Friday, November 19, 2010

Excel 2007 Formulas

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  1. You can display formulas in worksheet cells
    instead of the results of formulas, by pressing
    Ctrl+’ or clicking the Show Formulas button on the Formulas tab

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  2. Naming cell ranges has an advantage: You can choose a name from the Name Box drop-down list and go directly to the cell range whose name you choose, and a disadvantage: Excel doesn’t adjust cell references when you copy a formula with a range name from one cell to another. A range name always refers to the same set of cells.

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  3. Creating a cell range name:
    1. Select the cells that you want to name.
    2. On the Formulas tab, click the Define Name button... etc

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  4. To include a cell range name in a formula, click in the Formula bar where you want to enter the range name and then press F3 or click the Use in Formula button and choose Paste Names
    on the drop-down list. You see the Paste Name dialog box ...etc

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  5. A reference to a
    cell on a different worksheet is called a 3D reference. Ex: Sheet2!E5

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  6. Tracing cell references:

    - Tracing precedents -> Select a cell with a formula in it and trace the formula’s precedents to find out which cells are computed to produce the results of the formula. Trace precedents when you want to find out where a formula gets its computation data.
    - Tracing dependents -> Select a cell and trace its dependents to find out which cells contain formulas that use data from the cell you selected. Cell tracer arrows point from the cell you selected to cells with formula results in them. Trace dependents when you want to find out how the data in a cell contributes to formulas elsewhere in the worksheet.

    To trace, click the Formula Auditing button -> Trace buttons.

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  7. New cell styles: On the Home tab, click the Cell Styles button.

    Choose New Cell Style at the bottom of the gallery if you want to create a new style.

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  8. Printing part of a worksheet:

    Select the cells you want to print -> Page Layout tab -> Print Area button -> Set Print Area. This command tells Excel to print only the cells you
    selected. On the worksheet, a dotted line appears around cells in the print area.

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  9. Printing a landscape worksheet:

    Page Layout tab -> Orientation button -> Landscape

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  10. Seeing and adjusting the page breaks:

    Page Layout tab -> Breaks (pg setup)

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  11. “Scaling to fit” a worksheet:

    Page Layout tab -> Scale to fit -> Scaling by width/height/percentage.

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  12. How to make a worksheet more presentable?
    By:
    - Including page numbers on worksheets;
    - Putting headers and footers on pages;
    - Centering worksheet data on the page;
    - Printing gridlines, column letters, and row numbers.

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  13. Repeating row and column headings on each page:

    Page Layout tab -> Page setup -> Print Titles -> Rows to repeat at top/Columns to repeat at left -> Check Row and column headings.

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  14. I think it is better to edit the existing post, instead of placing so many comments.

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  15. Ok, I will change my posts from now on. I didn't think about that, I supposed just to add comments, but, yes, when I have too much to say, it is better to edit the existing post. Thank you for suggestion :)

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