Professor Teaches Excel and Word is the complete multimedia training program for the two leading Microsoft applications! This training package cover Microsoft Office versions 2003 and XP. There are eight separate tutorials, on two CD-ROMs that will teach you beginning to advanced features. Each program offers hundreds of practical exercises designed to build essential skills quickly and effectively.
This is excellent software to learn excel on XP but is not rated to use on Vista. There is a newer version which is rated for Vista which I got from the same company, Nothing but software so I could put it on my new laptop.
I have books, but they are out-dated now. It's just very convenient. I'm really not a book person - I prefer seeing a demo, then I can practice. Professor Teaches allows me to listen, learn, and participate in the lesson. It's broken down nicely into the different categories.