MOS 2013 Study Guide for Microsoft Excel (MOS Study Guide)

I did not get this to take the certification test but just as a general guide for Excel. I think this is a much better book for someone who is at least computer literate and doesn't want to go the "For Dummies" route. You could buy a book that is thousands of pages and still not know all there is to know about Excel, so if that's what your looking for then just keep searching. This book is about 140 pages covering the basics with very clear instructions on how to do that function. I don't know how well this prepares you for the 77-420 exam but for my purposes this and the Microsoft Excel Expert book are my goto resources when I am working with Excel.

I literally have 1 day to study for this exam as there was a mix up with my school but I've got years of experience with Excel so crossing my fingers! My only issue with purchasing the kindle edition is that there is no way to get the practice problems from the links provided in the book. You will be directed to Microsofts website and then have to create an account then register the book, then nothing. I searched and searched with no luck. Finally after Googling I found this link on a random website and thankfully I was able to get the practice exams: http://examples.oreilly.com/9780735669208-files/. Hope this helps!

My husband used this book and said it was easy to follow. He was able to pass the test... what the book needs to have is a sample of what the test will look like at the testing center because it takes most of your test time to figure out.... not the books fault but definitely the test software creators fault. But good book,

A good guide for what's on the exam. Someone I know studied it but still had to ask for clarification from an Excel expert about many points, though this is probably the nature of the beast. But that someone passed the test.

Other than not offering the solutions to the practice problems, this book is exactly as advertised. This book is not for a novice user that needs tons of examples (This is a study guide not a how-to book). But if you have working experience with MS Word and you study using this book then you have all of the tools that you need to pass the exam. EVERY question that I was asked on the exam was covered by this book.

This was a useful book for its reference value. As for getting the MOS Excel certificate, take some Gmetrix exams--they will prepare you better.

It is a nice book to practice, they assume that you already know how to use basic Excel things. I think is OK for the test.Es un buen libro para practicar, asumen que usted ya sabe cómo utilizar las cosas básicas de Excel. Creo que está bien para el exámen.

This book helped me pass the MOS 2013 Excel exam! It was a great resource for studying for the exam as it includes a website to download a set of practice workbooks to follow along with the text and work out problems at the end of each section.The only con was that they didn't create a website or workbook to verify your answers.

Although these books give you a view into what is covered in the exam, I certainly wouldn't rely on them to get you through. You need to study especially if you're doing the Excel Expert exams. A lot has changed since the earlier versions and you will be surprised at just how much you don't know about the capabilities of these programmes.

Well presentaed, good content.

Ottimo libro per prepararsi all'esame del MOS 2013 XLS, non è il libro ufficiale, a volte sintetico, ma ve lo consiglio vivamente.

Excellent book and useful practice files!

brillant for the price