Microsoft Office

Contents
Entering Formulas into Your Worksheets ..................................................................................181
Entering formulas manually ............................................................................................183
Entering formulas by pointing ........................................................................................183
Pasting range names into formulas..................................................................................183
Inserting functions into formulas ....................................................................................184
Function entry tips ........................................................................................................186
Editing Formulas ......................................................................................................................187
Using Cell References in Formulas ............................................................................................187
Using relative, absolute, and mixed references ................................................................187
Changing the types of your references ............................................................................190
Referencing cells outside the worksheet ..........................................................................190
Referencing cells in other worksheets ..................................................................190
Referencing cells in other workbooks ..................................................................190
Using Formulas In Tables ..........................................................................................................191
Summarizing data in a table............................................................................................191
Using formulas within a table..........................................................................................193
Referencing data in a table ..............................................................................................194
Correcting Common Formula Errors ........................................................................................195
Handling circular references............................................................................................196
Specifying when formulas are calculated ........................................................................198
Using Advanced Naming Techniques ........................................................................................199
Using names for constants ..............................................................................................199
Using names for formulas ..............................................................................................199
Using range intersections ................................................................................................200
Applying names to existing references ............................................................................202
Tips for Working with Formulas................................................................................................203
Don’t hard-code values....................................................................................................203
Using the Formula bar as a calculator ............................................................................203
Making an exact copy of a formula..................................................................................204
Converting formulas to values ........................................................................................204
Chapter 12: Creating Formulas That Manipulate Text . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
A Few Words About Text ..........................................................................................................205
How many characters in a cell? ......................................................................................205
Numbers as text..............................................................................................................206
Text Functions ..........................................................................................................................206
Determining whether a cell contains text ........................................................................207
Working with character codes ........................................................................................207
The CODE function..............................................................................................208
The CHAR function ..............................................................................................208
Determining whether two strings are identical ................................................................209
Joining two or more cells ................................................................................................210
Displaying formatted values as text ................................................................................211
Displaying formatted currency values as text ..................................................................212
Repeating a character or string ........................................................................................212
Creating a text histogram ................................................................................................212
Padding a number ..........................................................................................................213
Removing excess spaces and nonprinting characters ......................................................214
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