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Gain proficiency in Excel with concepts like absolute/relative references, isolating assumptions, Web integration, and date arithmetic.
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Exploring Microsoft Excel Chapter 2 Gaining Proficiency: The Web and Business Applications By Robert T. Grauer Maryann Barber Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Objectives (1 of 2) • Gain proficiency in the use of relative and absolute references • Explain the importance of isolating the assumptions in a worksheet • Use the fill handle to copy a range of cells • Use pointing to enter a formula Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Objectives (2 of 2) • Insert a hyperlink into an Excel worksheet • Save a worksheet as a Web page • Learn the concept of “round trip html” • Import data from a web query into an Excel workbook • Describe the Today function and date arithmetic Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Overview • Review relative, absolute, and mixed references • Isolate your assumptions • Learn to use the mouse to enter and copy formulas quickly • Integrate Excel and the World Wide Web • Learn the Today function • Learn the use of date arithmetic Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Cell Referencing • Absolute reference: remains constant throughout a copy operation • Specified with a dollar sign before the column and row, i.e. $B$4 • Relative reference: adjusts during a copy operation • Specified without dollar signs, i.e. B4 • The F4 key is a quick way to cycle through absolute, relative, and mixed cell references Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Getting the most from Excel • Point to cell address for formulas or functions • Use the mouse to select the cells you want to include • More accurate • Using the fill handle to copy • Use the mouse to select the cell(s) you want to copy and drag to copy to a destination range Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Hands-on Exercise 1 • Objective: Develop a spreadsheet using relative and absolute cell references • Compute the gross pay • Complete the remaining calculations • Copy the formulas • Compute the totals • Format the spreadsheet • Complete the formatting • The completed workbook Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Isolate Assumptions • Base your formulas on cell references, rather than values • The cells containing the values (assumptions) should be clearly labeled and set apart • Change the assumptions in the worksheet and see the effects instantly • Also minimizes the chance for error: you change the assumptions in one place Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Excel and the Internet • Three basic Internet capabilities: • Insert a hyperlink into a worksheet • Save a workbook as a Web page • Download information from the Web through a Web query Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Some Internet Terms • HTML (HyperText Markup Language): a universal standard that can be recognized by all major web browsers • A “web page” is a common name for an HTML document • Round trip HTML: allows you to edit a web page in the application that created • An Excel document can be saved as a Web page, then edited in Excel. Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Save As Web Page Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Hands-on Exercise 2 • Objective: To insert a hyperlink into an Excel workbook; to save it as an HTML document; to edit the Web page in Excel • Compute the net earnings • Compute the percent increases • Format the worksheet • Conditional formatting • Insert the hyperlink • Save the Web page • Start Windows Explorer • View the Web page • Edit the Web page Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Web Queries • A web query allows Excel to go to a specific site on the Web to retrieve information • Assumes you have an Internet connection • Created using the Import External Data command • Query can be updated anytime by using the Refresh command Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Web Queries Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Date Arithmetic • Excel stores all dates as integers • Serial numbers, beginning with January 1, 1900 • The difference between dates is determined by subtracting one number from another • Today() function always returns the current date Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Hands-on Exercise 3 • Objective: To include a Web query into a worksheet; to use the Today() function • Open the existing workbook • Complete the Web query • Compute the gain/loss • Copy the formulas • Format the worksheet • Refresh the query Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Summary (1 of 2) • Absolute, mixed, and relative references • Isolate your assumptions from the rest of the worksheet • Enter cell references into formulas by pointing to them with the mouse • Use the fill handle to copy a formula to adjacent cells Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2
Summary (2 of 2) • Insert hyperlinks into Excel worksheets • Save workbooks or worksheets as Web pages (HTML documents) • Use Web queries to retrieve information from the Web • Dates stored as serial integers • Today() function always returns the current date Exploring Microsoft Excel 2002 Chapter 2