4/17/2014

Examples of commonly used formulas - Excel

Examples of commonly used formulas

Important notice for users of Office 2003 To continue receiving security updates for Office, make sure you're running Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3). The support for Office 2003 ends April 8, 2014. If youre running Office 2003 after support ends, to receive all important security updates for Office, you need to upgrade to a later version such as Office 365 or Office 2013. For more information, see Support is ending for Office 2003.

In Excel 2010, entering and editing formulas and using functions in formulas is easier, thanks to improvements to the formula bar and Function AutoComplete. Read an article or try Office 2010!
This article provides links to topics that show you detailed examples of the various types of formulas that you can create in Excel. TYPE OF FORMULA Conditional EXAMPLE Create conditional formulas Check if a number is greater than or less than another number Display or hide zero values Hide error values and error indicators in a cell Lookup Date and Time Look up values in a range Add dates Add times Calculate the difference between two dates Calculate the difference between two times Count days before a date Show dates as the day of the week Insert the current date and time in a cell Insert Julian dates Financial Calculate a running balance Calculate a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) Statistical Calculate the average of numbers Calculate the median of a group of numbers Calculate the mode of a group of numbers Math Add numbers Subtract numbers Multiply numbers Divide numbers Calculate percentages Round a number Raise a number to a power Calculate the smallest or largest number in a range
http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/excel-help/examples-of-commonly-used-formulas-HP005200127.aspx 1/2

4/17/2014

Examples of commonly used formulas - Excel

Calculate the factorial of a number Create a multiplication table Counting Count cells that contain numbers Count nonblank cells Count how often a value occurs Count occurrences of values or unique values in a data range Count numbers greater than or less than a number Calculate a running total Count all of the cells in a range Count the number of words in a cell or range Conversion Convert times Convert dates stored as text to dates Convert numbers stored as text to numbers Convert measurements Convert numbers to different number systems Convert Arabic to Roman numerals Text Change the case of text Check if a cell contains text Compare cell contents Combine text and numbers Combine text with a date or time Combine first and last names Combine two or more columns by using a function Repeat a character in a cell Display only the last four digits of identification numbers Remove spaces from the beginning and end of a cell Remove characters from text Insert the current Excel file name in a cell Split names by using Convert Text to Columns Split text among columns by using functions

Site Directory

Contact Us

Submit Feedback

Legal

Trademarks

Privacy and Cookies

Accessibility

2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/excel-help/examples-of-commonly-used-formulas-HP005200127.aspx

2/2