| You’ll notice some changes as soon as you start Microsoft Excel 2003. The toolbars and menu bar have a new look, and there are some new task panes available on the right side of your screen. But the features that are new or greatly improved in this version of Excel go beyond just changes in appearance. Some changes won’t be apparent to you until you start using the program.
To help you quickly identify features that are new or greatly enhanced with this ver- sion, this book uses the icon in the margin whenever new features are discussed or shown. If you want to learn about only the new features of the program, you can skim through the book, completing only those topics that show this icon. The following table lists the new features that you might be interested in, as well as the chapters in which those features are discussed.
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About the Author Curtis Frye is the author of Microsoft Excel Version 2002 Step by Step, Microsoft Excel Version 2002 Plain & Simple, several books on Microsoft Access, and Faster Smarter Home Networking. He has also written three online courses for DigitalThink (Excel 2000: Data Formatting and Customization, Excel 2000: Data Analysis and Dissemination, and Advanced Database Design) and ActiveEducation's Introduction to ASP. Before beginning his writing career in 1995, Curt spent four years with The MITRE Corporation as a defense trade analyst and one year as Director of Sales and Marketing for Digital Gateway Systems, an Internet Service Provider. When not writing Curt is a professional improvisational comedian with ComedySportz. |