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This button allows you to find and build formulas and functions.

Fx

OR

Insert Function

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This is information that appears when you click on a cell; it usually tells you what should be entered into the cell. 

Input Message

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An amount of money given to the borrower for a set period of time. After the set time has passed, the money must be paid back plus the lending fee, called interest. Payments are normally made over a series of months.

Loan

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How do you change the result of the PMT formula from a negative number to a positive number? 

Put a dash between the equal sign and the PMT in the formula.

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This is always required when using a Sumif or Sumifs formula.

Numbers

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This formula performs a vertical lookup by searching for a value in the first column of a table and returning the corresponding value in the column that you specify.

VLookup

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This tool puts a circle around data that does not meet the rules set for entering data.

Circle Invalid Data

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A group of cells

Range

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Where is the best place to fix an error in a formula? 

In the argument window

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What type of formula is an IF formula? 

Logical 

OR

Conditional

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This is the range of data that a lookup formula uses to find a specific piece of data. 

Table Array

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Rules that limit the type of data that can be entered in a cell.

Data Validation

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Percentage of amount borrowed to be added to the amount loaned and paid back.

Interest Rate

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When using the PMT formula, you always divide this by 12.

Interest Rate

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Which formula should you use to solve this problem:  How many shipments of iPads went to New York? 

Countifs

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Open a new blank workbook in Excel then write a formula that will combine the contents of cells A1 and A2, use a hyphen to separate the data.

=CONCATENATE(A1,"-",A2)

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Use this tool to keep a portion of the worksheet visable wherever you scroll. 

Freeze Panes

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The place in an Excel formula where you add the data that the formula is based on.

Argument Window

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When using the "Text to Columns" tool, what is the very first thing that you need to do?

Make sure you have space in your worksheet

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What tool do you need to use when updating data in a pivot table or a pivot chart? 

Refresh

OR

Refresh All

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Open a new blank worksheet in excel, then write a formula that will calculate the monthly payment for a $17,000 loan payed back over 5 years at an interest rate of 3.5%


$309

OR

=PMT(3.5%/12,60,17000)

OR

=PMT(H5/12,H3,H4)


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This tool splits a single column of text into multiple columns of text. 

Text To Columns

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To join or link things together.

Concatenate

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When building a formula, it's best to use these instead of just typing in the information.

Cell References

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List 2 differences between a regular Excel Chart and an Excel Pivot Chart.

You don't need to highlight data to build the chart

A pivot chart comes with filtering tools

Pivot chart contextual tabs include Analyze, Design, and Format, a regular chart only has Design and Format.