practical
explanation of how improv techniques and concepts can have a tremendous impact on your team and business.”
-- Michael Spremulli, CEO, The Chrysalis Corporation
Moving to Excel 2007 is not a routine upgrade. Microsoft's radical redesign of the application's user interface has led to confusion among many who people who have relied on Excel for years. Our new edition of the Excel 2007 Pocket Guide has been written from the ground up to help newcomers and longtime users alike find their way around without getting lost.
With this book in hand, you'll be able to find your favorite Excel tools quickly. It's packed with information to guide beginners through the basics of creating spreadsheets and entering data, while providing advanced users with information on formulas, pivot tables, and more. Inside, you'll find:
- A visual guide to the new "Ribbon" interface that helps users find familiar tools
- A section designed to give beginners enough information to dive right in and start creating rich Excel workbooks immediately
- Quick answers about how to perform specific tasks in Excel, such as working with files, editing data, formatting, summarizing and displaying data
- Convenient techniques for connecting data across worksheets and projects
- Help for moving from the basics of spreadsheet construction to more advanced features
Don't let Excel 2007 baffle you. Pick up this convenient pocket guide and learn to navigate this redesigned application with ease.
Get the guide that makes learning Microsoft Excel plain and simple! This full color, no-nonsense book shows you the quickest ways to solve a problem or learn a skill, using easy-to-follow steps and concise, straightforward language. You'll analyze, manage, and share information in more ways than ever before.
Here’s WHAT You’ll Learn
- Manage your data quickly and efficiently
- Filter, sort, summarize, and crunch your numbers
- Use formulas and functions to do the heavy lifting
- Bring data to life with charts and graphics
- Share data between Microsoft Office documents
- Work as a team, online and in the cloud
Here’s HOW You’ll Learn It
- Jump in wherever you need answers
- Follow easy STEPS and SCREENSHOTS to see exactly what to do
- Get handy TIPS for new techniques and shortcuts
- Use TRY THIS! exercises to apply what you learn right away
Get the guide that makes learning Microsoft Excel 2010 plain and simple! This full color, no-nonsense book shows you the quickest ways to solve a problem or learn a skill, using easy-to-follow steps and concise, straightforward language. You'll analyze, manage, and share information in more ways than ever before.
Here's WHAT you'll learn:
- Manage your financial data and personal expenses
- Get started quickly with prebuilt templates
- Create formulas and functions to do the hard work
- Sort, filter, update, and copy your data
- Use charts and graphics to bring data to life
- Collaborate with colleagues by sharing spreadsheets online
Here's HOW you'll learn it:
- Jump in whenever you need answers
- Easy-to-follow STEPS and SCREENSHOTS show exactly what to do
- Handy TIPS teach new techniques and shortcuts
- Quick TRY THIS! exercises help apply what you learn right away
Experience learning made easy-and quickly teach yourself how to organize, analyze, and present data with Excel 2010. With STEP BY STEP, you set the pace-building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Topics include creating formulas, calculating values, and analyzing data; presenting information visually with graphics, charts, and diagrams; building PivotTable dynamic views; using the new Excel Web App; reusing information from databases and other documents; creating macros to automate repetitive tasks and simplify your work; and other core topics.
Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself how to organize, analyze, and present data with Excel 2007. With Step By Step, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!
- Create formulas, calculate values, and analyze data
- Present information visually with graphics, charts, and diagrams
- Build PivotTable dynamic views—even easier with new data tables
- Reuse information from databases and other documents
- Share spreadsheets for review and manage changes
- Create macros to automate repetitive tasks and simplify your work
Your all-in-one learning experience includes:
- Files for building skills and practicing the book’s lessons
- Fully searchable eBook
- Bonus quick reference to the Ribbon, the new Microsoft Office interface
- Windows Vista Product Guide eReference—plus other resources on CD
For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.