To a new user Excel is a blank grid; to an analyst it is a daily working tool. Helmut Vonhoegen's guide covers both ends, from building a first sheet to writing VBA.
Readical Key Points
- First edition, updated for Excel 2024 and Microsoft 365, according to the publisher
- Covers formulas and functions, charts and sparklines, tables, PivotTables and Power Pivot, what-if analysis and Solver, data import, macros and VBA
- Includes a preview chapter on Office Scripts and Copilot, and an appendix of keyboard shortcuts
- Paperback, 910 pages, Rheinwerk Computing, 2025 (copyright 2026)
The chapters build from the basics outward. Early sections cover the interface, file formats, data entry and validation, then formulas, cell references and range names. Later ones turn to formatting and sheet protection, analysis and forecasting, chart types from simple bars to 3D surfaces, printing and sharing, and a long reference section on Excel's function library, before ending with recorded macros and Visual Basic for Applications. Worked examples and annotated screenshots run throughout, according to the publisher.
Beginners can work through it in order, and experienced users can keep it beside the keyboard as a reference; the publisher pitches it at both. At 910 pages it is a desk reference rather than a quick-start booklet. Check your version first: the menus and newest functions here follow Excel 2024 and Microsoft 365, and older releases will lack some of them.
About the Author
Helmut Vonhoegen, a freelance author and IT consultant, has published more than 80 books since 1992, focusing on Microsoft Office, Windows, web programming and XML.
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