How to Use Microsoft Excel Online Tips MS Excel spreadsheet Tutorial shortcut keys Excel Formulas with Examples

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How to Use Microsoft Excel - How to Use Excel is a Series of Excel Tutorials designed with the beginner in user mind. 

Entering Data in Excel Sheet tutorial all the basics of how to enter data into an Excel spreadsheet. 

Basic Calculations in Excel Spreadsheets - How to do calculations in excel, In MS excel - User can enter simple formula calculations to multiply, add, subtract, divide two or more numeric values. we can enter a formula uses for sum functions (AutoSum) to total a series of values without having to enter any of them manually in a formula. 

MS Excel Tutorial - Microsoft Excel Formulas Beginners Tutorial 

  

Formula in MS Excel 

• SUM

Formula: =SUM(2,2) or =SUM(C1,D1) or =SUM(C1:D4)

In Excel sum formula to add 2 or more numbers together. 

• COUNT

Formula: =COUNT(C1:C5) -The Excel count formula counts the number of cells/rows in a range that have numbers.

•  COUNTA

Formula: =COUNTA(A1:A10)

Counts the number of non-empty cells in a range. Excel count cells that have numbers and any other characters in them.

• LEN

Formula: =LEN(F1)

The LEN formula counts the number of characters in a cell. Be careful though!

•  TRIM

Formula: =TRIM(D1)

Gets rid of any space in a cell, except for single spaces between words. I’ve found this formula to be extremely useful because I’ve often run into situations where you pull data f

• RIGHT, LEFT, MID

Formulas: = RIGHT(text, number of characters), =LEFT(text, no of characters), =MID(text, start number, no of characters).

• VLOOKUP

Formula: =VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, range_lookup)

• IF Statements

Formula: =IF(logical_statement, return this if logical statement is true, return this if logical statement is false)

• SUMIF, COUNTIF, AVERAGEIF

Formulas: =SUMIF(range, criteria, sum_range), =COUNTIF(range, criteria), =AVERAGEIF(range, criteria, average_range)

• CONCATENATE

Combining data in 2 (or more) different cells into one cell. This can be done with the Concatenate excel formula or it can be done by simply putting the & symbol in between the two cells.

• More Excel Formulas

There is so much more that I use on a regular basis such as Time formulas (NOW, TODAY, MONTH, YEAR, DAY, etc.), other formulas like AND and OR, along with many others.

MS Excel tips and tricks

MS Excel Tips website is the place to find easy-to-use, Answers to your questions about Microsoft Excel. The site contains thousands of articles and Excel tips, categorized across scores of topic areas.

What is a spreadsheet 

A spreadsheet is the computer of a ledger sheet. It consists of a grid made from columns and rows. 

MS excel shortcut keys

Shortcut Description F2 Edit the selected cell F3 After a name has been created F3 will paste names. F4 Repeat last action. For example, if you changed the color of text in another cell pressing F4 will change the text in cell to the same color. F5 Go to a specific cell. For example, C6. F7 Spell check selected text or document. F11 Create chart from selected data. Ctrl + Shift + ; Enter the current time. Ctrl + ; Enter the current date. Alt + Shift + F1 Insert New worksheet Alt + Enter While typing text in a cell pressing Alt + Enter will move to the next line allowing for multiple lines of text in one cell. Shift + F3 Open the Excel formula window. Shift + F5 Bring up search box. Ctrl + A Select all contents of the worksheet. Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection. Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection. Ctrl + K Insert link. Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection. Ctrl + 1 Change the format of selected cells. Ctrl + 5 strikethrough highlighted selection. Ctrl + P Bring up the print dialog box to begin printing. Ctrl + Z Undo last action. Ctrl + F3 Open Excel MS Excel Ctrl + F9 minimize current window. Ctrl + F10 maximize currently selected window. Ctrl + F6 Switch between open workbooks or windows. Ctrl + Page up Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document. Ctrl + Page down Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document. Ctrl + Tab Move between Two or more open Excel files. Alt + = Create a formula to sum all of the above cells Ctrl + ' Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected. Ctrl + Shift + ! Format number in comma format. Ctrl + Shift + $ Format number in currency format. Ctrl + Shift + # Format number in date format. Ctrl + Shift + % Format number in percentage format. Ctrl + Shift + ^ Format number in scientific format. Ctrl + Shift + @ Format number in time format. Ctrl + Arrow key Move to next section of text. Ctrl + Space Select entire column Shift + Space Select entire row Ctrl + - Delete the slected column or row. Ctrl + Shift + = Insert a new column or row. Ctrl + Home Move to cell A1. Ctrl + ~ Switch between showing Excel formulas or their values in cells.