Excel Project 2 Formulas, Functions, and Formatting

Creating a Worksheet First step is to make sure you ___________ what is required Next make sure that it is ____________ (purposeful) Finally make it _____________ pleasing

Formatting Press _____ + Enter to start a new line in a cell Cells can also be formatted for ___________ (Home – wrap text) Do not ____ rows to add white space

Formulas Assign a _____ to a cell and Excel will calculate the result

Arithmetic Operators __Multiplication=A1__C1 +Addition=B3+D3 __Division=B2__A2 -Subtraction=A4-B6 __Exponent=C4__3 %Percent=12%

HOW TO ENTER A FORMULA First enter ____ (a + or – may also be used to instruct the computer to perform a calculation) Select the first cell in the formula (key in the cell reference or use the ___ ___ by clicking on the cell with the mouse) Key the symbol of operation Select the other cell involved in formula Press enter

ORDER OF OPERATION P LEASE( )PARENTHESES E XCUSE___EXPONENT M Y *MULTIPLICATION D EAR___DIVISION A UNT+ADDITION S ALLY-SUBTRATION

Relative References When copying and pasting or fill handling a formula, the cell ____ will change because they are ____ references Example: =A1+B1 will change to =___+ ___ when fill handled down

Formulas Blank cell has a value of ____ Function takes a value or values, performs an ___, and returns a result to the cell ___ are the values that you use with a function

Formulas Formulas can contain space and are ___ case sensitive (can use upper or lowercase)

Functions Functions are prewritten ___ Average – sums the numbers in the specified range and then divides the sum by the number of nonzero cells in the range ___ – displays the highest value in a range

Functions ___ – displays the lowest value in a range ___ – displays the current date and time the spreadsheet is opened

Formulas By default Excel automatically ___ every time there is a change You can change to manual mode Press __ to recalculate a worksheet in manual calculation mode

___ Finder Used to check which cells are referenced in the formula

Formatting style format has a dollar sign to the left of the cell (fixed dollar sign), inserts a comma every three positions to the left of the decimal point and with two decimal points Fixed dollar sign – places a fixed $ to the far ___ in the cell

Formatting dollar sign – $ appears immediately to the left of the first digit with no spaces (select from drop down) Comma style format – on the Home ribbon which inserts a ___ every three positions to the left of the decimal point

Formatting Best Fit – Width of the column or row will be increased/decreased so the widest entry will fit in the column cells – format section of the Home Ribbon to hide data ___ – a dot on the screen that contains color

Conditional Formatting allows you to apply formatting that appears only when the value in a cell meets ___ that you specify A condition can be ___ or false

Formulas To switch from the formulas version to the values version press the ___ + ___ (accent mark) ___ is the process of finding and correcting errors