Get started with a word game which asks users to find English words that amount to exactly 100 points, with each letter of the alphabet assigned a point 1, 2, 3, … 26, respectively. Understand the value of treating each worksheet as a unique product.Appreciate the art of refining worksheets to maximize automation.Become skilled in the creative uses of Excel formulas and functions and other built-in features.Gain confidence to tackle a challenging Excel-related mission, even those that seem impossible.Through these projects, you will experience firsthand how Excel skills are organized together to accomplish tasks that sound complex and daunting when first described. Readers will benefit from building eight unique projects, each covering a different topic, including a word game, a food nutrition ranking, a payroll (tax withholding) calculation, an encryption, a two-way table, a Kaplan-Meier analysis, a data analysis via a pivot table and the K-means Clustering data mining method. For experienced users, the projects, especially those with table setup considerations, will help you become more creative in your interactions with Excel. For a beginner, the micro examples in each chapter will warm you up before you dive into the projects. Whether you are just getting started with Excel or are an experienced user, this Mastering Excel Through Projects book will elevate your knowledge and skills. Master Excel in less than two weeks with this unique project-based book! Let’s face it, we all master skills in our own way, but building a soup-to-nuts project is one of the best ways to make learning stick and get up to speed quickly. Mastering Excel Through Projects: A Learn-by-Doing Approach from Payroll to Crypto to Data Analysis Publisher: WOW! eBook (November 28, 2021).