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"Excel 4 for Windows", Martin Matthews/Stephanie Seymour, 1993, 0-07-881836-2,
U$29.95
%A   Martin Matthews
%A   Stephanie Seymour
%C   2600 Tenth St., Berkeley, CA   94710
%D   1993
%G   0-07-881836-2
%I   Osborne McGraw-Hill
%O   U$29.95 510-548-2805 800-227-0900 pmon@osborne.mhs.compuserve.com
%P   884
%T   "Excel 4 for Windows"
 
The five chapters of part one are a kind of tutorial introduction to the
program, covering the basics, worksheets, charts, databases, and macros.  The
flow, and sometimes the explanations, would not be easy for a novice to follow. 
A section on reference expressions is missing a very vital operator, and is
rather more involved with set theory than most users are likely to get.  A
chart presenting the order of recalculation shows the same operator for
negation (high precedence) and subtraction (low precedence), without
explanation.
 
The bulk of the book is taken up with a "dictionary" of functions, commands,
and concepts.  There are cross references between related commands, but no
synonyms.  The index does not help fill this gap.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995   BKXCL4FW.RVW   950620
 
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