MS Excel: Let's Advance to The Next Level
- 21m
- Anurag Singal
- Business Expert Press
- 2017
MS Excel: Let's advance to the Next Level is an attempt to take you to the next orbit of competence in this fascinating world. It is a ready reckoner for any practitioner who seeks to further his/her understanding of the tools and utilities. The author offers to make life easier for a data analyst, thus, it will be of relevance to students, academicians, the ones pursuing corporate careers as well as entrepreneurs preparing business plans for their startups. The book explains a wide array of complex functions, ranging from V-LOOKUP to MATCH/INDEX and pivot tables in very practical, simple, and implementable manner. The segments on conditional formatting and printing tricks will help the reader present the output to stakeholders in a more efficient manner. Do try the features Excel has on offer for controlling data input as well as creating checks and balances to ensure cell/sheet/file-level security.
In this Book
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#0101–0109—Super Essential Keyboard Shortcuts
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#0201—Used in Financial Modeling and Tax Computation
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#0202—Used in Pricing Discovery Processes
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#0203–0204—For Rounding Numbers
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#0205—For Counting
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#0206–0207—For Weighted Average and Compounding/Discounting
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#0301–0302—Formatting Tricks Incl. Special Custom Formats [Shortcut: Ctrl 1]
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#0303–#0304—Using Cell Styles for Automating Formatting for MIS Reporting and Financial Models
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#0305–#0307—Cell Drag–n–Drop Auto Fill Options
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#0308 Paste Special—Transpose vs. TRANSPOSE()
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#0401—0402—Absolute and Relative Referencing Using $ (Locking the Cell/Range)
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#0501–0506—Go To—Special (Ctrl + G or F5)
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#0601 Vertical Sort—1-Level and 2-Level
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#0602—Custom Sorting
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#0603 Sort Trick—Add Alternate Blank Rows In-Between Existing Rows
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#0604—Horizontal Sorting (Left to Right)
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#0605–0606—Filter—Choosing the Dataset Correctly
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#0607—Filter Analysis w. Shortcuts
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#0608–0609—Using =SUBTOTAL() for Calculations w. Filtered List
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#0610—Filter—Applying 2 or More Filters Simultaneously on the Same Sheet
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#0611—Filter—Color Filter and Text Filter
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#0612–0614—Advanced Filter
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#0701–0702—Every Valid Date (i.e., Date That Can Be Understood by Excel) Is a Number
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#0703—Extracting Date Information Through Formulas—DAY(), MONTH(), YEAR(), DATE()
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#0704—Extracting Date Information
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#0705—Date Formulas—WEEKDAY(), WORKDAY(), NETWORKDAYS()
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#0706—WORKDAY.INTL() for Deadline/Due Date Calculations w. Custom Weekends/Holidays
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#0706—NETWORKDAYS.INTL() for No. of Business Days Calculations w. Custom Weekends/Holidays
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#0708—Date Formulas—TODAY() and NOW() w. Shortcut
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#0709—Date Formulas—EOMONTH() for Financial Modeling, Budgets, Due Dates
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#0710—Date Formulas—EDATE() for Financial Modeling, Budgets, Due Dates
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#0801–0802—Data Validation—Drop Down List and Range Naming
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#0803—Data Validation—Numbers w. Error Alert and Input Message
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#0804—Data Validation—Dates w. Error Alert and Circle Invalid Data
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#0805—Data Validation—Whole number, Text Length, Date (MM/DD/YYYY)
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#0806—Data Validation—Custom w. Formula Logic
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#0901–0902—Grouping/UnGrouping Columns and Rows
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#0903—Grouping Trick: Changing Placement of Grouping Button
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#0904—Cell Gridlines: Turning On/Off
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#0905—Hide/Unhide Rows and Columns
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#0906—Freeze Panes (Incl. Both Row and Column Simultaneously)
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#1001–1003—Pivot Tables—Prerequisites, How to Create
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#1004—Pivot Tables—Exploring Pivot Table Grid (Fields)
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#1005—Pivot Tables—Value Field Settings for Sum, Average
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#1006–1007—Pivot Tables—Value Field Settings for % Calculations
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#1008–1009—Pivot Tables—Grouping Dates and Numbers (Automatic)
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#1010—Pivot Tables—Grouping Text (Manual)
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#1011—Pivot Table—Refresh vs. Refresh All, Change Data Source
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#1012—Pivot Table—Auto Refresh
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#1013—Pivot Chart Shortcut (F11) and Sparklines
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#1014—Pivot Table—Drill Down Option
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#1015—Report Filter—Generating 100s of Reports in Few Seconds
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#1016—Slicer vs. Report Filter
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#1101—VLOOKUP() for Starters
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#1102—VLOOKUP w. TRUE vs. FALSE and Applications of TRUE
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#1104—HLOOKUP() vs. VLOOKUP()
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#1105–1106—MATCH()—Basics and Match_Type: -1 vs. 0 vs. 1
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#1107–1111—2-D Lookup (Vertical + Horizontal)—VLOOKUP w. MATCH
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#1112—2-D Lookup (Horizontal + Vertical)—HLOOKUP w. MATCH
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#1113–1114—INDIRECT()—Basics Along with Range Naming—Applications ["RE-DIRECTION"]
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#1115—1116—3-D Lookup—VLOOKUP() w. MATCH() w. INDIRECT()
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#1117–1119—3 Reverse Lookup—INDEX() w. MATCH()
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#1120–1121—SUMIFS(): Conditional Summation
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#1122—SUMIFS()–Conditional Summation (Three Criteria) w. Date Range
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#1123—SUMIFS()–Condition-Based Selective Cumulative Running Total
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#1124—COUNTIFS()—Single/Multiple Criteria: Duplicate Count, Instance No.
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#1201–1206—Text Formulas: UPPER(), PROPER() and LOWER(); TRIM(), VALUE(), T(), N(), REPT()
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#1207—Joining Data Strings Using CONCATENATE, &
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#1208–1209—Find & Replace
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#1210—Find and Replace—Neutralizing Wildcard Characters to Remove Them from Data
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#1211—Find & Replace—Word vs. Excel
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#1212—Find and Replace—Cell Format
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#1213–1214—Text to Columns—Delimited vs. Fixed Width
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#1214—Text to Columns—Tricks
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#1215–1216—Text to Columns—Cleaning up Numbers w. Trailing Minus Sign; Replacing Dr/Cr w. +/-
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#1217–1218—Text to Columns—Correcting Invalid Dates
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#1219–1221—LEFT(), RIGHT(), MID()
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#1219–1221—SEARCH() vs. FIND()
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#1301—Lowgical Formulas—Generally Used with IF()
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#1302–1304—Logical Formulas—AND(), OR(), IF()
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#1401–1403—Conditional Formatting
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#1403—Conditional Formatting: Data Bars, Color Scales, Icon Sets
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#1404—Conditional Formatting: Blanks, Errors, Values, Duplicates
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#1405–1407—Conditional Formatting: Formula Based
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#1501—Activating Developer Tab in v. 2007
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#1501—Activating Developer Tab in v. 2010–13
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#1501–1502—Using Form Control Buttons from Developer Tab (Spin Bar, Scroll Bar) + Limitations
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#1504—PMT
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#1504—What IF Analysis—Goal Seek
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#1505–1506—What IF Analysis—Data Tables (Sensitivity Analysis)
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#1507–1508—Data Tables (Sensitivity Analysis)—Two Inputs and multiple Output
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#1601–1604A—Category-Wise SubTotal with Groupings
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#1605–1606—Consolidate - Two and Three Dimensions
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#1701–1702—Cell Level Security
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$703—Sheet Level Security [Protect Workbook Structure]
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#703—Sheet Level Security [Sheet Properties—"Very Hidden"]
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#704—File Level Security
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#1801—Page Set Up
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#1801, 1802, 1804—Print Tricks
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#1805—1806—Print Tricks for Financial Analysts—Check Underlying Formulas
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#1807—Print Entire Workbook
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#1901—Comments—Shortcuts, Inserting Picture in Comment Box
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#1902—Split Windows, Viewing Multiple Windows—Simultaneously Working with Different Workbooks, Worksheets and Scattered Cell Ranges Simultaneously
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#1903—Hyperlinking (Ctrl + K)