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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 9
Introducing Formulas and Functions

Formulas are what make a spreadsheet program so useful. If it weren't for formulas, a spreadsheet would simply be a fancy word processing document that has great support for tabular information.

You use formulas in your Excel worksheets to calculate results from the data stored in the worksheet. When data changes, the formulas calculate updated results with no extra effort on your part. This chapter introduces formulas and functions and helps you to get up to speed with this important element.

Understanding Formula Basics

A formula consists of special code entered into a cell. It performs a calculation of some type and returns a result that is displayed in the cell. Formulas...

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