As the fastest growing dashboarding solution on the market, Xcelsius is an intuitive stand–alone Windows application that enables Excel users to transform the contents of an ordinary Excel spreadsheet into an engaging, interactive Flash–based dashboard Offers step–by–step instruction on the wide array of functionality that Xcelsius has to offer so that readers can complete mini–dashboards of increasing complexity with each chapter Addresses how to prepare Excel spreadsheets for use with Xcelsius dashboards and then use basic components of Xcelsius (charts, buttons, labels) Shows ways to add advanced functionality to dashboards (gauges, sliders, maps) and create interactive business calculators with Xcelsius Discusses integrating Xcelsius reports into PowerPoint slides, Web pages, and e–mail