Step-By-Step EXERCISE 1-10

Use a Name in a Formula

In your Blues file, click the
It is often convenient to use a name in a formula as a substitute for cell references. For
Advertising plan sheet
example, the name January is easier to remember than B4:B67—and less likely to be
tab. Click cell C4.
miskeyed into the worksheet or formula bar! Choose meaningful names so formulas
Key: =B4/Total. will be easy to read and interpret, or understand, when you analyze data. The Use in
Formula command also allows you to select a defined name from a list of names used
Press . The percent in the current workbook and quickly insert it into a formula.
of the total advertising
expenses for Business
FIGURE 1.23 Formula using a name
cards reappears (see
Figure 1.23).

Click cell C4. Drag the fill

handle down to copy the Formula using the name Total
formula to cells C5:C12.

Your screen
Formula applied
should look like Figure 1.24. to C4

Click cell C12. Look in the

formula bar. The formula is
B12/Total.

Click cell C6. Look in the

formula bar. The formula is
B6/Total. FIGURE 1.24 Corrected formulas

Save your file.

Continue to the next exercise.

Names adjust automati-

cally as you insert and
delete rows and columns.
For example, suppose the
name July refers to
H5:H24. If you delete three
rows from the middle of
the range, July would then Corrected
refer to H5:H21. formulas

Lesson 1: Exercise 1-10 Advanced Excel 124