Excel Cheat Sheet: Basic Skills
Excel Cheat Sheet: Basic Skills
Excel Cheat Sheet: Basic Skills
Hide Rows or Columns: Select the rows or MIN and MAX Functions: Click the cell where Switch Between Excel Windows: Click the
columns you want to hide, click the Format you want to place a minimum or maximum View tab, click the Switch Windows
button on the Home tab, select Hide & value for a given range. Click the Sum button, and select the window you want to
Unhide, and select Hide Rows or Hide button list arrow on the Home tab and select make active.
Columns. either Min or Max. Enter the cell range you
want to reference, and press Enter. Freeze Panes: Activate the cell where you want
Basic Formatting to freeze the window, click the View tab on the
COUNT Function: Click the cell where you want ribbon, click the Freeze Panes button in the
Change Cell Alignment: Select the cell(s) you to place a count of the number of cells in a Window group, and select an option from the
want to align and click a vertical alignment range that contain numbers. Click the Sum list.
, , button or a horizontal alignment button list arrow on the Home tab and select
, , button in the Alignment group on the Count Numbers. Enter the cell range you want Select a Print Area: Select the cell range you
Home tab. to reference, and press Enter. want to print, click the Page Layout tab on the
ribbon, click the Print Area button, and
select Set Print Area.
Record a Macro: Click the Developer tab on Edit a Conditional Formatting Rule: Click the
the ribbon and click the Record Macro Conditional Formatting button on the
button. Type a name and description then Home tab and select Manage Rules. Select the
specify where to save it. Click OK. Complete rule you want to edit and click Edit Rule. Make
the steps to be recorded. Click the Stop your changes to the rule. Click OK.
Recording button on the Developer tab.
Change the Order of Conditional Formatting
Run a Macro: Click the Developer tab on the Rules: Click the Conditional Formatting
ribbon and click the Macros button. Select button on the Home tab and select Manage
the macro and click Run. Rules. Select the rule you want to re-sequence.
Click the Move Up or Move Down arrow
Edit a Macro: Click the Developer tab on the until the rule is positioned correctly. Click OK.
ribbon and click the Macros button. Select a
HLOOKUP: Looks for and retrieves data from a
macro and click the Edit button. Make the Analyze Data specific row in a table.
necessary changes to the Visual Basic code
and click the Save button. Goal Seek: Click the Data tab on the ribbon.
Click the What-If Analysis button and select
Delete a Macro: Click the Developer tab on
Goal Seek. Specify the desired value for the
the ribbon and click the Macros button.
given cell and which cell can be changed to
Select a macro and click the Delete button.
reach the desired result. Click OK.
Macro Security: Click the Developer tab on
the ribbon and click the Macro Security Advanced Formulas
UPPER, LOWER, and PROPER: Changes how
button. Select a security level and click OK.
Nested Functions: A nested function is when text is capitalized.
one function is tucked inside another function as UPPER Case | lower case | Proper Case
Troubleshoot Formulas one of its arguments, like this:
Common Formula Errors:
Error Checking: Select a cell containing an MATCH: Locates the position of a lookup value
error. Click the Formulas tab on the ribbon in a row or column.
and click the Error Checking button in the
SUMIF and AVERAGEIF: Calculates cells that
Formula Auditing group. Use the dialog to
meet a condition.
locate and fix the error.
• SUMIF finds the total.
The Watch Window: Select the cell you want to
• AVERAGEIF finds the average. INDEX: Returns a value or the reference to a
watch. Click the Formulas tab on the ribbon
and click the Watch Window button. Click value from within a range.
the Add Watch button. Ensure the correct
cell is identified and click Add.
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