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Lesson 5 EXCEL

The document provides an overview of advanced spreadsheet skills, focusing on the elements of formulas, types of cell references, and various functions such as SUM, AVERAGE, and VLOOKUP. It also highlights useful Excel features like conditional formatting, data validation, and graph creation for better data analysis. The lesson aims to enhance users' ability to compute and analyze numbers effectively in spreadsheets.

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Lesson 5 EXCEL

The document provides an overview of advanced spreadsheet skills, focusing on the elements of formulas, types of cell references, and various functions such as SUM, AVERAGE, and VLOOKUP. It also highlights useful Excel features like conditional formatting, data validation, and graph creation for better data analysis. The lesson aims to enhance users' ability to compute and analyze numbers effectively in spreadsheets.

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Advanced

Spreadsheet Skills
Lesson 4
How do you
compute numbers?
01
Elements of
Formula
ELEMENTS OF FORMULA
● The equal sign (=) which
indicates that that what
follows is formula
● The operator/ the formula
● Cell reference
Cell Reference
Cell reference – is the combination of
column and row or simply the name of the
cell where the data is placed.
Types of Cell Reference
1. Relative cell reference – changes when a formula
is copied to another cell.
2. Absolute cell reference – remains constant, no
matter where they are copied, it is denoted by a
dollar sign ($).
$A$2 – Column and row do not change
A$2 – Row does not change
$A2 – Column does not change
02

Basic Formulas
SUM Function
● Syntax: =SUM(sum_range)
SUMIF Function
● Summates the values of cells that meet the
criteria specified.
● =SUMIF(range,criteria,sum_range)
AVERAGE FUNCTION
● Syntax: =AVERAGE(cells involved)
COUNT FUNCTION
● Count the number of chosen cells that have a
number value
COUNTIF FUNCTION
● It allows us to count the number of cells that
contains something.
● Syntax: =COUNTIF(range, criteria)
○ Range – the cells where the counting takes place
○ Criteria – the label or value that determines if it is to be
counted.
AVERAGE IF
● Syntax: =averageif(range,
criteria,average range)
○ Range – cells you want to look for
criteria
○ Criteria – value or label that
determines if a cell is part of the
range to be averaged
○ Average range – the actual range
of cells that will be average
IF Function
● Allows to achieve a particular value
if the condition has been satisfied
● =IF(CONDITION, RESULT IF TRUE,
RESULT IF FALSE)
AND Function
● Can be nested on IF function
● Use to set multiple conditions
VLOOKUP Function
● Enables users to find something on
the leftmost column of the chosen
range and return a value related to
it.
● =VLOOKUP(lookup_value,
table_range, column index
number, range lookup)
Concatenate Function
● Combines two or more text strings.
● =CONCATENATE(text1,text2,text3)
Max & Min Function
● Max function is used to search for
the highest value in an array while
Min function is used to search for
the lowest value in an array.
03
Useful Excel
Features
Conditional Formatting
● Use to emphasize certain cells with
the formatting you want
Text to Columns
● Used to separate contents of one
column or two columns
Data Validation
● Limits what particular value can be
entered in a cell
Graphs
● Use to give users graphical
representation of what is in the
spreasheet
Any questions?
Clarifications?
Let’s answer
this!
Identify what
function and
feature is
presented.
Since it is difficult to analyze
the voluminous number of
figures in spreadsheet, the
team resorted to create a
visual representation of data.

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