BASICS OF EXCEL

CONTENTS:-

1. Introduction to Cell, Column and Row

2. Addition and Subtraction Formula

3. How to Freeze Panes

4. Apply Filters in Excel

5. Make charts in Excel

6. Make Pivot Table in Excel

7. Vlook Up Function in Excel

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 Chapter 1. Introduction to Cell, Column and Row

Select Entire Rows

Or click on any cell in

the column and then
press Ctrl + Space

Select Entire Columns

Or click on any cell in

the column and then
press Shift + Space

Rows, Columns and Cells

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Chapter 2. Addition and Subtraction Formula

Start with the equals sign, as this is how all formulas start. Then type
SUM( to start your function.
Now you can type in the cells you want to add and divide them with
commas. This would read as such: =SUM(A2,A3,A4)
Press Enter after you've decided on your cells to see the result.

Type = (press the equals key to start writing your formula) Click on the first
cell to be added (B2 in this example) Type + (that's the plus sign) Click on the
second cell to be added (A3 in this example)

Start with the equals sign. Now you can click on the cell you want
to Subtract. Type - (that's the Minus sign) Click on the second cell to be
subtracted. Press Enter after you've decided on your cells to see the result.

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Chapter 3. Freeze and Unfreeze Panes

1. Go to the view tab.

2. Select View > Freeze Panes > Freeze Panes

1. Go to the view tab.

2. On the view tab >  Freeze Panes> Unfreeze Panes.

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Chapter 4. Apply Filters in Excel

Rule1:-

1. Select any cell within the range.

2. Select Data > Filter.

Rule2:-

1. Select any Cell/ Column / Row

2. Ctrl+Shift+L is the keyboard shortcut
to turn the filters on/off.

*Same way Filters can be turned off

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Chapter 5. Make Charts in Excel

1.Select the data for which you want to create a chart.

2. Click INSERT > Recommended Charts.

3. On the Recommended Charts tab, scroll through the

list of charts that Excel recommends for your data, and
click any chart to see how your data will look. ...

4. When you find the chart you like, click it > OK.

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Chapter 6. Make Pivot Table in Excel

STEP 1. Create Pivot Table

1. Click any single cell inside the data set.

2. On the Insert tab, in the Tables group,

click PivotTable. The following dialog box
appears. Excel automatically selects the data for you.
The default location for a new pivot table is
New Worksheet.

3. Click OK.

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Chapter 6. Make Pivot Table in Excel

STEP 2. Drag fields

Once The PivotTable Fields pane appears, to get the desired

table against of each filters, drag the fields to the different
areas.

When you add fields to the pivot table row and column

areas, there are built-in filters in the heading cells.

To summarize values in a PivotTable in Excel for the web, you

can use summary functions like Sum, Count, and Average.
The Sum function is used by default for
numeric values in value fields

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Chapter 6. Make Pivot Table in Excel

STEP 3. Sort data in a PivotTable or PivotChart

In a PivotTable, click the small arrow next to Row

Labels and Column Labels cells.

Click a field in the row or column you want to sort.

Click the arrow Filter drop-down arrow on Row Labels or Column

Labels, and then click the sort option you want.

To sort data in ascending or descending order, click Sort A to

Z or Sort Z to A.

Text entries will sort in alphabetical order, numbers will sort from
smallest to largest (or vice versa), and dates or times will sort from
oldest to newest (or vice versa).

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 Chapter 7. VLookup Function in Excel

Use VLOOKUP when you need to find things in a table or a range by row. For example, look up a price of
an automotive part by the part number, or find an employee name based on their employee ID.

VLOOKUP function says:

=VLOOKUP(What you want to look up, where you want to look for it, the column number in the range
containing the value to return, return an Approximate or Exact match – indicated as 1/TRUE, or 0/FALSE)

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 Chapter 7. VLookup Function in Excel

Let’s look at an example where we need to fetch the value from a different Google Sheets workbook

=vlookup(search_key,importrange(“{sheetsURL}”,“{sheet name}!{cell range}”),index,is_sorted)

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