5 Responses to “Excel 2007: The Missing Manual”

1. mrscearley says:

   February 26, 2010 at 7:07 am

   Wow. This book is hands-down the most comprehensive, entertaining, and downright useful MS Excel book I have ever owned. Don’t get me wrong – there’s other really great books out there (I personally love the “Bible” series) but this one just blows them all out of the park. Great job Mr. MacDonald! I am indebted to you.
   Rating: 5 / 5

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2. David Alan Tussey says:

   February 26, 2010 at 9:16 am

   Good beginning book on Excel 2007. Excellent screen shots and write up on almost all the features. I was hoping for a few more “expert” tips, but I still found the book very useful — like all the “Missing Manual” books.
   Rating: 3 / 5

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3. Brigham007 says:

   February 26, 2010 at 12:12 pm

   Missing manuals, written by the New York Times staff writers, are the gold standard. They are the ones that professionals use in preparing presentations on software. NYT will probably fire these guys once they learn how practical and close to reality the examples are! Not liberal at all – No create Utopia in absence of resources!
   Rating: 5 / 5

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4. John A. Drew says:

   February 26, 2010 at 2:26 pm

   I think the book is great. I would give it 4 or 5 stars, but I encountered an issue which left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I downloaded the code examples and tried to run the Investment Examples file in chapter 20. When I open the file, I get this message: “Opening the VBA project in this file requires a component that is not currently installed. This file will be opened without the VBA project. For more information, search Microsoft Office Online for VBA converters.” So, dutifully, I went to Microsoft Office Online, searched for VBA converters and ran the installation for Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The installation told me that this was already installed on my computer and quit. So, after 30 more minutes of searching the Internet for a solution, I am no closer to figuring out what needs to be installed so that the VBA project will convert. I am most interested in the scenario analysis capability of Excel and I work in the investment industry, so this specific example was the one I really wanted to run. I don’t understand how a book on Excel 2007 has horribly outdated examples (yes, the file extension is XLS) that cannot be run.
   Rating: 3 / 5

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5. Robert E. Schaude says:

   February 26, 2010 at 4:01 pm

   Good book. Lots of useful info. Better help sometimes then offered online with usoft office.
   Rating: 5 / 5

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