With Excel, you can enter functions using one of five methods: (1) keyboard or mouse; (2) Insert function box in the formula bar; (3) Sum menu; (4) Auto Sum command on the Formulas tab on the Ribbon; and (5) Name box area in the formula bar
Referenced page 98 Excel Chapter 2:Microsoft Office 2007:Shelley Cashman Vermaat
Functions are pre-written formulas that come supplied with the Spreadsheet to enable the user to carry out specialised or common tasks. There are functions to do a wide range of tasks. The functions are usually classified under various headings including Mathematical, Logical, Special, Text, Date/Time, Financial, Statistical and Database Functions.
Among the most common functions are: SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MAX & MIN.
SUM allows you to total a range of cells:
=SUM(A1:A10)
AVERAGE totals the cells and then divides the result by the amount of cells into which a value has been entered not by the amount of cells in the range. Numbers can also be entered direct into it and the amount of numbers will be taken into consideration when the averaging is done:
=AVERAGE(A10, B13, C6:C12, 38)
COUNT will count the amount of cells in which any data of any type containing numbers, like values or dates, have been entered. It should not be confused with SUM which totals values in cells.
=COUNT(A1, A2:D6)
MAX gives the highest value in a range of cells or from a list of values.
=MAX(10, C20, D15:D20)
MIN gives the lowest value in a range of cells or from a list of values.
=MIN(A1, A3, A5, A7, A9, A11, 20)
A function is part of a formula, so you must start with an equals symbol. Then you have the name of the function and open a round bracket. What happens after that will depend on the function. You usually have to enter something in between the opening bracket and a closing one, but for some functions there is nothing between the brackets. Below are two examples.
=NOW()
=SUM(A2:A20)
A function is part of a formula, so you must start with an equals symbol. Then you have the name of the function and open a round bracket. What happens after that will depend on the function. You usually have to enter something in between the opening bracket and a closing one, but for some functions there is nothing between the brackets. Below are two examples.
=NOW()
=SUM(A2:A20)
A function is part of a formula, so you must start with an equals symbol. Then you have the name of the function and open a round bracket. What happens after that will depend on the function. You usually have to enter something in between the opening bracket and a closing one, but for some functions there is nothing between the brackets. Below are two examples.
=NOW()
=SUM(A2:A20)
A function is part of a formula, so you must start with an equals symbol. Then you have the name of the function and open a round bracket. What happens after that will depend on the function. You usually have to enter something in between the opening bracket and a closing one, but for some functions there is nothing between the brackets. Below are two examples.
=NOW()
=SUM(A2:A20)
A function is part of a formula, so you must start with an equals symbol. Then you have the name of the function and open a round bracket. What happens after that will depend on the function. You usually have to enter something in between the opening bracket and a closing one, but for some functions there is nothing between the brackets. Below are two examples.
=NOW()
=SUM(A2:A20)
A function is part of a formula, so you must start with an equals symbol. Then you have the name of the function and open a round bracket. What happens after that will depend on the function. You usually have to enter something in between the opening bracket and a closing one, but for some functions there is nothing between the brackets. Below are two examples.
=NOW()
=SUM(A2:A20)
A function is part of a formula, so you must start with an equals symbol. Then you have the name of the function and open a round bracket. What happens after that will depend on the function. You usually have to enter something in between the opening bracket and a closing one, but for some functions there is nothing between the brackets. Below are two examples.
=NOW()
=SUM(A2:A20)
A function is part of a formula, so you must start with an equals symbol. Then you have the name of the function and open a round bracket. What happens after that will depend on the function. You usually have to enter something in between the opening bracket and a closing one, but for some functions there is nothing between the brackets. Below are two examples.
=NOW()
=SUM(A2:A20)
A function is part of a formula, so you must start with an equals symbol. Then you have the name of the function and open a round bracket. What happens after that will depend on the function. You usually have to enter something in between the opening bracket and a closing one, but for some functions there is nothing between the brackets. Below are two examples.
=NOW()
=SUM(A2:A20)
A function is part of a formula, so you must start with an equals symbol. Then you have the name of the function and open a round bracket. What happens after that will depend on the function. You usually have to enter something in between the opening bracket and a closing one, but for some functions there is nothing between the brackets. Below are two examples.
=NOW()
=SUM(A2:A20)
A function is part of a formula, so you must start with an equals symbol. Then you have the name of the function and open a round bracket. What happens after that will depend on the function. You usually have to enter something in between the opening bracket and a closing one, but for some functions there is nothing between the brackets. Below are two examples.
=NOW()
=SUM(A2:A20)
A function is part of a formula, so you must start with an equals symbol. Then you have the name of the function and open a round bracket. What happens after that will depend on the function. You usually have to enter something in between the opening bracket and a closing one, but for some functions there is nothing between the brackets. Below are two examples.
=NOW()
=SUM(A2:A20)
Insert Function button
Sum List arrow
Clipboard
Functions begin with the equal sign (=).
You can type it in directly. You can click on the Insert Function button. You can do it through the Insert menu.
You can enter them by just typing them in with the keyboard. You can also use the Insert Function facility.
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Excel is not a database itself, but a lot of spreadsheets by their nature are databases in their structure if laid out like a table. Excel also provides a range of database facilities and inbuilt database functions. Amongst the facilities are the ability to sort and to apply filters and use forms to enter data. The inbuilt functions mainly correspond to other functions in Excel, except that they can be done with criteria applied to the database. So like the SUM, MIN and MAX for example, there are functions called DSUM, DMIN and DMAX, amongst others.
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You can use the clipboard in Excel. It is a facility as opposed to a traditional function, like the SUM function or AVERAGE or MAX and other functions that are built in to Excel.
Fx represents functions. It is on the Formula Bar and on the Insert Function Button. Clicking on it starts the process of allowing you to enter a function.
It is known as the Insert Function dialog box. You can get help from it and information on the arguments it may have.
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Functions are basically built-in formulas in Excel. They are used extensively in Excel, so it is very important to know how to use them.
Built-in formulas in Excel are known as functions. Here are five common ones: SUM AVERAGE COUNT MIN MAX