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Excel New Chart Types

3/24/2018

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There are new chart types in Excel 2016, including Waterfall, Sunburst, Tree map, Funnel, Histogram, Pareto, and Box and Whisker. They can be used from programs like, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word. Here are a few details:
  • Waterfall - A Waterfall chart provides a simple visual of the running total of your financial data, identifies the contributions and provides clear subtotals, giving you a ready-to-present financial report in a few clicks.
  • Histogram - Commonly used in statistics, a histogram automatically displays the frequencies within a distribution. In this example, the horizontal axis represents the book price. Each column, called a “bin,” shows the number of books within a given price range. Here we see that this bookstore has a good distribution of books, both high-end and low-end.
  • Pareto - Using the Pareto chart, you can automatically sort the frequency of the most prevalent issues (the bar graph) and then show the additive contributions of each issue as you move along the horizontal axis (the line graph). The Pareto chart allows you to prioritize the improvements you want to make in the bookstore to address the most critical issues.
  • Box & Whisker—bringing statistics to distribution. Like the Histogram chart, the Box & Whisker chart shows the distribution of information. For deeper analysis, this chart goes further by providing key insights about the distribution in one view, including range, quartiles, mean and outliers. And you get all of this information with a few clicks.
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Excel Quick Analysis

3/24/2018

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Here's how - there is a new feature in Excel 2013/2016 called Quick Analysis. Simply select a range of cells then click the icon that appears at the bottom right corner to reveal options like creating a quick formula, table, chart and more.  This is one of the many new features in Excel - others include major enhancements to Charts, new Formulas, Flash Fill and more.

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Excel SUMIF Function

3/24/2018

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The Microsoft Excel SUMIFS function lets you specify multiple IF conditions within one formula and add together cells based on the conditions. 
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It can be used to evaluate if multiple conditions are true do this, but if they are false do this. For example, you would use SUMIFS to sum the number of retailers in the country who (1) reside in a single zip code and (2) whose profits exceed a specific dollar value.  Syntax: SUMIFS(sum_range, criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2], ...) Sum Range is the range of cells you want to add together. The criteria range is the range(s) you want to evaluate with the criteria being the condition.
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Microsoft Office 2016 – Icons

3/24/2018

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Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word 2016 all have a new option on the Insert tab of the Ribbon – Icons. Once you open the Icons window, click on a category from the left-hand side. Once you find the Icon you want to use click Insert. You will have a Graphic Tools tab on the Ribbon with additional options for formatting the Icon. To learn more about this feature or other new Office 2016 options, attend one of our classes.

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Excel Fill Handle

3/20/2018

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Excel has built-in lists of data that you can enter by using the fill handle.  When you hesitate your mouse on the bottom right corner of the active cell, you will see a black t, this is the fill handle.  The custom lists included with Excel are; days of the week, months and quarters.  You can also use these custom lists to sort data and you can create your own custom lists. Here is an example of how to enter data from a custom list: Type in Monday then use the fill handle to drag down or across cells.  As you move across cells it will fill in Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, etc. as you continue dragging. You can also use the auto fill to enter a list of numbers. If you want to create a numbered list you need to enter the first 2 numbers, select the 2 cells then use the fill handle to click and drag.

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Excel 2016 Precision Selecting

3/20/2018

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New Feature - Jan 2018 Precision Selecting
Have you ever selected too many cells or the wrong ones? You can deselect any cells within the selected range with the Deselect Tool. Pressing the Ctrl key, you can click, or click-and-drag to deselect any cells or ranges within a selection. If you need to reselect any of those cells, continue holding the Ctrl key and reselect those cells.
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