Advanced Features of Microsoft Excel session 3 10/10/2003 Bart Baesens

Working with Worksheets Workbook versus Worksheet –Naming Worksheets –Reordering Worksheets –Inserting new Worksheets Working with cells –Selecting cells –Moving cells –Copying cells –Clear versus Delete Columns/Rows –Inserting columns/rows –Deleting columns/rows –Changing column width/ row height –Hiding Columns/Rows

Formatting Cells Numbers Percentages Adjusting Columns to cell width Horizontal Centering Vertical Centering Borders Wrap Text Comments Naming Cells

Formulas Always start with “=“ Absolute versus Relative Cell Reference –Absolute cell reference always refers to the same cell, the same column or the same row –Relative cell reference is automatically updated by Excel Use $-sign (or F4) for Absolute cell references Using cell names in formulas Built in functions and formulas –Mathematical, Statistical, Financial, Time, Date, Database, logical –E.g. average, standard deviation, product, sum, rand, … Side-note: Autofill

Solving Equations E.g. solve the following equation –10*sin(x²) + 2*sin(x)*cos(x)+(cos(x))²=0 Use Goal Seek

Solving Constraint Optimisation problems Use the Solver (Install via Tools, Add-In)

Sorting and Filtering Data Sorting Data –Expand the selection when necessary! Filtering Data (Autofilter versus Advanced Filter)

Data Validation and Conditional Formatting Data Validation Conditional Formatting

Working with Graphs

Copying Graphs to Word Use copy + Paste link to automatically update the figure in Word when changes in Excel are made

Scenarios