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Exploring Microsoft 365: Excel 2025, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (February 10, 2025) © 2026

  • Mary Anne Poatsy
  • Jason Davidson Butler University
  • Keith Mulbery Utah Valley State College

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  • More flexible. Start learning right away, on any device.
  • More supportive. Get AI explanations and practice questions (select titles).
  • More interactive. Bring learning to life with audio, videos, and diagrams.
  • More memorable. Make concepts stick with highlights, search, notes, and flashcards.
  • More understandable. Translate text into 100+ languages with one tap.

In this eTextbook — More ways to learn

  • More flexible. Start learning right away, on any device.
  • More supportive. Get AI explanations and practice questions (select titles).
  • More interactive. Bring learning to life with audio, videos, and diagrams.
  • More memorable. Make concepts stick with highlights, search, notes, and flashcards.
  • More understandable. Translate text into 100+ languages with one tap.

In this eTextbook — More ways to learn

  • More flexible. Start learning right away, on any device.
  • More supportive. Get AI explanations and practice questions (select titles).
  • More interactive. Bring learning to life with audio, videos, and diagrams.
  • More memorable. Make concepts stick with highlights, search, notes, and flashcards.
  • More understandable. Translate text into 100+ languages with one tap.

Title overview

The Exploring Microsoft® 365 series moves beyond rote tasks to help you truly understand how, when and why to apply Office skills in a cloud-based world. For over 20 years, the series has engaged students in hands-on practice to help them succeed. Multiple-choice questions, problem-solving exercises and cumulative projects throughout each chapter assess understanding and skill mastery.

The 2025 Edition has been updated to reflect the latest versions of the Microsoft 365 applications. A greater emphasis on Mac compatibility and critical thinking enables all students to attain the skills to succeed. Updated Critical Thinking questions help you truly understand the “why” behind what you’re learning.

Table of contents

  1. Microsoft 365 Common Features: Take the First Step
  2. Introduction to Excel: Workbook and Worksheet Basics
  3. Formulas and Functions: Perform Quantitative Analysis
  4. Charts: Represent Data Visually
  5. Datasets and Tables: Manage Large Volumes of Data
  6. Subtotals, PivotTables and PivotCharts: Data Summaries and Analysis
  7. What-If Analysis: Use Decision-Making Tools
  8. Specialized Functions: Date, Logical, Statistical and Financial Functions
  9. Statistical Functions: Statistics
  10. Multiple-Sheet Workbook Management: Quality Control
  11. Power Add-ins: Manage Data
  12. Additional Specialized Functions: Text, Database, Array and Lookup Functions
  13. Templates, Workbook Inspection and Macros: Standardizing Workbooks

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