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Making Excel Work for you

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Structure of this afternoon

where to get help

basic functionwriting

tricks

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Function writing

= tells excel you want to write a function

The function then tells you what you need to enter

Then you select ranges, set criteria, chose an option.....

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Function writing

Example 1: Countif statementLets count the number of sales that are £300o or above

1) Tell excel that you are writing the equation

2) Select the range3) Add the criteria“>=3000”

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Have a play......

About 10 minutes

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Sort vs Filter

UsesSort Arrange by more than one factor at a

time Ranks data quickly by your definitions No limit to criteria selectable

Filter

Quick selection of data Removes information you don’t need

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Tricks

Changes a cells format based on a criteria

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Tricks

Lets highlight sales for Luke over $3000

1) Setup a column that is 1 for Luke and 0 for not Luke using an IF statement

2) Do the same for >3000 and not

3) Setup a column that counts the previous two

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Pivot Tables

Are AwesomeSelect all data

Press the button using default

settings

Choose row headingChoose column

headingGive excel

something to count

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Where to get help....

Excel help:Each function is explain with examples

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