Excel 2013 Formulas

by Walkenbach, John

• ISBN13: 9781118490440
• ISBN10: 1118490444
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Excel master John Walkenbach shows the reader how to create financial formulas, release the power of array formulas, develop custom worksheet functions with VBA, debug formulas, and much more. Excel "X" Formulas is a invaluable reference for Excel beginners, intermediate users, power users, and would-be power users. Fully updated for the new Microsoft Office release, this latest edition provides comprehensive formulas coverage, delivering more than 800 pages of Excel tips, tricks, and techniques readers won't find anywhere else. Includes valuable content online with sample files, templates and worksheets from the book.

Author Biography

John Walkenbach, arguably the foremost authority on Excel, has written 50+ books, including multiple editions of the bestselling Excel Bible and Excel Power Programming with VBA, as well as more than 300 articles for publications such as PC World, InfoWorld, and Windows. He created the award-winning Power Utility Pak, and provides Excel information and insight at www.spreadsheetpage.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction   1

PART I: Basic Information

Chapter 1: Excel in a Nutshell   9

Chapter 2: Basic Facts about Formulas     33

Chapter 3: Working with Names   61

PART II: Using Functions in Your Formulas

Chapter 4: Introducing Worksheet Functions     105

Chapter 5: Manipulating Text   123

Chapter 6: Working with Dates and Times      149

Chapter 7: Counting and Summing Techniques    187

Chapter 8: Using Lookup Functions  221

Chapter 9: Working with Tables and Lists      243

Chapter 10: Miscellaneous Calculations     283

PART III: Financial Formulas

Chapter 11: Borrowing and Investing Formulas    307

Chapter 12: Discounting and Depreciation Formulas      327

Chapter 13: Financial Schedules     345

PART IV: Array Formulas

Chapter 14: Introducing Arrays   369

Chapter 15: Performing Magic with Array Formulas   395

PART V: Miscellaneous Formula Techniques

Chapter 16: Importing and Cleaning Data      421

Chapter 17: Charting Techniques    449

Chapter 18: Pivot Tables      493

Chapter 19: Conditional Formatting      545

Chapter 20: Using Data Validation   571

Chapter 21: Creating Megaformulas      583

Chapter 22: Tools and Methods for Debugging Formulas       601

PART VI: Developing Custom Worksheet Functions

Chapter 23: Introducing VBA   629

Chapter 24: Function Procedure Basics     643

Chapter 25: VBA Programming Concepts      665

Chapter 26: VBA Custom Function Examples     701

PART VII: Appendixes

Appendix A: Excel Function Reference      751

Appendix B: Using Custom Number Formats     769

Index     791