Using Excel & Access for Accounting 2010 (with Student Data CD-ROM), 3rd Edition, Glenn Owen

USING EXCEL & ACCESS FOR ACCOUNTING 2010 teaches students how businesses use spreadsheets and databases in accounting and explains how to use these tools in solving real accounting problems. It is written in a step-by-step format, with plenty of screenshots making it easy to follow. Faculty One-Line Description: USING EXCEL & ACCESS FOR ACCOUNTING 2010 teaches students how businesses use spreadsheets and databases in accounting and solve real accounting problems.

Review
1. Excel Tour. 2. Excel Basics. 3. Financial Statement Analysis. 4. Depreciation. 5. Loan and Bond Amortization. 6. Cash Budgeting. 7. Other Topics: Present/Future Values, Predicting Costs, & Allowance for Uncollectable Accounts. 8. Access Tour. 9. Access Basics. 10. Tables. 11. Queries. 12. Forms. 13. Reports.

About the Author
Glenn Owen is a tenured member of Allan Hancock College's Accounting and Business faculty, where he has lectured on accounting and information systems since 1995. In addition, he is a retired lecturer at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he taught accounting and information systems courses from 1980 to 2011. He has also been a lecturer at the Orfala College of Business at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, teaching financial and managerial accounting courses. His professional experience includes five years at Deloitte & Touche as well as vice president of finance positions at Westpac Resources, Inc. and Expertelligence, Inc. The author of many Internet-related books and accounting course supplements, he is currently developing online accounting instruction modules for his Internet-based financial accounting courses.

In addition, Mr. Owen is working on a new Third Edition of his EXCEL AND ACCESS IN ACCOUNTING 2013 text, which gives accounting students specific, self-paced instruction on the use of spreadsheets (Excel 2013) and database applications (Access 2013) in accounting. His innovative teaching style emphasizes the decision maker's perspective and encourages students to think creatively. His graduate studies in educational psychology and his 37 years of business experience yield a balanced blend of theory and practice.

Several years ago, I taught Excel classes, but the focus was on the application and the features. Now, as an accounting student, I am so glad Excel for Accounting is among my core requirements. I took the class before taking Managerial and Intermediate Accounting. Even if you can't take the class, GET THE BOOK!

The concept of placing all data in a separate location from your calculations was new to me. I have found it so easy to replace the data and watch Excel update the spreadsheets... This book includes building amortization schedules, depreciation schedules, aging schedules, horizontal and vertical financial statement analysis, and mega budget spreadsheets.

There is a storyline running through the book that is a little on the goofy side, and sometimes I found myself frustrated that the author didn't spend more page space explaining why I was doing what the step-by-step instructions told me to do. But if I took the time to think it through, it made sense and I probably remember better for having to reason through the process myself.

I started working through the last half of the book (Access) on my own, but had to set it aside as the spring semester got underway. I also taught Access, but I'm looking forward to seeing how to use it better for accounting purposes.

With the caveat that I haven't worked through the Access half, there isn't anything here peculiar to Excel 2010. It can be used just as easily with 2007 or 2013 (aka 365). I won't be selling or loaning this book out... it's on my keeper shelf for future reference!

Returning to school and nice to get the book for half the price of the bookstore. Great Condition, Great Price!

I bought this for a college class and really have learned a lot so far. I'll probably keep it to use with my business.

Product Details :

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Cengage Learning; 3 edition (February 3, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1111532672
• ISBN-13: 978-1111532673
• Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.8 x 10.6 inches

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