Excel Project 2
Formulas, Functions,
and Formatting
Creating a Worksheet
 First
step is to make sure you
___________ what is required
 Next make sure that it is
____________ (purposeful)
 Finally make it _____________
pleasing
Formatting
 Press
_____ + Enter to start a new
line in a cell
 Cells can also be formatted for
___________ (Home – wrap text)
 Do not ____ rows to add white
space
Formulas
 Assign
a _____ to a cell and
Excel will calculate the result
Arithmetic Operators
 __Multiplication
+
Addition
 __ Division
 - Subtraction
 __ Exponent
 % Percent
=A1__C1
=B3+D3
=B2__A2
=A4-B6
=C4__3
=12%
HOW TO ENTER A FORMULA
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First enter ____ (a + or – may also be used
to instruct the computer to perform a
calculation)
Select the first cell in the formula (key in the
cell reference or use the ___ ___ by
clicking on the cell with the mouse)
Key the symbol of operation
Select the other cell involved in formula
Press enter
ORDER OF OPERATION
 PLEASE
()
 EXCUSE
___ EXPONENT
 MY
*
 DEAR
___ DIVISION
 AUNT
+
ADDITION
 SALLY
-
SUBTRATION
PARENTHESES
MULTIPLICATION
Relative References
 When
copying and pasting or fill
handling a formula, the cell ____
will change because they are
____ references
Example: =A1+B1 will change to =___+ ___ when
fill handled down
Formulas
 Blank
cell has a value of ____
 Function takes a value or values,
performs an ___, and returns a result
to the cell
 ___ are the values that you use with a
function
Formulas

Formulas can contain space and are ___
case sensitive (can use upper or
lowercase)
Functions
Functions are prewritten ___
 Average – sums the numbers in the
specified range and then divides the sum
by the number of nonzero cells in the
range
 ___ – displays the highest value in a
range
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Functions

___ – displays the lowest value in a range

___ – displays the current date and time
the spreadsheet is opened
Formulas
 By
default Excel automatically ___
every time there is a change
 You can change to manual mode
 Press __ to recalculate a worksheet in
manual calculation mode
___ Finder
 Used
to check which cells are
referenced in the formula
Formatting
style format has a dollar sign to the
left of the cell (fixed dollar sign), inserts
a comma every three positions to the
left of the decimal point and with two
decimal points
 Fixed dollar sign – places a fixed $ to
the far ___ in the cell
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Formatting
dollar sign – $ appears
immediately to the left of the first digit
with no spaces (select from drop down)
 Comma style format – on the Home
ribbon which inserts a ___ every three
positions to the left of the decimal point
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Formatting
Fit – Width of the column or row
will be increased/decreased so the
widest entry will fit in the column

cells – format section of the Home
Ribbon to hide data
 ___ – a dot on the screen that contains
color
 Best
Conditional Formatting
 allows
you to apply formatting
that appears only when the value
in a cell meets ___ that you
specify
 A condition can be ___ or false
Formulas
 To
switch from the formulas version
to the values version press the ___ +
___ (accent mark)
 ___ is the process of finding and
correcting errors