Microsoft Excel Formulas and Functions (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365)

Expert Paul McFedries helps you master key Excel tools for building more powerful spreadsheets.Use Excel core features to build spreadsheets that solve business problems and deliver reliable answers. Drawing on his unsurpassed experience, Paul McFedries helps you make the most of formulas and functions, including the latest improvements to arrays, formula error handling, and statistics. McFedries’ step-by-step projects walk you through handling key tasks, from building timesheets to projecting cash flow and aging receivables. His practical examples and clear instructions demystify intermediate- to advanced-level formula construction, and help you leverage Excel’s most useful functions in your everyday work. Becoming an Excel expert has never been easier!By reading this book, you will:Improve business analyses by adding intelligence and knowledge to your modelsReplace cumbersome formulas with convenient predefined functionsRadically simplify complex calculations with Office 365’s new dynamic arraysUse conditional formatting to reveal anomalies, problems, or opportunitiesCalculate loan payments, interest costs, terms, and amortization schedulesProject the future value of investments, and plan to achieve investment goalsMaster essential discounting and cash-flow analysis tools, including net present value and internal rate of returnSort, filter, and analyze tabular data, from customers to inventoryEasily analyze huge data sets with PivotTable calculationsAbout This BookFor everyone who wants to get more done with Microsoft Excel in less timeFor business and financial professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and others who need to efficiently manage and analyze data