Advanced Excel
Advanced Excel
Advanced Excel
You know how you know your an advanced user? You realize how much about
excel you don't know. A common interview question I've heard when my boss
wants to learn how much someone knows about excel: Rate your ability in
Excel from 1 to 10. If anyone says higher than a 5, ask them the longest VBA
macro theyve ever written. Oh, you haven't written one? Then you are so
clueless you don't even know what you don't know. Half of excel is VBA, so if
you want to be a "master" you have to learn VBA. The other half is formulas
and functions and Pivot Tables and whatif scenarios and data tables.
Just as a general starting guide for OP I would go sum -> counta -> vlookup ->
if -> and/or -> countif -> sumif -> countifs -> sumifs.
Know what is in the developer tab. Learn how to use Form controls for great
presentations.
Think of VBA/macros only if it's indispensable for the job or if you are very
interested. It's a good thing but can turn things upside down sometimes. I
suggest you ignore it for sometime.
Learn keyboard shortcut - Google "excel keyboard shortcuts" and try to use
them versus the mouse, as much as possible. This will make you much faster
Learn formulas - Google "excel formulas" and read through them. You may
discover things you didn't know excel was capable of.
You'll never be able to memorize all the shortcuts and formulas. Just find a
good list that you can reference to every once in a while.
1. VLOOKUP
2. INDEX/MATCH
3. Nested IF statements
4. LEFT/RIGHT/MID
5. SEARCH/SUBSTITUTE
6. INDIRECT
7. CLEAN/TRIM/PROPER
I am sure there are more, but those are what I use pretty consistently. To be considered
intermediate, you should be able to write a formula for these functions with relative ease
(i.e. you will have memorized their formatting for their arguments). Additionally, it would be
good to learn proper notation. Lastly, you really should feel comfortable with the formulas
to the point that, if someone asks you how to do something, you should be able to break
down what they ask into multiple formulas to accomplish their task.
F2 = mostrar fórmula
Relative cell references: F4 locks a cell as a reference for all cells with
the formula, thus making it non relative, but the same for all
CTRL 1 = formatar células
Selecionar várias células de valores numéricos com CTRL: no canto inferior direito, mostra a
soma, o número de células e a média!
EXCEL: Make calculations and data analysis (convert raw data into useful information)
You use the SUMIF function to sum the values in a range that meet criteria that you
specify. For example, suppose that in a column that contains numbers, you want to sum
only the values that are larger than 5. You can use the following
formula: =SUMIF(B2:B25,">5")
We can use “?” and “*” as criteria arguments in a sumifs function.