The IT Girl's Guide to Becoming an Excel Diva

The IT Girl's Guide to Becoming an Excel Diva, 9780470149164 (0470149167), John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Apply Excel daily and smooth out life's wrinkles

Who knew a spreadsheet could do as much for you as your favorite moisturizer? Become a Microsoft Excel Diva with this sassy guide and discover what hip IT Girls already know: smart is beautiful. Impress the heck out of everyone at work with your stylish reports. Do a budget and see exactly what you can spend on shoes. Get better organized. Who has time for dull technical manuals? Learn all of Microsoft Excel's secrets in this girl-talk guide.

Welcome to the party!

Relax, refresh, and reward yourself at the end of each chapter with fun, stress-reducing chats, like why soy Chai lattes are better than regular lattes. Don't miss these gems!

Meet Microsoft® Excel® 2007, the Louis Vuitton of spreadsheets
Join the conversation with these basic Excel terms
Learn the fine art of Excel formulas and functions
Dress up Excel data with SmartArt, WordArt, and other chic accessories
Build a shopping spree budget from scratch
Show off by adding Excel data into Word and PowerPoint®

About the Author

Ani Babaian is the Senior Product Manager for Webmaster and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tools with the Live Search team at Microsoft Corporation. She has also been a Web developer and systems engineer, specializing in .NET development, SQL Server, and other Microsoft technologies. Ani travels the world speaking at conferences, user groups, and code camps. She is an avid blogger, so contact her at http://blogs.msdn.com/AniB (aka XAMLChick) and www.LiveWithAni.com.

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