Excel's Formula - sisman

For-Next loops, 652–654
If-Then construct, 649–650
On Error statement, 656–658
overview, 648–649
Select Case construct, 651
EXP function, 726
EXPONDIST function, 718
EXPON.DIST function, 728
exponentiation (^) operators 45, 48, 644
expressions, 108, 644
Extensible Markup Language (XML), 15
F
FACT function, 726
FACTDOUBLE function, 726
FALSE function, 725
FDIST function, 718
F.DIST function, 728
F.DIST.RT function, 728
filtering
databases, 35
tables, 245–246, 248–249
financial concepts, 294–295
financial formulas, rounding, 301
financial functions
arguments, 296
bond calculations, 314–316
future value, calculating, 299–302
interest and principal components, calculating, 307–310
interest rates, converting, 310–312
limitations of, 312–314
list of, 722–724
overview, 115, 295
payments, calculating, 302–303
periods, calculating, 306–307
present value, calculating, 295–299
rates, calculating, 303–305
financial ratios
asset use ratios, 360–361
liquidity ratios, 359–360
overview, 359
profitability ratios, 361
solvency ratios, 361
financial schedules
amortization schedules, 342–351
basic financial statements, 355–358
data tables, 351–355
indices, creating, 362–363
overview, 341
ratio analysis, 359–361
Index 775
financial statements
balance sheet, 355
common size, 358
income statement, 355
overview, 355
trial balances, converting, 355–358
FIND function, 134, 731
FINV function, 718
F.INV function, 728
F.INV.RT function, 728
FISHER function, 729
FISHERINV function, 729
FIXED function, 731
FLOOR function, 285, 287, 726
FLOOR.PRECISE function, 726
Font property, 664–665
For Each-Next construct, 658–659
FORECAST function, 729
Format Cells dialog box, 735–736
Formula AutoComplete feature, 110
Formula bar, 44
formula cells, identifying, 542
Formula Evaluator, 403, 595
Formula property, 662
formula-based rules, creating, 534–536
formulas
counting, 184–202
for data validation, 549–552
displaying, 590
editing, 43–44
elements of, 39–40
entering, 40–41
exact copies of, creating, 55–56
examples of, 43
frequency distribution, creating, 198–199
Function procedures in, 618–619
hard-coding values used in, avoiding, 50
hiding, 37
line breaks in, 42
literal values used in, avoiding, 50
for lookup using linear interpolation, 231–232
manually entering, 40
names inserted into, 41–42
nested parentheses in, 49–50
overwritten, protecting formulas from being, 37
pointing, entering a formula by, 41
returning errors, 578–581
size limits of, 42
spaces in, 42
summing, 202–206
in tables, 252–254
text, converting formulas to, 44
values, converting formulas to, 56–57