Microsoft Office Excel 2007 formulas & functions for dummies / by Ken Bluttman and Peter G. Aitken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bluttman, Ken.

Contributor:

Aitken, Peter G.

Series:

--For dummies.

For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Excel (Computer file).

Electronic spreadsheets.

Business--Computer programs.

Business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Make Excel do the math and make sense of your dataUse the Insert Function dialog box, array formulas and functions, and moreExcel 2007 has more than 500 built-in functions. This book looks at the top 150, so you can find out which ones will make your life easier. Want to compare a 15-year mortgage to a 30-year mortgage? Forecast expenses for your college freshman? See how your online business is doing? Here's the fun and easy way!Discover how to* Create worksheets to track costs and revenue* Tell the difference among average, median, and mode* Work with

Contents:

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Formulas & Functions for Dummies; About the Authors; Dedications; Authors' Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; How to Use This Book; What You Can Safely Ignore; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used In This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Putting the Fun in Functions; Chapter 1: Tapping into Formula and Function Fundamentals; Working with Excel Fundamentals; Gaining the Upper Hand on Formulas; Using Functions in Formulas; Chapter 2: Saving Time with Function Tools

Getting Familiar with the Insert Function Dialog BoxFinding the Correct Function; Entering Functions Using the Insert Function Dialog Box; Directly Entering Formulas and Functions; Chapter 3: Saying "Array!" for Formulas and Functions; Discovering Arrays; Using Arrays in Formulas; Working with Functions That Return Arrays; Chapter 4: Fixing Formula Boo-Boos; Catching Errors as You Enter Them; Auditing Formulas; Watching the Watch Window; Evaluating and Checking Errors; Making an Error Behave the Way You Want; Part II: Counting on Your Money

Chapter 5: Calculating Loan Payments and Interest RatesUnderstanding How Excel Handles Money; Figuring Loan Calculations; Chapter 6: Appreciating What You'll Get, Depreciating What You Got; Looking into the Future; Depreciating the Finer Things in Life; Measuring Your Internals; Chapter 7: Using Basic Math Functions; Adding It All Together with the SUM Function; Rounding Out Your Knowledge; Leaving All Decimals Behind with INT; Leaving Some Decimals Behind with TRUNC; Looking for a Sign; Ignoring Signs; Chapter 8: Advancing Your Math; Using PI to Calculate Circumference and Diameter

Generating and Using Random NumbersOrdering Items; Combining; Raising Numbers to New Heights; Multiplying Multiple Numbers; Using What Remains with the MOD Function; Summing Things Up; Chapter 9: Throwing Statistics a Curve; Stuck in the Middle with AVERAGE, MEDIAN, and MODE; Deviating from the Middle; Analyzing Data with Percentiles and Bins; Going for the Count; Chapter 10: Using Significance Tests; Testing to the T; Comparing Results to an Estimate; Part III: Doing the Math; Chapter 11: Rolling the Dice on Predictions and Probability; Modeling

Getting It Straight: Using SLOPE and INTERCEPT to Describe Linear DataWhat's in the Future: Using FORECAST, TREND, and GROWTH to Make Predictions; Using NORMDIST and POISSON to Determine Probabilities; Chapter 12: Dressing Up for Date Functions; Understanding How Excel Handles Dates; Formatting Dates; Making a Date with DATE; Breaking a Date with DAY, MONTH, and YEAR; Converting a Date from Text; Finding Out What TODAY Is; Determining the Day of the Week; Working with Workdays; Calculating Time between Two Dates with the DATEDIF Function; Chapter 13: Keeping Well-Timed Functions

Understanding How Excel Handles Time

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780470377390

0470377399

OCLC:

228414042