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  • 30-09-2010 8:57pm
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    rowa
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    i have gone into year three in a manufacturing engineering honours degree course and have been thrown in the deep end as far as using microsoft excel is concerned , can anyone recommend a good book for getting me up to speed using excel for engineering applications ?
    i have a copy of a book from the library called "excel scientific and engineering cookbook" problem is it covers excel 2003 and i have to use 2007/10 .


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    alex73
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    GOOGLE EXCEL 2010 FORMULAS and there is a good book and CD.


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    coffeenut
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    alex73 wrote: »
    GOOGLE EXCEL 2010 FORMULAS and there is a good book and CD.

    google is my BFF for excel and VBA :D type in what you want to do and google will give you a ton of forums where somebody else has asked the same Q before


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    bnt
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    I would also recommend just playing around with Excel to be sure you have a solid grasp of the basic features. I've seen people trying to get stuff done with Excel who don't know how to lock references with $ signs, for example, or don't know what Named Ranges do, or how to draw trend lines on charts. It's a very powerful and flexible tool if you know how to use it.

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    Also, the MS support forums, while a nightmare to actually find, are seriously handy when working with excel

    heres a link

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/default.aspx#tab=4


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    rowa
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    thanks for the help , i visited the big book sellers in dublin cc this morning , and none of them had anything worth bothering with , easons , waterstones and the top floor in hodges figgis, thought the assistant was very helpful in the last one , anything in the libraries is out of date (2003).


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    2011
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    Rowa, remember me?

    I use Excel all the time at work. Perhaps I can help. Everything that I know about Excel I learnt from being shown, I find it hard to learn from a book (perhaps you are different?). If you want to drop in to me I will help you. I lost you number! PM it to me or ring me.


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    who_am_I?
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    From an excel formula perspective Excel 2003 is 99% similar to Excel 2007, only the look and feel has changed since since excel 2.0.
    BTW Get used to the deep end if you intend to work in manufacturing.


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    Timmaay
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    I'd tend to agree with the above, I just google whatever I'm stuck on and you will find an ans quick enough. If you say you have been thrown in the deep end of excel I take it you regularly use macros and vba, its very useful to have some knowledge of computer programing for vb, in terms of keep on top of your code, minimizing the number of loops etc. Here is where book on basic programing will help you definitely.


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