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Entering A Formula Entering A Formula

Formulas are expressions that combine different values, returning a single value. Functions summarize all the values in a column or row using a single statistic. You can rename a worksheet by double-clicking the sheet tab.

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Entering A Formula Entering A Formula

Formulas are expressions that combine different values, returning a single value. Functions summarize all the values in a column or row using a single statistic. You can rename a worksheet by double-clicking the sheet tab.

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Entering a Formula
A formula is an expression that returns a value A formula is written using operators that combine different values, returning a single value that is then displayed in the cell

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Entering a Formula

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Click the cell in which you want the formula results to appear Type = and an expression that calculates a value using cell references and arithmetic operators Press the Enter key or press the Tab key to complete the formula

The most commonly used operators are arithmetic operators

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Copying and Pasting Formulas


With formulas, however, Excel adjusts the formulas cell references to reflect the new location of the formula in the worksheet

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Introducing Functions
A function is a named operation that returns a value For example, to add the values in the range A1:A10, you could enter the following long formula: =A1+A2+A3+A4+A5+A6+A7+A8+A9+A10 Or, you could use the SUM function to accomplish the same thing: =SUM(A1:A10)
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Entering a Function

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Entering Functions with AutoSum


The AutoSum button quickly inserts Excel functions that summarize all the values in a column or row using a single statistic
Sum of the values in the column or row Average value in the column or row Total count of numeric values in the column or row Minimum value in the column or row Maximum value in the column or row

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Entering Functions with AutoSum

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Inserting and Deleting a Worksheet


To insert a new worksheet into the workbook,
1. 2. 3. 4. Right-click a sheet tab Click Insert on the shortcut menu Select a sheet type Then click the OK button

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You can delete a worksheet from a workbook in two ways:


You can right-click the sheet tab of the worksheet you want to delete, and then click Delete on the shortcut menu You can also click the Delete button arrow in the Cells group on the Home tab, and then click Delete Sheet
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Renaming a Worksheet

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Moving and Copying a Worksheet

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To rename a worksheet, you double-click the sheet tab to select the sheet name, type a new name for the sheet, and then press the Enter key Sheet names cannot exceed 31 characters in length, including blank spaces The width of the sheet tab adjusts to the length of the name you enter

You can change the placement of the worksheets in a workbook To reposition a worksheet, you click and drag the sheet tab to a new location relative to other worksheets in the workbook To copy a worksheet, just press the Ctrl key as you drag and drop the sheet tab

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Editing Your Work

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Using Find and Replace


You can use the Find command to locate numbers and text in the workbook and the Replace command to overwrite them

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To edit the cell contents, you can work in editing mode You can enter editing mode in several ways:
double-clicking the cell selecting the cell and pressing the F2 key selecting the cell and clicking anywhere within the formula bar

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Changing Worksheet Views


You can view a worksheet in three ways:
Normal view simply shows the contents of the worksheet Page Layout view shows how the worksheet will appear on the page or pages sent to the printer Page Break Preview displays the location of the different page breaks within the worksheet

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