Designed specifically as a reference for business professionals, this concise guide to Microsoft Excel 2002 begins with quick primers that move new users to proficiency in all Excel categories, including worksheet basics, working with databases, and creating charts. It describes in detail those features of Excel that are important to business users: statistical functions, financial functions, data sharing, PivotTables and PivotCharts, Solver, BackSolver, and Small Business Finance Manager. It also provides step-by-step plans for completing common Excel business projects such as building a sales forecast, creating a business plan, and performing capital budgeting analysis. The accompanying CD-ROM provides examples of Excel workbooks created through these projects as well as those discussed throughout the book.