I used this text in my CIS 2640 Business Reports and Analysis class at WMU in Spring 2008. It's a great text for learning Advanced Sklills with Pivot Tables in particular with Excel. There ar elots of diagrams, and the author attempts to make the book seem personable and familiar, not dry and technical. There is lots of support for this book, and excercises you can do on the publishers website, and files to download in concordance with the text. The only drawback is if you have Windows Vista, as this text is designed for Windows XP OS, even though it uses Office 2007. Otherwise, very straightforward, with no advanced knowledge of Excel necessary.