Microsoft Excel 2019 Formulas and Functions, 1st edition

Published by Microsoft Press (February 19, 2019) © 2019

  • Paul McFedries
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Master core Excel tools for building powerful, reliable spreadsheets with Excel 2019 Formulas and Functions. Excel expert Paul McFedries shows how to use Excel core features to solve problems and get the answers you need. Using real-world examples, McFedries helps readers get the absolute most out of features and improvements ranging from AutoFill to Excel’s newest functions. Along the way, students will discover the fastest, best ways to handle essential day-to-day tasks ranging from generating account numbers to projecting the impact of inflation.
Becoming an Excel expert has never been easier! Students will find crystal-clear instructions; insider insights; even complete step-by-step projects for building timesheets, projecting cash flow, aging receivables, analyzing defects, and more.
• Quickly create powerful spreadsheets with range names and array formulas
• Use conditional formatting to instantly reveal anomalies, problems, or opportunities• Analyze your data with standard tables and PivotTables
• Use complex criteria to filter data in lists• Understand correlations between data
• Perform sophisticated what-if analyses• Use regression to track trends and make forecasts
• Build loan, investment, and discount formulas• Validate data, troubleshoot problems, and build more accurate, trustworthy spreadsheets

Part I—Mastering Excel formulas

Chapter 1—Building basic formulas

Chapter 2—Creating advanced formulas

Chapter 3—Troubleshooting formulas


Part II—Harnessing the power of functions

Chapter 4—Understanding functions

Chapter 5—Working with text functions

Chapter 6—Working with logical and information functions 

Chapter 7—Working with lookup functions

Chapter 8—Working with date and time functions

Chapter 9—Working with math functions


Part III—Building business formulas

Chapter 10—Implementing basic business formulas

Chapter 11—Building descriptive statistical formulas

Chapter 12—Building inferential statistical formulas 

Chapter 13—Applying regression to track trends and make forecasts

Chapter 14—Building loan formulas

Chapter 15—Working with investment formulas

Chapter 16—Building discount formulas 


Part IV—Building business models

Chapter 17—Analyzing data with tables

Chapter 18—Analyzing data with PivotTables

Chapter 19—Using Excel's business modeling tools

Chapter 20—Solving complex problems with Solver

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