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Book SynopsisMaster core Excel tools for building powerful, reliable spreadsheets with
Excel 2019 Formulas and Functions. Excel expert Paul McFedries shows how to use Excel core features to solve problems and get the answers you need. Using real-world examples, McFedries helps you get the absolute most out of features and improvements ranging from AutoFill to Excel’s newest functions. Along the way, you discover the fastest, best ways to handle essential day-to-day tasks ranging from generating account numbers to projecting the impact of inflation.
Becoming an Excel expert has never been easier! You’ll find crystal-clear instructions; insider insights; even complete step-by-step projects for building timesheets, projecting cash flow, aging receivables, analyzing defects, and more.
• Quickly create powerful spreadsheets with range names and array formulas
• Use conditional formatting to instantly reveal anomalies, problems, or opportunities
• Analyze your data with standard tables and PivotTables
• Use complex criteria to filter data in lists
• Understand correlations between data
• Perform sophisticated what-if analyses
• Use regression to track trends and make forecasts
• Build loan, investment, and discount formulas
• Validate data, troubleshoot problems, and build more accurate, trustworthy spreadsheets
Table of ContentsPart I—Mastering Excel formulas
Chapter 1—Building basic formulas
Chapter 2—Creating advanced formulas
Chapter 3—Troubleshooting formulas
Part II—Harnessing the power of functions
Chapter 4—Understanding functions
Chapter 5—Working with text functions
Chapter 6—Working with logical and information functions
Chapter 7—Working with lookup functions
Chapter 8—Working with date and time functions
Chapter 9—Working with math functions
Part III—Building business formulas
Chapter 10—Implementing basic business formulas
Chapter 11—Building descriptive statistical formulas
Chapter 12—Building inferential statistical formulas
Chapter 13—Applying regression to track trends and make forecasts
Chapter 14—Building loan formulas
Chapter 15—Working with investment formulas
Chapter 16—Building discount formulas
Part IV—Building business models
Chapter 17—Analyzing data with tables
Chapter 18—Analyzing data with PivotTables
Chapter 19—Using Excel's business modeling tools
Chapter 20—Solving complex problems with Solver
