| 1.
| - Working with Excel 2013's Ribbon Menus
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By
Michael Alexander
- Jun 19, 2013
- In this chapter, you are introduced to Excel’s Ribbon menu and learn the basics of working with workbooks and worksheets.
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| 2.
| - Working with Office 2013 RT Graphics on the Microsoft Surface Tablet
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By
Paul McFedries
- May 29, 2013
- In this chapter, you’ll learn various techniques for drawing, inserting, and working with graphic objects, such as lines, photos, and clip art.
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| 3.
| - Building Basic Formulas in Excel 2013
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By
Paul McFedries
- May 21, 2013
- This chapter takes you through some formula basics, including constructing simple arithmetic and text formulas, understanding the all-important topic of operator precedence, copying and moving worksheet formulas, and making formulas easier to build and read by taking advantage of range names.
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| 4.
| - Managing and Sharing Office 2013 Files
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By
Joe Habraken
- May 17, 2013
- This chapter looks at the Office file formats used in each of the Office 2013 applications. It also looks at your options for managing and sharing files.
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| 5.
| - Getting Data onto a Sheet in Excel 2013
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By
Tracy Syrstad
- May 13, 2013
- This chapter provides tricks for copying down data, fixing entered data, and helping your users enter data correctly by providing a predefined list of entries for Excel 2013 users.
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| 6.
| - Why Use Microsoft Access?
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By
Alison Balter
- May 10, 2013
- This chapter explains what a relational database is. It then explores all the types of objects available in Microsoft Access.
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| 7.
| - Working with Formulas and Functions in Excel 2013
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By
Steve Johnson, . Perspection Inc.
- May 8, 2013
- This chapter explains your options for creating formulas in Excel across the whole spectrum from basic entries to more complex ones.
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| 8.
| - Creating Charts in Excel 2013 That Show Trends
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By
Bill Jelen
- May 3, 2013
- In this chapter Bill Jelen explains Excel 2013's chart options and continues by showing how to best take advantage of them.
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| 9.
| - Working with Text Microsoft Office 2013
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By
Patrice-Anne Rutledge, Sherry Kinkoph Gunter
- May 2, 2013
- This chapter explains the text-formatting options that are common to all Office 2013 applications.
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| 10.
| - Formatting Documents in Word 2013
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By
Steve Johnson, . Perspection Inc.
- May 1, 2013
- Learn how to add the kinds of finishing touches to your document to change it from ordinary to eye-catching.
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| 11.
| - Working with Fields and Forms in Word 2013
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By
Faithe Wempen
- Apr 30, 2013
- This chapter shows how fields work in Microsoft Word 2013 and how to insert them. You'll also find out how to use form fields to create forms.
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| 12.
| - Calculating the Power of the F Test
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By
Conrad Carlberg
- Apr 11, 2013
- Conrad Carlberg shows how to calculate the power of the F test directly and avoid relying on the power charts in the appendices of statistics texts.
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| 13.
| - The Concept of Statistical Power
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By
Conrad Carlberg
- Apr 11, 2013
- Conrad Carlberg spells out the real meaning of the term statistical power. He describes how to use it to help design a statistical analysis, design your hypotheses, and decide on a sample size that's large enough without being wasteful.
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| 14.
| - The Noncentrality Parameter in the F Distribution
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By
Conrad Carlberg
- Apr 11, 2013
- Conrad Carlberg shows how to calculate the noncentrality parameter. He also shows how to use it with the probability density function to create Excel charts that display the shape of noncentral F distributions.
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| 15.
| - The Statistical Power of t-Tests
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By
Conrad Carlberg
- Apr 11, 2013
- Conrad Carlberg shows how changing the nature of hypotheses, increasing the sample size, and using a dependent groups design progressively increase the power of the more basic t-test.
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| 16.
| - Customizing an Excel 2013 Pivot Table
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By
Bill Jelen, Michael Alexander
- Mar 12, 2013
- This chapter covers six functional areas in making pivot table customization: Minor Cosmetic Changes, Layout Changes, Major Cosmetic Changes, Summary Calculations, Advanced Calculations, and Other (less common) Options.
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| 17.
| - How Excel's LINEST() Handles Collinearity
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By
Conrad Carlberg
- Mar 5, 2013
- Excel expert Conrad Carlberg discusses the implications of the manner in which LINEST() implements QR decomposition for its results—implications which are largely undocumented and which involve the unannounced removal of a variable from the regression equation.
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| 18.
| - Working with SmartArt in PowerPoint 2013
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By
Patrice-Anne Rutledge
- Mar 4, 2013
- This chapter introduces SmartArt Graphics and shows how you can insert and modify them in your PowerPoint 2013 documents.
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| 19.
| - Adding Art to Documents in Office 2013
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By
Steve Johnson, Perspection Inc.
- Mar 1, 2013
- This chapter shows how you can add pictures, charts, and other graphics to spruce up your Office 2013 documents.
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| 20.
| - Excel's LINEST() Function Deconstructed
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By
Conrad Carlberg
- Feb 25, 2013
- For the user to fully understand how LINEST() calculates its results, it is necessary to walk through the individual calculations, starting with the coefficients, moving to the sums of squares and ending with the standard errors. This article discusses the required calculations and shows how they can be carried out directly on the worksheet using just a smattering of Excel's matrix functions.
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