Commonly Used Excel Functions Page 4 Introduction Excel is a popular tool used in public finance offices. Using Excel functions, tools, and various shortcuts not only expedites the time it takes to perform analyses, but can also create outputs that are more dynamic and engaging to stakeholders. GFOA’s Excel webinar, “Excel for Budget.
Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2007 Screen Elements The Ribbon Microsoft Office Button Quick Access Toolbar Formula Bar Expand Formula Bar Insert Worksheet Button Worksheet Navigation Tabs Normal View Page Layout View Page Break Preview Vertical Scroll Bar Horizontal Scroll Bar Zoom. 2 The Ribbon The Ribbon is designed to help you quickly find the commands that you need to complete a task.
Differences between the OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods) format and the Excel for Windows (.xlsx) format. Excel for Microsoft 365 Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac Excel for the web Excel 2019 Excel 2016 Excel 2019 for Mac Excel 2013 Excel 2010 Excel 2007 Excel 2016 for Mac SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise Excel Web App Excel Starter 2010 Office 2010 More. Less. When you work with two file.
Lesson 2: Entering Excel Formulas and Formatting Data. Lesson 1 familiarized you with the Excel 2007 window, taught you how to move around the window, and how to enter data. A major strength of Excel is that you can perform mathematical calculations and format your data. In this lesson, you learn how to perform basic mathematical calculations.
This chapter gives an overview of some very useful statistical functions in Excel. To calculate the average of a group of numbers, use the AVERAGE function. Note: visit our page about the AVERAGE function for many more examples. To average cells based on one criteria, use the AVERAGEIF function. For example, to calculate the average excluding.
Resources: Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel 2007, EdExcel or similar (as available), a range of pre-prepared datasets inExcel (3 or 4 should be sufficient). Note: this lesson plan uses Microsoft Excel 2007 as this is still the most commonly available software for spreadsheet operations. Practitioners will need to establish precisely what product.