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Excel provides powerful tools for analyzing and organizing data in a spreadsheet. Formulas allow calculations to be performed on large datasets automatically. Charts provide visual representations of spreadsheet data to make trends and insights easier to understand. Key functions like SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MAX, and MIN allow aggregation and analysis of numeric data in cells.
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Advanced Spreadsheet Skills Presentation

Excel provides powerful tools for analyzing and organizing data in a spreadsheet. Formulas allow calculations to be performed on large datasets automatically. Charts provide visual representations of spreadsheet data to make trends and insights easier to understand. Key functions like SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MAX, and MIN allow aggregation and analysis of numeric data in cells.
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ADVANCED

SPREADSHEET
SKILLS
Definition of Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet is a sheet of paper


that shows accounting or other
data in rows and columns; a
spreadsheet is also a computer
application program that
manipulating data arranged in
rows and columns.
BENEFIT USING
MICROSOFT EXCEL
Analyzing and storing data

With the help of graphs and charts, you can


summarize the data and store it in an
organized way so that whenever you want to
Excel tools make your work easier

There are wonderful tools for sorting,


filtering and searching which all the
Keeps data combined at one
location
Another
interesting
use of MS
Excel is that
you can keep
all your data
at one
location.
Mathematical formulas of MS Excel
make things easier

There are so many


formulas in MS Excel
and by using these
formulas you can
implement lots of
operations like finding
sum, average, MAX And
MIn on a large amount
of data all at once.
PARTS OF
SPREADSHEET
Key Terms in MS Excel:
• Row - horizontal line of entries • Cell Reference – the cell address
in a table of the cell usually combine letter
and number (ex. A1, B4, C2)
• Column – vertical line of
• Merge – combining or joining two
entries in a table
or more cells
• Cell - the place where info. is • Formula – is an expression which
held in a spreadsheet calculates the value of a cell.

• Active Cell – the selected cell


Recalculation are change one or more
numbers in spreadsheet, all related
formulas will automatically recalculate.

Example :
Chart Types Chart Titles
To display the Including a chart title
monthly expenses and subtitle as well as
Charts are visual over the quarter,
s
title along the x-axis
representations of you consider and y-axis make the
data in a several different chart easier to read
chart types before and understand
spreadsheet.
selecting the 3D
column chart.

Data Labels
Data labels
draw the
viewer’s
attention to
selected
pieces of
information in
the chart
Legend
The legend defines
each sales expense
by a color. Legends
are essential to
charts the depict
more than one of
Four Basic Excel Functions

1. SUM
It usually aggregates values from a
selection of columns or rows from
your selected range.
Syntax :
=SUM(number1, [number2],
…)
2. AVERAGE
simple averages of data such as the
average number of shareholders in a
given shareholding pool.
Syntax :
=AVERAGE(number1, [number2], …)

 
3. COUNT
The Count function counts all cells in a
given range that contain only numeric
values.
Syntax :
=COUNT(value1, [value2], …)
4. MAX & MIN

The MAX and MIN functions help in finding the maximum

number and the minimum number in a range of values.

Syntax :

=MIN(number1, [number2], …) 

=MAX(number1, [number2], …)

 
5. COUNTIF
COUNTIF is a function to count cells that meet a
single criteria. COUNTIF can be used to count cells
with dates, numbers, and text that match specific
criteria.
Syntax :
=COUNTIF (range, criteria)

Arguments 
■range - The range of cells to count.
■criteria - The criteria that controls which cells
should be counted.
 
6. AVERAGEIF
The Excel AVERAGEIF function computes the
average of the numbers in a range that meet the
supplied criteria. The criteria for AVERAGEIF
supports logical operators (>,<,<>,=) and
wildcards (*,?) for partial matching.
Syntax :
=AVERAGEIF (range, criteria,
[average_range])
Arguments
■ range - One or more cells, including numbers or
names, arrays, or references.
■ criteria - A number, expression, cell reference,
or text.

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