Monday, December 14, 2009

week of Dec. 14: Excel Testm







 

There will be a on Tuesday covering the following topics in Excel:

--> templates
      * Be careful to save your templates on your home drive.
      * To open a file based on a template, double-click on the icon for the file.

--> linking
      * Use absolute cell references (F4) for the lookup table.
      * Open all files in the same "session" of Excel using File / Open.

--> protection

--> the IF function
      * No nested IF functions will be on the test.

--> the VLOOKUP function
      * Use absolute cell refernces (F4) for the lookup table.
      * Be prepared to translate an English description of a lookup situation into a correct table in Excel.
      * Be careful about the first value (top left corner) in your lookup table.
      * Know when to use FALSE as a fourth parameter - when you want an exact match.