Join Dennis Taylor for an in-depth discussion in this video Enhancing readability with range names, part of Excel 2011 for the Mac: Advanced Formulas and Functions.
- You can provide documentation for formulas…and also improve the readability of certain formulas…if you use range names.…You can give a name to single cell or a group of cells.…And then use those names in formulas.…And in some cases it really does…make formulas easier to understand.…In this particular worksheet here,…we're about to put in a calculation in column J,…New Compensation.…Let me zoom in on this portion of the screen.…Scroll to the right.…
Let's imagine it, we're going to be calculating…new compensation amounts in column J…based on the data in column H…and a percent increase from cell M1.…If we give cell M1 a name,…we can use the name in the formula.…And it might be easier to understand the formula…as we see it then.…We can name a cell in a couple of different ways.…We could actually click cell M1,…then go to the Insert menu and choose Name…and then Define, we could certainly do this.…Type it in here, click OK, and so on.…
Nothing wrong with that, but certainly a lot faster…is simply having the cell selected,…
Author
Dennis Taylor
Released
12/10/2014- Using absolute, relative, and mixed references
- Using the Formula Builder
- Converting formulas to values
- Creating 3D formulas to gather data from multiple sheets
- Creating and expanding the use of nested IF statements
- Looking up information with VLOOKUP, MATCH, and INDEX
- Using the power functions: COUNTIF, SUMIF, and AVERAGEIF
- Analyzing data with the statistical functions
- Calculating payment
- Performing basic math
- Determining dates and times
- Editing text with functions
- Analyzing data with arrays
Skill Level Advanced
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome56s
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1. Formula and Function Tools
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2. Formula and Function Tips and Shortcuts
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3. IF and Related Functions
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4. Lookup and Reference Functions
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Nesting VLOOKUP functions3m 56s
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Locating data with MATCH5m 1s
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5. Statistical Functions
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6. Power Functions
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7. Selected Financial Functions
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8. Selected Math Functions
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9. Date and Time Functions
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10. Text Functions
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11. Array Formulas and Functions
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12. Reference Functions
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13. Information Functions
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Conclusion
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Goodbye26s
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