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Informationen zum Autor Ken Bluttman is a veteran software and web developer specializing in Excel/VBA and database-centric web applications. He has written numerous articles and books on a variety of technical topics. His latest projects include large-scale cloud-based applications and mobile app development. Klappentext * Understand how functions work within a formula* Take full advantage of built-in Excel functions* Evaluate and forecast investments and expensesPut Excel's powerful functions to work for you!Excel contains a whopping 400+ built-in functions. Now before your eyes glaze over, this book has sorted out the 150 most useful ones and provided step-by-step instructions on how to use each within a formula. Helpful, real-world examples show you how to take advantage of Excel's power for basic tasks, like determining your business's average sale, computing classroom grades, forecasting college expenses, determining the REAL cost of large credit card purchases, or just cataloging your recipe collection. Add Excel to your team!Inside...* Essential Excel functions* Real-world examples using each function in a formula* Using Excel to make decisions* Saving time with function tools* Calculating interest rates* Applying significance tests* Working with database functions Zusammenfassung Put the power of Excel functions to work in your formulasThere are more than 400 built-in functions in Excel 2019! from AGGREGATE to Z.TEST. The question is which ones will make your work easier? How and why should you use a particular function in your formulas? Excel Formulas and Functions For Dummies offers thorough but easy-to-read coverage of powerful Excel functions.With this book! you'll learn to apply the power of Excel functions and formulas to make your work and other tasks easier. Compare 15-year vs. 30-year mortgage terms! choose between leasing or buying a car! compute classroom grades! create an amortization table! evaluate investment performance! calculate the real cost of credit card purchases! or forecast college expenses and savings. All of this and more is possible when you master functions and formulas in Excel. Although it covers the latest software version! Excel 2019! the techniques and functions described in this book can be used on any version of Excel.* Step-by-step instruction on Excel's 150 most useful functions* Each function is illustrated by helpful! real-world examples* 85 specialized functions are described in abbreviated form* Includes Excel's must-know functionsThis book is a must-read for beginning to intermediate Excel users who want to find out how to use Excel's powerful built-in functions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Formulas and Functions 5Chapter 1: Tapping Into Formula and Function Fundamentals 7Chapter 2: Saving Time with Function Tools 37Chapter 3: Saying "Array!" for Formulas and Functions 55Chapter 4: Fixing Formula Boo-Boos 65Part 2: Doing the Math 83Chapter 5: Calculating Loan Payments and Interest Rates 85Chapter 6: Appreciating What You'll Get, Depreciating What You've Got 103Chapter 7: Using Basic Math Functions 119Chapter 8: Advancing Your Math 137Part 3: Solving with Statistics 159Chapter 9: Throwing Statistics a Curve 161Chapter 10: Using Significance Tests 199Chapter 11: Rolling the Dice on Predictions and Probability 209Part 4: Dancing with Data 227Chapter 12: Dressing Up for Date Functions 229Chapter 13: Keeping Well-Timed Functions 247Chapter 14: Using Lookup, Logical, and Reference Functions 257Chapter 15: Digging Up the Facts 289Chapter 16: Writing Home About Text Functions 303Chapter 17: Playing Records with Database Functions 327Part 5: The Part of Tens 343Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Working with Formulas 345Chapter 19: Ten Functions You Really Should Know 359Chapter 20: Ten Really Cool Functions 367Index 375...
