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We will demystifies some of the most useful of the 450+ formulas and functions in Excel and shows how to put them to their best use. We will start with a review of the more basic functions (SUM, AVERAGE, and MAX), and a few critical keyboard shortcuts that will let you locate and display formula cells and accelerate working with Excel formulaseven on multiple sheets. We will then covers how to find and retrieve data with the VLOOKUP and INDEX functions, calculate totals with counting and statistical functions, extract data with text functions, and work with date, time, array, math and information functions. The course focuses on practical examples that will help viewers easily transition to using Excel's most powerful formulas and functions in real-world scenarios.
Topics include:
Displaying and highlighting formulas
Converting formulas to values
Tabulating data from multiple sheets
Understanding the hierarchy of operations in formulas
Using absolute and relative references
Creating and expanding nested IF statements
Looking up information with VLOOKUP, MATCH, and INDEX
Using the powerful COUNTIF family of functions
Analysing data with statistical functions
Calculating dates and times
Analysing data with array formulas and functions
Extracting data with text function
For many Excel users the most important thing they do in Excel is work with formulas and functions. If you really want to take advantage of Excel's power, you need exposure to these features. We will start off by showing you some great shortcuts for building formulas and functions. Numerous variations for the powerful IF and VLOOKUP functions, vital statistical and math functions, and some date functions that could prove to be indispensable. We will show you how text functions can help you clean up flawed data. How powerful array formulas and functions give you even more analytical possibilities. We will show you how to use functions in combination with one another to achieve even greater power. Welcome to Excel 2016 Advanced Formulas and Functions.
The skills acquired from this version are mostly applicable to newer versions of Excel.
If you think that Microsoft Excel is only for business purposes, you are wrong. Many use it for various personal needs at home too. Some of the features that you should understand about Microsoft Excel to unlock the potentiality of this application are working with spreadsheets, cell formatting, various menus and toolbars, entering of data and editing the same, navigating between various spreadsheets, formula calculation, inserting various functions like date/time, mathematical functions, using of various charts that are available, inserting, editing and deleting comments on cells, etc.
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