Day 4: Excel Chapters 1 & 2

DAY 4:EXCEL CHAPTERS 1 & 2

Rahul KaviRahul.Kavi@mail.wvu.edu

August 29th, 2013

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BASIC FORMATTING

• Alignment• Labels- Merge & Center• Indent• Wrap Text• Borders• Fill Color• Font Color

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NUMBER FORMATS

• General (As Entered)• Number• Currency• Accounting• Date• Time

• Percentage• Fraction• Scientific• Text• Special• Custom

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PAGE SETUP

• Margins• Orientation• Size• Print Area• Breaks

• Background• Print Titles• Header• Footer

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PRINTING

• File->Print• Copies• Active Sheet/Entire Workbook/Selection• Size/Orientation• Scaling

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CELL REFERENCES

• Relative Reference (A1)• Absolute Reference ($A$1)• Mixed ($A1, A$1)• Avoid Circular References• Switch between references

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BASIC FUNCTIONS

• SUM• AVERAGE• MAX• MIN• MEDIAN• COUNT

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DATES AND TIME

• TODAY()• NOW()

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NESTED FUNCTIONS

• You can use a function as the parameter for another function.

• Example: Drop the lowest grade– 5 Assignments, 25 points each– SUM(B2:F2, -MIN(B2:F2))

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SEARCHING DATA

• Finding census data on the web.• Making use of one’s MS Excel Skills.

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THINGS TO REMEMBER

• MyITLab Lesson A Due Tuesday• In Class Project soon.• Conditional Statements• Payments• Lookup Functions• Range Names• Manage Range Names

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NEXT CLASS

• Conditional Statements• Payments• Lookup Functions• Range Names• Manage Range Names

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