Copyright © 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. 11 Copyright © 2008 Prentice-Hall. All rights reserved. Committed to Shaping the Next Generation of IT Experts. Chapter 2: Formulas and Functions Robert Grauer, Keith Mulbery, Judy Scheeren Exploring Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Copyright © 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. 2 Objectives Create and copy formulas Insert basic statistical functions Use the IF function Use the VLOOKUP function Use the PMT function
Copyright © 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. 3 Copy Formulas with Fill Handle Relative cell references change relative to the direction in which the formula is copied Absolute cell references are exact; they do not change when a formula is copied (F4 key) Indicated by dollar ($) signs in front of the column letter and row number
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6 Basic Statistical Functions MIN calculates the minimum value in a range =MIN(C4:C10) MAX calculates the maximum value in a range =MAX(C4:C10) COUNT counts the number of values within a range =COUNT(C4:C10)
Copyright © 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. 7 IF Function Used to determine whether a condition has been met Has three arguments: a condition tested to determine if it is true or false the resulting value if the condition is true the resulting value if the condition is false
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Copyright © 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. 9 VLOOKUP Allows for lookup within a vertical table of information Has three arguments: a lookup value stored in a cell a range of cells containing a lookup table the number of the column within the lookup table that contains the value to return
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Copyright © 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. 11 PMT Function Used to calculate loan payments Has three arguments: the interest rate per period the number of periods the amount of the loan Computes the associated payment on a loan
An Example Copyright © 2008 Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. 12 ? Monthly Interest Rate Number of Payments
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