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Tricks Traps Excel 2007 Australian Cost Engineers Society
presented by Nolan Bear
Easy tricks & traps on Excel 2007 for Anybody
###################Straw pole; excel capability / 2003? / 2007?
What 2007 is all about & how it differs to 2003 Icons, excel
optionsNeeded in workplaces... Essential to work
1 Navigation One cell 1
Multiple cells 1 23 45 6
Freeze panes view/freeze panesDivided windows Top right &
bottom right or view/splitHide Right mouseMultiple windows view/new
windowMultiple tabs.. Name rationallyHover for Help... Its
useful!
Trap! especially accounting data downloads with negatives2
Formats Number 12 12.00 2
demo format painter 12Text 12 twelve Text12twelve 2
Adding words Total 4 does this add up?Trap!
Date 12-Jan-00 adding dates:12-Jan-00 1/26/2014 9:54
1/27/2014 9:54 1
time 12:00:00 AM adding time:12:00:00 AM 9:54:08 AM
10:54:08 AM 1/24
3 Formulas 1 1 1 1 1x 12 2 2 2 2
help with formulas 13 3 3 3 3sum 6 3 2 1 36
Trap: and never use numbers in place of a formula! double click
to check & adjustTrick: to convert a formula to value copy past
values demo circular formulasText concatenation John Smith
Addition: John Smith
4 Error tracking & helpTurning off & on (but don't
dare!) demo in above!Formulas/AuditingFormulas/Calculation options
(of or on but leave it on!) Traps! So why?
5 Survival Tricks in a businessIn business: there are always
changes... be sure you have the latest printout
collaboration... you are always sharing copies around... file
naming with revision dateprinters are shared... be sure you get all
your pages... & in order
Printouts footer file / tab/ page / date / time ALWAYS!Tabs name
them!File names For copies add a date
use 9Aug10 (less confusion with 9/8/10 AUS or 8/9/10 in USA)
6 E i i f l l l h id & h i l
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Add calculations to the blue shaded squares to arrive at the
Direct Cost per paid hour and the Total net super &
pay.Calculation of Pay costs to the company and the employee:Paid
(package inc. sal sacrifice) 65,000$ pa to work full time except
for leave as follows: Personal Taxation 2010/11Super Salary
sacrifice 15,000$ Annual leave 4 weeks medicare 1.50% total paid
wageSuper guarantee (additional to package) 9% public holidays 2
weeks from: to: rateWorkers comp insurance 1.50% sick leave 2 weeks
-$ 6,000$ 0PI insurance 3.00% total leave 8 weeks 6,001$ 37,000$
15% 4650Payroll tax 5% Work week 38 hours 37,001$ 80,000$ 30%
17550
80,001$ 180,000$ 37% 54550180,001$ 45%
Companies cost of labour Employees take home payPaid per year
Net pay per year Tax on superannuation contributions 15%Insurance
Less Taxation withheldTax Take home pay per year
Take home pay per weekTotal direct cost per year
Employees super accumulationHours worked per year Super
guaranteeAvailable weeks Salary SacrificeLess paid leave Less super
taxnet Net super accumulation paWork hours per year
Total net super & pay paDirect Cost per paid available
hour
58,423$42.57$
58,423$
42.57$
sample 206611947.xls.ms_office 2 of 2 9:54 AM 1/26/2014
