1. Microsoft Excel 2016 Spreadsheet program
Part of Microsoft Office package
Organizer of data
Big computing power
Display charts and graphs
Small databases
Differences from previous versions
Excel 2003: menus are completely reorganized
Excel Mac: almost none
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2. Cells Work-book Cells Sheet operations Work-sheets, cells
References, columns and rows
Name box and formula bar
Sheet tabs
Autocalculate
Sheet operations
Right-click  Insert…
Right-click  Rename
Right-click  Tab Color…
Right-click  Move or Copy…
Use file example.xlsx
Use sheet Empty
Write some numbers in column.
Display their average, sum and how many they are in the info tab.
Insert a new empty sheet.
Rename it to "abcd".
Colour the sheet's tab yellow
Move the sheet after sheet What-If
Delete the sheet.
Duplicate sheet First.
Delete it.
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3. Types Numbers’ formats
File Options  Advanced  Editing options
Mac: does not exist, you must change configuration for entire computer in
System Preferences -> Language & Regions -> Advanced…
Types
Home  Numbers 
Mac: Format menu  Cells…
Set decimal separator for Excel only to point and thousands grouping symbol to comma.
Put them back to the original Windows settings.
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4. Types Value (aligned to the right) Formula Text (aligned to the left)
Number: 23 or 56,45 or -0,4 or ,23 or (24)
Currency: €34,2 or 9€ or 0,7 €
Date: 3 Mar or 7/10/05 or Jun 2005 or 3-5
Time: 2:34 am or 17:28
Percentage: 34,5%
Formula
Everything which begins with =
Text (aligned to the left)
Everything else: alphanumeric characters and symbols
Use apostrophe to convince Excel
Use Sheet Empty
Write the indicated values in general cells and check what Excel understands.
Write a formula such as =A1 and check that the result is equal to A1.
Force, in two different ways, Excel to accept 3-5 as text and not as date.
Apply number formatting to column and type some values inside.
Apply currency formatting to column and type some values inside.
Apply date formatting to column and type some values inside.
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5. Data entry suggestions
Use the cells format dialog box before typing values!
Pay attention to what Excel understands, especially dates!
Pay special attention when converting between numbers and percentages!
0,02  2%
2  200%
0,56 %  0,0056
Use sheet Empty
Write a column of decimal numbers representing interest rates, such as 0,5 1,25 3,5 4, ,25.
Apply format percentage to the column and see what happens.
Do the same thing but apply percentage format before typing values.
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6. Autotasks Autofill drag Repeat the same value Increment the value
When not satisfied of Excel behaviour:
CTRL + drag
Mac: ALT + drag
Use sheet Empty
Write in A1 1 and in A2 4. Select A1:A2 and drag down.
Write in B1 4 and in B2 3. Select B1:B2 and drag down.
Write in C1 1/10/2017 and in C2 1/11/2017. Select C1:C2 and drag down.
Write in D1 7. Select D1 and drag down.
Now select D1 and drag down pressing CTRL.
Now select A1:A2 and drag down pressing CTRL.
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7. Paste Special Home  Clipboard  Paste   Paste Value
Use sheet First
Select D1:D5, copy it and paste it on F1:F5.
Select E1:E5, copy it and paste it on J1:J5.
Select E1:E5, copy it and paste its values on J1:J5.
From Windows take a look at the files tab_delimited.txt, diesis_delimited.txt, space_delimited.txt, fixed using Notepad.
Import in a new sheet file tab_delimited.txt
Close Excel and reopen.
Import in a new sheet file diesis_delimited.txt
Import in a new sheet file space_delimited.txt
Import in a new sheet file fixed.txt
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8. Importing data Data  Get External Data  From Text
Fixed fields or Delimited fields
Restoring the Get External Data in the ribbon
right-click on ribbon name  customize the ribbon
Mac: Excel  Preferences  Ribbon & Toolbar
Use sheet First
Select D1:D5, copy it and paste it on F1:F5.
Select E1:E5, copy it and paste it on J1:J5.
Select E1:E5, copy it and paste its values on J1:J5.
From Windows take a look at the files tab_delimited.txt, diesis_delimited.txt, space_delimited.txt, fixed using Notepad.
Import in a new sheet file tab_delimited.txt
Close Excel and reopen.
Import in a new sheet file diesis_delimited.txt
Import in a new sheet file space_delimited.txt
Import in a new sheet file fixed.txt
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9. Formula Choosing the cells Operations Errors Cell pointing with mouse
Cell name with keyboard
Operations
Mathematical operations: + - * / ^
Parenthesis
Errors
#DIV/0! Division by zero
#NAME? Wrong cell name
#REF! Wrong cell reference
#NULL! Function’s arguments missing or too many
#NUM! Wrong number in a function or too large number
#VALUE! Wrong type in a function
Use sheet First
Write in F2 formula =E2/3
Write in F3 formula =E7/E8+C9*3
Write in F4 formula =C9^2
Write in F5 formula: E2 cube minus 2 times E3 everything divided by the sum of 7 by 24 and E4 divided by E5
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10. Formula references Relative A1 Dragging the formula
Absolute $A$1
Partial absolute $A1 A$1 F4
References from other sheets
sheetname!A1
[filename.xls]sheetname!A1
Use sheet First.
Write in cell F2 the square of E2 and drag it down.
Now drag F2 to the right, towards G2.
Write in cell H7 E4-C4. Now drag it up and look at the different errors produces while the references go beyond the number range.
Use sheet logical
In cell A22 write the euro/dollar conversion rate. In column G, with appropriate dollar formatting with 2 decimal digits, write the price of items in dollars, using an absolute reference and then using an appropriate partial absolute reference.
In column H write available quantity multiplied by the shipping cost for small items. Now drag to column I to have the same for requested quantity, putting before the appropriate partial absolute reference.
Multiply the prices in sheet Logical by value C2 in sheet First
Multiply the prices in sheet Logical by value C2 in sheet First and add the available quantity
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11. Formulas  Function Library 
Warning: names are language dependent! Use the conversion table if studying in other languages
 Math & Trig 
SQRT, EXP, PI, LN, LOG
ROUND, ROUNDDOWN, ROUNDUP
ABS, RAND, RANDBETWEEN
MAX, MIN, SUM, AVERAGE
SUMIF, COUNTIF, AVERAGEIF
Use sheet logical
In column G put the square root of available quantities
In column H put the exponential of prices
In I2 write Greek Pi. Change the formatting to display 20 decimal digits.
In column J put the square root of the natural logarithm of prices
In column K put the logarithm in base 2 of prices.
In column L put the logarithm in base 10 of prices, without using the second argument
Use sheet First
In column F round values of column E to 1 decimal digit.
In column G write the absolute value of difference between column C and D
In column H put 20 random numbers between 0 and 1
In column I put 20 random integer numbers between 7 and 20
In cell I23 calculate their maximum, in I24 minimum, in I25 sum, in I26 average
Clear up sheet logical
In G1 write the sum of available quantities for small items.
In G2 write the average of available quantities for items with price <= 20
In G3 write the average price for items with a price < 20
In G4 write how many small items do we have
In G5 write how many items with price<20 do we have
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12. Functions  Logical   Text  IF(test; value if true; value if false)
AND is ( ) * ( ) , OR is ( ) + ( )
NOT
 Text 
LEN
RIGHT, LEFT, CONCATENATE, REPT
* Use sheet logical
In column G write "cheap" if item costs less than 20 euros, otherwise write "expensive"
In column H write "reorder now" for items with available quantity smaller than requested quantity, otherwise write a dash
In column I write the difference between requested quantity and available quantity for items with available quantity smaller than requested quantity, otherwise write nothing
In column J write “small and expensive” for items which are small and cost more than 30 euros, otherwise nothing.
In column K write “ok” for items which are either small or cost less than 30 euros, otherwise write 3 multiplied by available quantity.
In column L if item is small: if item has requested quantity>0 write “small and requested”, otherwise “small and unrequested”. If item is not small, write “large”.
In column M write requested quantity by price plus the shipping cost (which depends on the size).
* Use sheet text
Fill in the indicated fields.
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13. Slide only for ISDM27006 Date functions
 Date & Time 
NOW, TODAY
WEEKDAY
Serial number format and +/- operations
Date exact calculation
DAY, MONTH, YEAR
DATE
DATEDIF (the undocumented function)
Use sheet Date 1 and fill in the indicated fields, applying appropriate number format to field with days difference.
Use sheet Date 1 and fill in the indicated fields.
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14. Slide only for ISDM27006 Financial functions
net present value
 XNPV
internal rate of return
 XIRR
existence and uniqueness
Loan
T.A.N. Tasso Annuale Netto (Yearly Net Rate)
T.A.E.G. Tasso Annuale Effettivo Globale (Yearly Real Global Rate)
Use sheet NPV IRR
Fill in the indicated fields in the three rectangles on the left.
For the first investment, fill in the NPV table on the right.
Use loan 1
Fill in the indicated fields.
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15. Slide only for ISDM27006 Mortgage loan
constant payments and constant interest rate
PMT, IPMT, RATE, NPER
adjustable interest rate
Must build the table
Constant payments and adjustable length
Adjustable payments and constant length
Use sheet loan 2
Clear cells C5:E14 and B16:B19.
Fill in the table for a euro debt with a fixed rate of 6% to end up exactly in 9 years.
Below, calculate:
the payment to finish it in 20 years instead
the interest rate in case the payment were for 15 years
the number of years in case the rate were 5% and the payment were
the number of years in case the rate were 15% and the payment were
Use sheet loan 3
Clear cells C5:F14
Fill in the table, using adjustable payments and constant length, supposing a starting rate of 6% for 3 years, then AFTER 3 PAYMENTS the rate changes to 3% and after other 4 payments it changes to 20%.
Do the same using constant payments and adjustable length.
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16. Functions  Statistical  AVERAGE, VAR.S, STDEV.S NORM.DIST, NORM.INV
Use sheet Statistics
Fill in the indicated fields for:
averages, variances, standard deviations
calculation of probability
calculation of Z value
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17. Visual Basic for Applications
Slide only for ISDM27006
Visual Basic for Applications
Easy functions to expand Excel
User-defined functions
If Then Else
Working with ranges
Save the file as .xlsm
ALT+F11
on notebook you might have to press Fn
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18. Visual Basic for Applications
Slide only for ISDM27006
Visual Basic for Applications
Insert  Module
Mac:
Open Microsoft Excel Objects, click on any sheet, go with the mouse away from the sheets, right-click -> Insert -> Module. Then open Module, click on it and write code in module’s sheet on the right.
Do not write code in sheets
Reset button
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19. Function declaration Comments MsgBox If Then Else Optional parameters
Slide only for ISDM Visual Basic for Applications
Function declaration
Optional parameters
Comments
MsgBox
If Then Else
ElseIf
Nested Ifs
‘Build function Plus1 which accepts as input two numbers and returns their sum
Function Plus1(a, b)
Plus1 = a + b
End Function
‘Build function Plus2 as Plus1 but second parameter is optional with default value 10
Function Plus2(a, Optional b = 10)
Plus2 = a + b
‘Build function FuelConsumption1 which receives as input the start Km, the final Km and the Litres used per Km by your car and returns the amount of litres of fuel consumed
Function FuelConsumption1(StartKM, FinishKM, Litres)
FuelConsumption1 = (FinishKM - StartKM) / Litres
‘Build function FuelConsumption2 as FuelConsumption1 but with optional start Km default 0 and litres per Km default 45
Function FuelConsumption2(FinishKM, Optional StartKM = 0, Optional Litres = 45)
FuelConsumption2 = (FinishKM - StartKM) / Litres ' this is a comment
‘ Insert a comment
' this also is a comment
' calculate TotalPrice given price and quantity (1 if missing) with a discount of 10% if quantity is at least 10
Function TotalPrice1(price, Optional quantity = 1)
If quantity < 10 Then
TotalPrice1 = quantity * price
Else
TotalPrice1 = quantity * price * 0.9
End If
‘ build TotalPrice2 as TotalPrice1 but it checks that quantity be >=1. If it is not, it sets it to 1.
Function TotalPrice2(price, Optional quantity = 1)
If quantity < 1 Then
quantity = 1
TotalPrice2 = quantity * price
TotalPrice2 = quantity * price * 0.9
‘ build TotalPrice3 as TotalPrice2 but it warns the user in case it has to set quantity to 1
Function TotalPrice3(price, Optional quantity = 1)
MsgBox ("Warning: quantity is smaller than 1, will set it to 1")
TotalPrice3 = quantity * price
TotalPrice3 = quantity * price * 0.9
' calculate TotalPrice4 given price and quantity (1 if missing) with a discount of 10% if quantity is at least 10, 20% if at least 50
Function TotalPrice4(price, Optional quantity = 1)
TotalPrice4 = quantity * price
ElseIf quantity < 50 Then
TotalPrice4 = quantity * price * 0.9
TotalPrice4 = quantity * price * 0.8
' calculate TotalPrice4bis as before but with extra variable membership (Y or N) which gives an extra flat discount of 10 euro, AFTER applying percentage discount, to members
Function TotalPrice4bis(price, membership, Optional quantity = 1)
TotalPrice4bis = quantity * price
TotalPrice4bis = quantity * price * 0.9
TotalPrice4bis = quantity * price * 0.8
If membership = "Y" Then
TotalPrice4bis=TotalPrice4bis-10
' calculate TotalPrice5 as before but with extra variable membership (Y or N) which gives an extra flat discount of 10 euro, BEFORE applying percentage discount, to members
‘ you have to rethink the function a little bit
Function TotalPrice5(price, membership, Optional quantity = 1)
TotalPrice5 = quantity * price - 10
TotalPrice5 = (quantity * price - 10) * 0.9
TotalPrice5 = (quantity * price - 10) * 0.8
TotalPrice5 = quantity * price
TotalPrice5 = quantity * price * 0.9
TotalPrice5 = quantity * price * 0.8
‘same as previous one, alternative solution!
Function TotalPrice6(price, membership, Optional quantity = 1)
TotalPrice6 = quantity * price
TotalPrice6 = quantity * price + 10
TotalPrice6 = (quantity * price + 10) * 0.9
TotalPrice6 = (quantity * price) * 0.9
TotalPrice6 = (quantity * price + 10) * 0.8
' we can make it shorter using a temporary variable. You can use as many variables as you want!
Function TotalPrice8(price, membership, Optional quantity = 1)
temp = quantity * price + 10
ElseIf membership = "N" Then
temp = quantity * price
MsgBox ("Membership must be Y or N, not " & membership & ". Returning -1")
temp = -1
TotalPrice8 = temp
TotalPrice8 = temp * 0.9
TotalPrice8 = temp * 0.8
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20. Internal functions: Ucase, Left, Sqr, isNumeric
Slide only for ISDM Visual Basic for Applications
Internal functions: Ucase, Left, Sqr, isNumeric
Range as parameter
.Cells.Count
.Rows.Count
.Columns.Count
For Each Next
Summing
‘ modify TotalPrice6 (or 8 or 9) in such a way to recognize membership parameter y or yes or YES instead of Y
If Ucase(Left(membership)) = "Y" Then
Function howManyCells(r As Range)
howManyCells = r.Cells.Count
End Function
Function howManyRows(r As Range)
howManyRows = r.Rows.Count
Function lastElement(r As Range)
For Each x In r
MsgBox(“found “ & x)
LastElement = x
Next
Function OurSum(r As Range)
OurSum = 0
OurSum = OurSum + x
Function OurAverage(r As Range)
s = 0
s = s + x
OurAverage = s / r.Cells.Count
Function OurAverage2(r As Range)
OurAverage2 = OurSum(r) / r.Cells.Count
‘ skip this program and do the next one, which is more realistc
Function OurAverageCorrect(r As Range)
counter = 0
If x <> 0 Then
counter = counter + 1
End If
If counter > 0 Then
OurAverageCorrect = s / counter
Else
MsgBox ("Pay attention, no element is different from 0!!! We return -99")
OurAverageCorrect = -99
‘ build a function which calculates the average of only positive values AND skips non numeric values
Function OurAveragePositive(r As Range)
If isNumeric(x) And x > 0 Then
OurAveragePositive = s / counter
OurAveragePositive = -99
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21. Data  Forecasting  What-If Analysis
 Goal Seek…
 Scenario Manager…
 Add
 Summary
Assigning cell’s name
 Data table…
Select entire table
One parameter:  Column input cell
Two parameters
Use sheet What-if
Follow the indications on the sheet using Goal Seek.
Try now to have instead a variance of 100 using Goal Seek.
Clear cells E8:E10
Follow the indications on the sheet using Scenario Manager building five different scenarios changing the values to some believable situations and assigning cell names to the cells which appear in the scenario summary.
EXTRA: in a new sheet build a set of scenarios to buy a car. Your result function is the car' total cost in five years. It depends on:
car price
how much are you going to pay as car yearly tax
how much are you going to pay in gasoline, which depends on how many kilometres are you planning to drive and on the car consumption rate
how much are you going to pay in mechanical assistance, which depends on how many kilometres are you planning to drive and on how big the car is
and produce the scenario summary.
Follow the requests on the sheet using Data Table with one vertical variable.
Follow the requests on the sheet using Data Table with two variables.
EXTRA
Build a sensitivity analysis for your car's problem, changing the kilometres per year.
Build a sensitivity analysis for your car's problem, changing the kilometres per year and the gasoline price.
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22. Solver example My profession is writing books and giving seminars.
Each book requires 300 working hours and I earn euro.
Each seminar requires 20 working hours and I earn euro.
I want to maximize my earnings. The obvious choice would be to give as many seminars as possible.
However, in order to be called by universities for seminars I need to write at least one book every year!
Moreover, I have further constraints:
I do not want to work more than 1600 hours per year
I must give at least 4 seminars per year in order to advertise my books
I have only euro funding and each book uses 500 euro, while each seminar uses 2500 euro
How to maximize my earnings satisfying my constraints?
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23. Solver File  Excel Options  Add-Ins  Go  Solver
Solver – Risolutore
Mac users: Tools  Add-Ins
Write variables, possibly using cell names
Write objective and constraints
Data  Analysis  Solver
set variables (Variablenzellen, Celle variabili)
set objective (Ziel, Obiettivo)
set constraints (Nebenbedingungen, Vincoli)
set constraints for integer and binary variables
 Solve (Lösen, Risolvi)
Answer report (Antwort, Valori)
Use sheet Solver
Clear columns B and C.
Write a formula objective.
Set up the constraints.
Set up the solver and solve the problem, producing an answer report.
Now set up also the constraint on integer number of seminars.
Use the solver and produce a new answer report.
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24. Printing Page Layout  Page Setup 
 Orientation
 Scaling
 Margins 
 Center on page
 Header/Footer
 Sheet 
 Print area:
 Print  Gridlines
ViewWorkbook ViewsPage Break Preview
For old Mac: Page Layout  Breaks
File  Print
Use sheet Long
Apply:
horizontal orientation,
scaling such that it fits into one page horizontally (and as many pages are necessary vertically),
centred horizontally
header with current date and your name
foot with page number and file name
check that the same stock never splits and in case adjust slightly the splitting lines
print the sheet on a PDF file
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25. Portable Document File format
Portable Document File .pdf
PDF advantages
Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Acrobat
File  Save As…
File  Print  choose printer Adobe PDF
Protecting documents with Adobe Acrobat
… is removed from this course!
Using the previously produced PDF file:
apply protection to restrict only modifications and save with a different file name
apply protection to restrict only printing and save with a different file name
apply protection to restrict opening and save with a different file name
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26. Saving in other formats
Excel document .xlsx
Macro-enabled workbook .xlsm
Excel document .xls
Plain Text .txt .csv
Always close Excel after saving in plain text
Open a .xls file and convert it to .xlsx using the conversion tool.
Save sheet Long as tab-delimited txt file long_text.txt. Close Excel. Open Excel and import long_text.txt. Make some formatting modifications to this sheet. Now save the file with the formatting.
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27. Automatic format Home  Styles  Format as Table
 My table has headers
Design  Table styles  Clear
Mac: Table  Table Styles  Clear
HomeStyles  Conditional Formatting
Apply a rule which looks good
 Manage rules…  Edit Rule…
 Reverse Icon order
Use sheet logical
Apply automatic formatting to (after each formatting, remove formatting from the entire sheet)
column F items with price larger than 20
column D duplicated values
column B small items
column D unique items
column D items with quantity larger than 50, with formatting yellow background and blue bold character font
the top 3 most expensive items
the items with price below average
apply data bar to available quantity
Use sheet long
apply colour scale to buy gain percentage from white to red passing through blue
apply 3 traffic lights icons to buy price
apply 3 traffic lights icons to sell price, starting with green below 20, yellow up to 50 and red above
the same but hide the values
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28. Chart building Select cell range Insert  Charts 
Choose chart type and subtype
Chart Tools  Design 
 Data  Switch Row/Column
 Data  Select Data  Add/Edit
 Chart Layouts
 Chart Styles
 Location
Use sheet First
Build a clustered column plot using Nationality, number 1 and number 2
Switch rows with columns
Add a new column of data and remove the Number 2 columns
Modify the horizontal labels using "Person #" instead of nationality, then reapply nationalities
Move the chart to an entirely new sheet
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29. Chart Tools  Design  Add Chart Element 
 Axes  More axis options…
 Text Options
 Axis Titles / Chart Titles
 Legend / Gridlines
 Data Labels / Data Table
double-click on an element 
Plot area
Series
Element of a series
Using sheet First and the previous graph
set new minimum and maximum for the vertical axis
set a new step for vertical axis
adopt a logarithmic vertical axis
move the axes crossing such that it meets the vertical axis at 2 and the horizontal one after the third person
put chart title above the chart
put appropriate axes’ titles
put data labels below the graph
insert a legend
remove all the gridlines
colour the plot area
paint the tallest bar (only that one) black
Use Sheet Long and build a clustered column graph for buy price using logarithmic scale
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30. Chart types Multiple selection: CTRL/cmd + mouse 1 data series
Columns and bar plots
Line and Area (not a math graph!)
Pie
Multiple data series
Clustered and stacked columns/bar/lines/area
Scatter (only tool for mathematical graphs)
Bubble
Use sheet First
Build a clustered column plot using nationalities for the horizontal axis and as series "number 1" and "sum of two numbers".
Build a column plot using nationalities and "number 1"
Change it to:
line graph,
area graph
bar plot
pie chart. Extract a slice. Display slices' percentages.
Build a clustered column plot using nationalities and "number 1" and "number 2"
stacked column plot,
100% stacked column plot
clustered line graph
stacked line graph
stacked area graph
Use sheet long.
Build a scatterplot using buy price and sell price. Change the symbol to a large red triangle.
Use sheet Empty.
in column A write x values from -2 to 6 with steps of 0,1
in column B write the values for parabolic function x^2-5*x+2
With these data draw a scatterplot with lines and a line graph
Remove rows corresponding to x values between 2 and 4
Build a bubble chart using buy price, sell price and total buy, considering only the first 7 rows.
Build a bubble chart using buy price, sell price and total buy, with the first 7 rows with bubbles painted blue and the next 7 painted yellow.
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31. Extra Sheet protection except some cells
InsertIllustrationsShapesInsert Shapes
Non trasparent text box with arrow
Sheet protection except some cells
Review  Changes 
 Allow Users to Edit Ranges  New
Mac:
select free range and Format  Cells  Protection  uncheck Locked
 Protect Sheet…
In a graph insert a non transparent text box with an arrow pointing to the tallest point of the graph
Use sheet First
Apply protection to the sheet letting the user modify only column "number 1".
Remove the protection.
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32. Extras Hide and unhide Split and freeze pane
HomeCellsFormatVisibilityHide & Unhide…
right-click  Hide/Unhide…
Split and freeze pane
Put cursor in the top left of the lower pane
View  Window  Freeze Panes
Review  Comments  New Comment
Use sheet long
Hide columns C and D. Unhide them
Freeze top row. Unfreeze it.
Freeze top row and the first 3 columns. Unfreeze them.
Put a comment in a cell
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33. Extras List (small database) Hyperlink Data  Sort Data  Filter
Add Field
Data  Filter
Hyperlink
Select area, right-click  Remove Hyperlink
Mac: either select exactly the cells with hyperlinks, or copy, paste values on another column and remove original column
Use sheet long
Sort the data by buy date and, in case they have the same buy date, alphabetically buy name.
Sort the date in reverse chronological sell order.
Apply a filtering to filer out all data traded in GBP and all data bought before 1/1/2000.
Use sheet Empty
Write some addresses and web pages. Remove all the hyperlink with a single action.
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34. PivotTable select a well-structured table Insert  Tables  PivotTable
Drag items from PivotTable Field List
Left-click  Value Field Settings
Filter and Sort
Options  Group Field
To restore fields’ pane: click on pivot table  Analyze  press Field List
Options  Tools  PivotChart
Old version of Mac: PivotChart does not exist 
Use sheet long.
In a new sheet insert a pivot table and:
display the average price of stocks by currency
display the average price of stocks by currency and by sector
build a pivot chart using these data
display the average price of stocks by currency and the count of how many they are
display the sum of total bought quantities by currency, filtering out those belonging to sector "finance"
filter out all the stocks bought before 1/1/2000
display the sum of bought quantities by buying year and month
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35. Statistics with Excel Add-ins
File  Excel Options  Add-Ins  Go  Analysis ToolPak
Analyse-Funktionen – Strumenti di Analisi
Data  Analysis  Data Analysis
 Descriptive Statistics (Popolationskenngrößen)
 Histogram
Display Chart
Right-click  Format Data Series  No Gap
Bin range (Klassenbereich)
Use sheet long
Build descriptive statistics for buy and sell price
Build an histogram for buy and sell price.
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