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Data Input & Hidden Features To Save Time: Link Topic Comprehension
Data Input & Hidden Features To Save Time: Link Topic Comprehension
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Input Date
To insert a time stamp for date and time: Press Ctrl + ; then For inputting year:
space and then Ctrl + Shift + ; 0 to 29 = this century
30-99 = last century
If Ctrl + Shift + ; doesn't work for you, try Ctrl + shift + : To type a date before 1/1/1930, you
type the 4-digit year.
tting year:
this century
ast century
date before 1/1/1930, you need to
4-digit year.
AutoFill to Save Time
Text Number Months Weekday Date TRY THIS - Click on cell A4 and pull down the
Scarf 1 Jan Monday 7/20/2019 fill handle until cell A16.
Repeat for Cells B4 to E4. What do you notice?
ull down the
o you notice?
Flash Fill - Speedup Data Entry
Use Flashfill instead of manual entry
Region
North America TRY THIS - Add the region list to a custom list:
Go to File / Options / Advanced / Edit Custom
South America Lists. Click in the Import box and reference the
Asia cells under Region.
Europe
Open a new workbook (press Control + N). Input
Australia North America in the first cell and pull down the
fill handle. What do you notice?
Excel Notes
Region Sales
North America 2500
South America 2300 Good to Know: Excel Notes in Office
365 are called Excel Comments in
Asia 6200 stand-alone versions of Excel.
Europe 9600
Australia 1800
Excel Comments - If you have Excel for Office 365 you can follow along with the video tutorial
Region Sales
North America 2500
South America 2300
Asia 6200
Europe 9600
Australia 1800
Recognizing Formula & Input Cells
Productivity segment
Blend 18,206 16,551 17,990 18,170
Pet Feed 18,255 18,074 16,735 16,735
Mirrrr 15,008 15,314 15,627 14,689
Productivity Other 115,682 113,414 112,291 110,045
Total 167,151
### 163,353
### 162,643
### 159,639
My Name
My address Line 1
My address Line 2
My address Line 3
Invoice 15076
Date 3/5/2019
Payment terms 14 days net
Company Name
Client Name
Address
Price in
Services Time Period
USD
Subtotal $ -
VAT 20%
Total $ -
Bank Info
Bank Name
IBAN: 2342456435
BIC: GIBARESCXX
Segment Master data (For DataValidation tab)
Segment
Game
Productivity
Utility
Challenge: Data Manipulation & Preparation
You receive the below information for sales agents - you need to do the following:
1 Create a login user id that consists of the last name followed by the first character of the first name
2 Add the start year to column D
3 Add a note (legacy comment) to A9 "Please input first name, followed by last name"
4 Add a screen tip for C9 that describes the logic behind creating the system login
5 Add data validation for start date to ensure the date is input correctly - apply this from B10 to B50. Ensu