Microsoft Office

Part I
Getting Started with Excel
New Worksheet Functions
Excel 2007 has five new worksheet functions, described in Table 2.2.
TABLE 2.2
New Worksheet Functions
Function
IFERROR
AVERAGEIF
AVERAGEIFS
SUMIFS
COUNTIFS
Use
Returns a value you specify if a formula evaluates to an error; otherwise, returns the result of the
formula.
Calculates a conditional average (similar to SUMIF and COUNTIF).
Calculates a conditional average using multiple criteria.
Calculates a conditional sum using multiple criteria.
Calculates a conditional COUNT using multiple criteria.
In addition, 39 worksheet functions that used to require the Analysis Toolpak add-in are now built-in.
Excel 2007 also includes seven new CUBE functions that retrieve data from SQL Server Analysis Services.
CROSS-REF
Chapter 11 covers formulas and functions.
Other New Features
Other new features in Excel 2007 worth noting are
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Trust Center: Protecting yourself from malicious macros is a bit easier with Excel 2007. For
example, you can disable all macros, except those in workbooks that are stored in trusted locations
on your computer.
PDF add-in: You can create an industry-standard Adobe PDF file directly from Excel using an
add-in available from Microsoft.
Improved zooming: Use the zoomer control on the right side of the status bar to quickly zoom in
or zoom out on your worksheet.
More control over the status bar: You can now control the type of information that appears in
the status bar.
Color Schemes: Change the appearance of Excel by applying one of three color schemes that
ship with Excel (Blue, Silver, or Black).
Resizable formula bar: When editing lengthy formulas, you can increase the height of the formula
bar so that it doesn’t obscure your worksheet. Just click and drag on the bottom border of
the formula bar.
Lots of new templates: Why reinvent the wheel? Choose Office ➪ New, and you can choose
from a variety of templates. One of them may be exactly (or at least close to) what you need.
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