Excel Portable Genius

by Lisa A. Bucki

Published 18 November 2020

Your genius-level guide to Excel excellence

Excel Portable Genius covers the key features of Microsoft Excel in a concise, fast-paced, portable format that provides the perfect quick and easy-to-follow reference for novices and experienced users alike. Written by seasoned tech expert and trainer Lisa A. Bucki, it answers the nine key questions Excel users are most likely to face in their work and adds some hot tips and advice on this incredibly useful—but sometimes difficult-to-learn—program's lesser-known features.

  • Build formulas to perform powerful calculations
  • Format data to make it easy to find interpret and to highlight key results
  • Sort and filter to organize or display specific information
  • Chart data to pinpoint changes and identify trends
  • Communicate results by printing and sharing

Complete with a comprehensive index and extensive illustrations complementing straightforward instructions, this is the ideal guide to mastery of the world's most popular spreadsheet program.


Microsoft 365 Portable Genius

by Lisa A. Bucki

Published 13 January 2021

Power up your proficiency with this genius guide to popular Microsoft 365 apps

Do you want to make your Microsoft 365 account a productivity behemoth? Do you want to squeeze every last bit of awesome from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and learn a little more about Outlook, too? Microsoft 365 Portable Genius has got you covered. A seasoned tech expert and trainer, author Lisa A. Bucki shows you how to build Word documents, Excel workbooks, and PowerPoint presentations the right way, as well as how to use high-impact design techniques to make your documents pop.

This book answers 11 key questions about how to make the most of Microsoft 365, providing genius tips as it leads you through the essentials. You’ll learn how to:

  • Tackle common skills like creating files, adding basic content, navigating in a file, making selections, copying and moving content, and saving files
  • Build a new Word document by using outlining, bullets and numbering, columns, and other features for creating and enhancing content
  • Enhance Excel workbook files by organizing data on different sheets, filling entries, creating range names, and entering powerful, accurate formulas
  • Develop a PowerPoint presentation by choosing the right layout for each slide and adding content to placeholders, and then transform it into an on-screen show with transitions and animations
  • Add punchy design and branding by using text formatting, themes, and graphics in your files
  • Use lists, tables, and charts to make data easier to interpret
  • Create, send, reply to, and organize email in Outlook, as well as add contacts Share file contents on paper or digitally
  • Check out the Online Bonus Appendix at Wiley for more genius coverage of topics including additional Excel formula review techniques, essential Excel functions, theme colors and fonts changes, and WordArt

Whether you have used Office in the past or are new to its subscription successor Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 Portable Genius provides the expert guidance you need to work smarter in Microsoft 365.