Microsoft Excel is a wonderfully versatile spreadsheet program and Excel 5 has added an array of new features that add not only to its power, but to its complexity as well. Rather than plowing through heavy-handed manuals, Excel users will find Peachpit"s Excel 5 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide an easier self-teaching tool. Like all the books in the Visual QuickStart Guide series the reader is presented with the most helpful kind of information - detailed illustrations and screen captures showing exactly what you"ll see on your computer. Once you"ve learned the program, the book serves as a valuable reference to specific functions and features.