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This guide will take you through the basics of Microsoft Excel, the most widely used spreadsheet program on the planet. We'll show you what you need to get started, everything from creating simple worksheets and saving your documents (with SkyDrive ) to turning your finished spreadsheets into powerful (and beautiful) visualizations of your data. Whether you've been using spreadsheet applications for years, or you're still clinging to your old adding machine and ledger system, we'll not only show you how to craft perfect Excel documents, we'll have fun doing it At a glance, Excel RT 2013 looks like an incredibly complex program. It can be, but it definitely doesn't have to be. This guide will teach you what you need to know to get to work right now, leaving the fluff and the head scratching for people with time to waste. Ready to get started? Let's go

PowerPoint is everywhere. From the company-wide sales meeting to the high school chemistry class, few people have managed to avoid contact with the world's most popular presentation software. Since the 1990 introduction of PowerPoint as an integral part of the Microsoft Office suite, this little piece of software ingenuity has single-handedly destroyed the cumbersome slide projector and ushered in the very concept of the presentation into the 21st century. Though many companies have tried to compete with PowerPoint, none have ever succeeded in any significant way. In fact, PowerPoint retains a 95 percent share of the presentation software market to this very day. They've managed this feat by becoming the rarest kind of software: simple, yet amazingly powerful. PowerPoint is currently being used by virtually anyone who needs to present an idea to a group of people. From the CEO of the largest corporation right down to your friendly local Girl Scout troop, millions of people depend on PowerPoint to help them get their ideas across. With the release of Office 2013 RT, the PowerPoint interface has been optimized and customized for tablet PCs, giving you all of the power of this incredible program while letting you create your presentation masterpieces from anywhere you please. This guide will take you through the basics of PowerPoint RT. We'll teach you what you need to know to get started, everything from creating and saving your presentations (with SkyDrive) to turning your finished masterpieces into stand-alone files or even videos. Whether you've been using PowerPoint for years, or you're still futzing around with a slide projector in your basement, we'll not only show you how to get things done with PowerPoint, we'll have fun doing it At a glance, PowerPoint RT looks like an incredibly complex program. It can be, but it definitely doesn't have to be. This guide will teach you what you need to know to get to work right now. We'll leave the fluff and head scratching for people with time to waste. Ready to get started? Let's go

In the 22-odd years since the company unveiled their suite of productivity programs, Microsoft Office has become synonymous with serious computer work. Whether it's a Fortune 500 conglomerate's all-important spreadsheet or a homemaker's recipe catalog, MS Office has been the dominant force in productivity applications for a very long time. While Apple, Google and their ilk have certainly created a competitive atmosphere in recent years, nobody can touch the usability, customization, or sheer power of the Microsoft Office suite. Now, with the release of their first official tablet computer, Microsoft has upped the ante, optimizing and customizing Office for the touch screen powerhouse they've dubbed Windows RT. While a good chunk of the functionality that Office users have gotten used to over the years remains the same, there are a few new things to get acquainted with. This guide will take you through the basics of Microsoft Word, the most popular desktop publishing application ever released. We'll show you what you need to get started, everything from creating and saving your documents (with SkyDrive) to turning your finished documents into blog posts or sharing directly with friends and colleagues. Whether you've been using word processing applications for years, or you're still clinging to your old Smith Corona typewriter, we'll not only show you how to craft perfect documents, we'll have fun doing it At a glance, Word RT 2013 looks like an incredibly complex program. It can be, but it definitely doesn't have to be. This guide will teach you what you need to know to get to work right now, leaving the fluff and the head scratching for people with time to waste. Ready to get started? Let's go

If you think you have a problem with porn, you probably feel alone--a lot of people would laugh if you say you are addicted to porn. Viewing porn is just normal behavior, right? If you feel like porn is tearing apart your life, then it's not normal behavior--it's a problem that you need to fix, and this book can help. Addiction isn't just a habit or a behavioral choice. All forms of addiction, including addiction to pornography, bring about changes in the brain that make it increasingly difficult to stop using. The brain's reward system, which is activated by pleasant or exciting stimuli, releases dopamine during porn use. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that helps carry nerve signals across a synapse. When it is activated, dopamine enables generalized feelings of well-being and satisfaction that can make porn users experience feelings similar to a drug user's high.

Grenada, Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan--SEAL Team Six was there. As one of the most elite Special Forces units in America, SEAL Team Six has seen action in nearly every U. S. conflict. Most famously, the team was behind the killing of Osama Bin Laden. This book takes you back to the beginnings and explains how and why the group was formed. It shows you how members are selected and how they train. Finally, it covers every major mission SEAL Team Six has been in.

Special forces members are not well known. Their identities and their missions are kept secret. They don't join for money or fame, even though they have talents that make them perfectly suited for an elite status within the military. They are the best of the best, simultaneously intelligent and sociable, and hardworking and driven. But they also can kill better than anyone on the planet. That is what makes them the best soldiers of the United States. Read on to discover the fascinating history of the Special Forces. Minute Help Press is building a library of books for people with only minutes to spare.

The iMovie app for iPad is a fantastic app that allows you to do two big things with video: create Trailers and Projects, which opens up a world of possibilities for video editing that never existed before. iMovie for the iPad gives you the ability to shoot and edit videos on the go, in a convenient handheld format, and share them with the world. The app gives you a variety of templates that make it easy for even a beginner to create original videos and share them widely. But even video pros find things to like about this app -- it's that powerful. Brave video explorers have created complex and substantial movies, using only this app. Let Minute Help show you how

Viral videos amuse, entertain and shock, and sometimes make us laugh or cry. They spawn Internet memes, like 2011's "Sh*t Girls Say", 2010's "Bedroom Intruder" and 2012's "Facebook Parenting". With the proliferation of camera phones and the availability of inexpensive video editing software, everyone has the potential to create viral content. Viral success is as much a combination of creative content as it is luck, which "Friday" singer Rebecca Black knows all too well. When videos make it big (and even turn into their own meme), we all remember the "actors" - whether it's a mischievous little boy biting his brother's finger or a wedding party dancing their way to fame. So, where are they now? This book covers 15 YouTube videos that went viral and what happened to each of these viral video stars.

It is estimated that over 1,600 new businesses are started each day. While entrepreneurship has been forced upon many people during the economic downturn, most people who start a business do so in pursuit of a dream, or the quest for independence and financial security. The U. S. government, through its tax code, encourages entrepreneurship and small business start ups by providing small businesses with a number of tax incentives. For small businesses, it is a double-edge sword, as the tax code can also be frustratingly complicated. The unfortunate reality is that many business owners, already overwhelmed with the demanding tasks of starting and managing their business, fail to treat the tax aspects of their business as a year-round endeavor. As a result, they are unable to take full advantage of the tax incentives, and worse, they fall into traps that can be very costly. The purpose of this guide is to help you navigate the maze of tax issues that confront small businesses each day in order to make the filing process far less taxing. The following topics are covered: Small Business Taxation OverviewPlanning Your Business for Tax EfficiencyRecord Keeping EssentialsPaying Your Estimated TaxesCalculating Business Capital Gains and LossesTax Implications of Financing Your Business Structuring Retirement and Health Benefits for Maximum Tax AdvatangesGetting the Most from Business Deductions (while staying out of trouble)Online Resources for Tax Help365 Day Tax Planning