Book excerpt: This book is very, very different to any other computer book you have ever read. The Smart Method provides an entirely new and better way to learn Excel. You'll immediately appreciate the value and relevance of each skill as it is taught. Both IT professionals and absolute beginners will love this book because it avoids needless technical jargon and concisely explains everything you need in a simple and no-nonsense way. Amongst other things you'll learn how to: ¿Use Excel 2016¿s new 3D maps feature to create interactive video tours ¿Use Excel 2016¿s new Get & Transform tool to clean and combine data ¿Perform What-If analysis to model and compare business scenarios ¿Use advanced functions to solve real-world business problems ¿Create intuitive user interfaces using form controls and recorded macros ¿Master dynamic tables and structured table references ¿Use Excel 2016¿s new Append and Merge queries to de-normalize data ¿Master Excel¿s data modeling features to define table relationships ¿Completely understand Excel¿s ability to create OLAP cubes ¿Use OLAP pivot tables and 3D Maps to present OLAP cube data. ¿Use OLAP features to gain total control over PivotTable formatting ¿Break the million row limit with Excels 2016¿s new Big Data features