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Excel 2019 Bible

You're reading from   Excel 2019 Bible The complete guide to Excel 2019

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
Publisher Wiley
ISBN-13 9781119514787
Length 1120 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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John Walkenbach John Walkenbach
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Michael Alexander Michael Alexander
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

1. Cover FREE CHAPTER
2. Introduction 3. Part I: Getting Started with Excel 4. Part II: Working with Formulas and Functions 5. Part III: Creating Charts and Other Visualizations 6. Part IV: Managing and Analyzing Data 7. Part V: Understanding Power Pivot and Power Query 8. Part VI: Automating Excel 9. Index
10. End User License Agreement

CHAPTER 15
Using Formulas for Financial Analysis

Spreadsheets got their start in the accounting and finance departments back when it was all done with paper and pencil. And even though Excel has grown far beyond a simple electronic ledger sheet, it's still a required tool in business.

In this chapter, you'll look at some formulas commonly used in accounting, finance, and other areas of businesses.

Performing Common Business Calculations

This section provides a reference for some of the more common business- and financial-oriented formulas that you may be asked to create when working as a business analyst using Excel.

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This book's website, www.wiley.com/go/excel2019bible, includes a copy of the sample workbook for this chapter. The file is named Financial Analysis.xlsx.

Calculating gross profit margin and gross profit margin percent

Gross margin is the money...

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