Do you want to fast master Excel?
Do you desire to understand any Excel fundamental, formula, or function in order to carry out your duties at work effectively and relieve stress and anxiety? Do you want to harness all of Excel's capabilities to solve issues faster than ever? Studies show a 15% increase in your probability of being hired if you have certified Excel skills because they have become vital in almost every office job. Administrative Assistants, Accountants, Financial Analysts, Cost Estimators, and so many others need high skills in Excel to do their jobs quickly and effectively without feeling pressured or stressed. Unfortunately, many people like you know how to use only a few basic Excel functions, and often not even very well. This leads to wasting valuable time and constantly feeling late to complete your tasks.
Thanks to Paul Slatkin, who has packed all his knowledge into this straightforward and easy-to-follow guide, you will get away from that feeling of always being overwhelmed by work and frustrated.
Formulas are the true engines of Excel. Employing various Excel functions, formulas enable Excel analysts to create aggregated reporting, complex calculation engines, clever dashboard models, and much more. Indeed, Excel analysts become more productive as their proficiency with Excel functions and formulas improves. But building proficiency with Excel functions and formulas takes time. Given that Excel contains more than 400 functions, you could spend months, even years, learning which functions are best for certain tasks and which functions can be combined with others functions.
WHAT IS COVERED IN THIS BOOK?
- The Top 50+ Excel Formulas and Functions
- Relative and Absolute References
- Basic Formulas (SUM, AVERAGE, etc)
- Search and Reference Formulas (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH)
- Logical Formulas (IF, SUMIF, COUNTIF, SUMIFS)
- Financial Formulas (NET PRESENT VALUE, PAYMENT)
- Excel Tips and Tricks
- And much more!
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Author(s): Paul Slatkin
Publisher: BLUE ROSE PUBLISHING
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 310
Copyright © 2022 By PAUL SLATKIN
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE- BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO SOME EXCEL BASIC
How does the formula in Excel look?
Define and use names in Excel formula
Naming a cell (For Windows users)
Define names from a selected range
Managing names in your workbook with Name Manager
Naming a cell (For macOS users)
Define names from a selected range
Use names in formulas
Deleting or removing a formula in your Excel workbook
How to delete a formula but keep the result of the formula (for Windows users)
Delete a formula but keep the results (for web users)
Avoiding broken formula in Excel
Does your function actually start with an equal to sign?
Is the opening parentheses matching with the closing parentheses?
Does your formula contain multiplication without the asterisk symbol?
Ensure that you are evaluating a nested formula one after the other
CHAPTER TWO - EXCEL FORMULA COMMONLY USED IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Calculating Percent of Goal
How it works
Formula: Calculating Percent Variance
How it works
Alternative: Simplified percent variance calculation
Formula: Calculating Percent Variance with Negative Values
How it works
Formula: Calculating a Percent Distribution
How it works
Alternative: Percent distribution without a dedicated Total cell
Formula: Calculating a Running Total
How it works
Formula: Applying a Percent Increase or Decrease to Values
Formula: Dealing with Divide-by-Zero Errors
How it works
The “IF” function
The “IF” syntax
Simple IF cases
Using the “IF” function to confirm if a cell is blank
Formula: Basic Rounding of Numbers
How it works
Formula: Rounding to the Nearest Penny
How it works
Formula: Rounding to Significant Digits
How it works
Formula: Counting Values in a Range
How it works
Formula: Creating a Conversion Table
How it works
CHAPTER THREE- MANIPULATING TEXTS WITH FORMULA
Formula: Joining Text Strings
How it works
Formula: Setting Text to Sentence Case
What is the TRIM Function?
Formula
A few notes about the TRIM Function:
How to use the TRIM Function in Excel?
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
What is the FVSCHEDULE Function?
Formula
Example
Few things to know about the FVSCHEDULE Function
Using functions and Nested functions in Excel formula
Excel function syntax
Entering Excel functions
Nesting Excel functions
What is the ACCRINT Function?
Formula
How to employ the ACCRINT Function in Excel
Example 1
Example 2 – Using DATE with ACCRINT
What is the CUMIPMT Function?
Formula
How to use the CUMIPMT Function in Excel
Example 1
What Is the Excel FV Function?
How to use the FV Function in Excel
Example 1 – FV function Excel
Example 2 – FV function Excel
What is the IPMT Function?
Formula
How to use the IPMT Function in Excel
What is the NPER Function?
Formula
How to use the NPER Function in Excel
Example 1
Example 2
What is the PDURATION Function?
Formula
How to use the PDURATION Function in Excel
Example 1
VLOOK UP
VLOOKUP Formula
How to get started
How to use VLOOKUP in Excel
What is the CELL Function?
Formula
How to use the CELL function in Excel
Example – Finding a certain value
Things to remember
What is Excel ISBLANK Function?
Formula
How to use the Excel ISBLANK Function
How to carry out conditional formatting
What is the ISERROR Excel Function?
Formula
How to use the ISERROR Excel Function
Example 1
Example 2
What is the ISEVEN Function?
Formula
How to deploy the ISEVEN Function in Excel
Example 1
Example 2
How to create conditional formatting
How this formula worked:
Things to remember about the ISEVEN Function
What is the ISTEXT Function?
Formula
How to deploy the ISTEXT Function in Excel
Example 1
Example 2
How to apply this formula?
Example 3
These are some useful things to look out for while using the ISTEXT
What is the TYPE Function?
Formula
How to use the TYPE Function in Excel
Example 1
A few things to remember about the TYPE Function
What is the AND Function?
Formula
Notes:
How to employ the AND Function in Excel
Example 1
Example 2
Things to Remember about the AND Function
Using the “IFS” Function
Simple syntax
Example 1
Remarks
What is the NOT Function?
Formula
How to use the NOT Function in Excel
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
How it works
Alternative: Calculating Markup
Calculating the EBIT and EBITDA
How it works
Calculating Cost of Goods Sold
How it works
Calculating Return on Assets
How it works
Calculating Break Even
Calculating Customer Churn
