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Master core Excel 2013 tools for building powerful, reliable spreadsheets!
Excel expert Paul McFedries shows how to use Excel 2013’s core features to solve problems and get the answers you need. Using real-world examples, McFedries helps you get the absolute most out of features and improvements ranging from FlashFill to Excel’s newest functions. Along the way, you discover the fastest, best ways to handle essential day-to-day tasks ranging from generating account numbers to projecting the impact of inflation.
Becoming an Excel expert has never been easier! You’ll find crystal-clear instructions; insider insights; even complete step-by-step projects for building timesheets, projecting cash flow, aging receivables, analyzing defects, and more..
• Quickly create powerful spreadsheets with FlashFill
• Use conditional formatting to instantly reveal anomalies, problems, or opportunities
• Analyze your data with standard tables and PivotTables
• Use complex criteria to filter data in lists
• Understand correlations between data
• Perform sophisticated what-if analyses
• Use regression to track trends and make forecasts
• Build loan, investment, and discount formulas
• Validate data, troubleshoot problems, and build more accurate, trustworthy spreadsheets
About MrExcel Library: Every book in the MrExcel Library pinpoints a specific set of crucial Excel tasks and presents focused skills and examples for performing them rapidly and effectively. Selected by Bill Jelen, Microsoft Excel MVP and mastermind behind the leading Excel solutions website MrExcel.com, these books will
• Dramatically increase your productivity—saving you 50 hours a year or more
• Present proven, creative strategies for solving real-world problems
• Show you how to get great results, no matter how much data you have
• Help you avoid critical mistakes that even experienced users make
CATEGORY: Spreadsheets
COVERS: Microsoft Office Excel 2013
Building Basic Formulas in Excel 2013
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Introduction
Part I: Mastering Excel Ranges and Formulas
Chapter 1 Getting the Most Out of Ranges
Advanced Range-Selection Techniques
Mouse Range-Selection Tricks
Keyboard Range-Selection Tricks
Working with 3D Ranges
Selecting a Range Using Go To
Using the Go To Special Dialog Box
Data Entry in a Range
Filling a Range
Using the Fill Handle
Flash-Filling a Range
Creating a Series
Advanced Range Copying
Copying Selected Cell Attributes
Combining Two Ranges Arithmetically
Transposing Rows and Columns
Clearing a Range
Applying Conditional Formatting to a Range
Creating Highlight Cells Rules
Creating Top/Bottom Rules
Adding Data Bars
Adding Color Scales
Adding Icon Sets
From Here
Chapter 2 Using Range Names
Defining a Range Name
Working with the Name Box
Using the New Name Dialog Box
Changing the Scope to Define Sheet-Level Names
Using Worksheet Text to Define Names
Naming Constants
Working with Range Names
Referring to a Range Name
Working with Name AutoComplete
Navigating Using Range Names
Pasting a List of Range Names in a Worksheet
Displaying the Name Manager
Filtering Names
Editing a Range Name’s Coordinates
Adjusting Range Name Coordinates Automatically
Changing a Range Name
Deleting a Range Name
Using Names with the Intersection Operator
From Here
Chapter 3 Building Basic Formulas
Understanding Formula Basics
Formula Limits in Excel 2013
Entering and Editing Formulas
Using Arithmetic Formulas
Using Comparison Formulas
Using Text Formulas
Using Reference Formulas
Understanding Operator Precedence
The Order of Precedence
Controlling the Order of Precedence