Empowerment Technology Lesson 8
Empowerment Technology Lesson 8
FORMULAS AND
FUNCTIONS
P R E P A R E D B Y: J E N L E S T E R B . L U M I D A O
MICROSOFT
EXCEL
In today’s globalized
world, the world’s
most valuable
resources are data and
information.
Data must be properly
MICROSOFT EXCEL
FORMULAS AND
FUNCTION
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SUM () FUNCTION
Allows to sum the numerical
data in any number of columns
or rows by selecting them or
typing them in.
The basic format for this
function is 4
SUMIF () FUNCTION
Used to summate the values of cell
range that meet the criteria that have
been specified.
In SUMIF Function, the total to be
summed up are the values of cell that
have been specified while, SUM function
will only summate the values from all 5
SUMIF () FUNCTION
Range Contains values and from
which values will be checked
against the criteria.
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AVERAGE() FUNCTION
Allows user to get the average
of all the numbers in chosen
cells.
=AVERAGE(range to be
averaged)
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AVERAGE() FUNCTION
• For example: one chooses 4 cells and
only 3 cells have actual numbers, the
divisor which will be used in computing
the average is 3 instead of 4.
• In this case, if a cell value is zero (0),
zero must be entered instead leaving the 9
COUNT()
FUNCTION
Use to count the number of chosen
cells that have a number value in
them.
Useful in determining if there are
missing data or values.
The basic format for this function is10
IF() FUNCTION
Users achieve a particular
value if the condition has been
satisfied or TRUE, or if the
condition has not been satisfied
or FALSE.
=IF(CONDITION,RESULT IF 11
CONCATENATE()
FUNCTION
This function combines two or
more text strings
In other words, this function
combines the values from two or
more cells into another cell.
=CONCATENATE(text1,text2,text3) 12
MAX() AND MIN()
MAX Function used to search for
the highest value in array.
MIN Function used to search for
the lowest value in an array.
=MIN(range)
=MAX(range) 13
USEFUL MICROSOFT
EXCEL FEATURES
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CONDITIONAL FORMATTING
This features enables users to
emphasize certain cells with
formatting they want.
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STEPS IN ADDING CONDITIONAL FORMATTING
Select the cell range.
In Home tab, click conditional formatting.
Hover above Highlight Cell Rules and click
Less Than.
Type 2000 and select formatting style.
Click OK. 16
TEXT TO COLUMNS
Feature may be considered as
the opposite of concatenate
function.
This feature is use to separate
contents of one column to two
or more columns. 17
STEPS IN USING TEXT TO COLUMNS FEATURE
Select the cell range.
In Data tab, click Text columns.
Choose, Delimited since we will use specific values or
characters as delimiters. Click Next.
Choose Comma since our column contains comma. Click
Next.
Click General
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DATA VALIDATION
Feature which limits what particular
value can be entered in a cell.
This will make sure that the value
entered in a specific cells is
reasonable.
Ex. The value set for minimum age 19
STEPS IN USING ADDING DATA VALIDATION
Select the cell range.
In Data tab, click data validation
In setting tab:
Choose’ ’whole number’’ in allow criteria.
Choose ‘’ greater than or equal to’’ in Data Criteria.
Enter 18 in the minimum criteria.
Click okay. 20
GRAPHS
Are used to give users graphical
representation of what is in the
spreadsheet.
Make it easy for readers to
visualize and understand data in
the spreadsheet. 21
STEPS IN PREPARING GRAPHS
Select the cell range.
In insert tab, click columns and the first 2D column.
There can be other types of graphs that can be
selected here.
Click Okay.
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