TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................1

THE FUNCTION WIZARD....................................................................................................2

Using the Function Wizard............................................................................................................ 2
Restoring the Function Arguments dialog box in order to edit a function ..................................... 4
Shortcut for entering a function..................................................................................................... 4
RELATIVE & ABSOLUTE ADDRESSING ...........................................................................6

NAMING CELLS AND RANGES .........................................................................................7

Method 1: INSERT, NAME, DEFINE option (or CTRL + F3) ....................................................... 8
Method 2: Using the NAME box................................................................................................... 8
Applying a Range Name in a Formula .......................................................................................... 9
USING NAMES FOR CONSTANTS OR FORMULAS .......................................................10
Naming a constant ...................................................................................................................... 10
Naming a Formula ...................................................................................................................... 11
REFERENCING OTHER WORKSHEETS AND WORKBOOKS .......................................12
Referencing Other Worksheets...................................................................................................12
Referencing Other Workbooks....................................................................................................13
FILL HANDLE AND FILL SERIES COMMAND.................................................................14
Using the Fill Handle................................................................................................................... 15
Using the Fill Series Command ..................................................................................................15
Customising a Fill Series ............................................................................................................ 17
Deleting a Custom List................................................................................................................ 17
CONDITIONAL FORMATTING ..........................................................................................18
Creating a Conditional Format .................................................................................................... 18
Find Cells That Have Conditional Formats ................................................................................. 20
SORTING AND FILTERING...............................................................................................21
Simple Sorts ............................................................................................................................... 21
Sorting on more than one criteria (DATA, SORT)....................................................................... 21
Filtering Data .............................................................................................................................. 22
Turning AUTOFILTER off ........................................................................................................... 23
MACROS............................................................................................................................24
Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 24
Recording a macro ..................................................................................................................... 24
Running a Macro ........................................................................................................................ 26
Absolute vs Relative ................................................................................................................... 26
Assigning buttons to macros....................................................................................................... 27
Assigning the macro to an AutoShape........................................................................................ 27
Assigning a macro to an icon on a Toolbar................................................................................. 28
Viewing The Macro ..................................................................................................................... 29
Deleting a Macro......................................................................................................................... 29
LOOKUP TABLES .............................................................................................................30
Creating the VLOOKUP Function ............................................................................................... 33

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IF FUNCTION .....................................................................................................................35
Creating the IF Function Example 1 ........................................................................................ 36
Creating the IF Function Example 2 ........................................................................................ 37
Manually Creating an IF Function ...............................................................................................38
NESTED IF FUNCTION......................................................................................................39

AND, OR AND NOT FUNCTIONS .....................................................................................42

The AND and OR Functions .......................................................................................................42
Creating the AND function within an IF statement ...................................................................... 42
Creating the OR function within an IF statement ........................................................................ 46
The NOT function ....................................................................................................................... 46
ISNA AND ISERROR FUNCTIONS ...................................................................................48

WORKING WITH TEXT......................................................................................................50

Nested Text Functions ................................................................................................................ 50
CONCATENATION ............................................................................................................51
Example 1 - Combining two entries using the & operator........................................................... 51
Example 2 By using an IF function, combine two entries, ending up with one entry ............... 53
Example 3 Using the CONCATENATE Function..................................................................... 54
WORKING WITH DATES...................................................................................................56
Useful Date Functions ................................................................................................................ 57
ROUNDING FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................................60

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