The guide is written using Office 2013 and assumes a basic understanding of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. If you're not familiar with one or the other, you should probably start with Word for Beginners and/or Excel for Beginners first.
M.L. Humphrey is a former stockbroker with a degree in Economics from Stanford and an MBA from Wharton who has spent close to twenty years as a regulator and consultant in the financial services industry.