Advanced Spreadsheet Skills

Microsoft Excel
 Microsoft Excel

• the best tool in Microsoft

Office for organizing data
and making lists
• has a range of functions
for designing formulas
that automate
calculations
 worksheet

cell

Row

column
 Formula Bar

Cell address
Basic Excel Functions
 Basic Excel Functions

formula
an expression that calculates
the value of a cell

function
predefined formula already
available in Excel
 Basic Excel Functions

=FUNCTION(. . .)
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=Average(B3:B6)
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AutoSum
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=SUM(RANGE)
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=AVERAGE
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=MIN(RANGE)
to find the smallest number in a range
of cells
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=MAX(RANGE)
to show the largest number contained
in a range of cells
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=COUNT(RANGE)
to get the number of entries in a number
field that is in a range or array of numbers
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=COUNTA(RANGE)
to count the number of cells in a given
range that contain characters such as
numbers, text, or symbols
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=CONCATENATE()
to take data from cells and turn it into
one
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=DAYS()
to know the number of days between
two dates
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=VLOOKUP
looks in the first column of an array and
moves across the row to return the value of
a cell