Microsoft Excel 2019 Formulas and Functions

Master core Excel tools for building powerful, reliable spreadsheets with  Excel 2019 Formulas and Functions. Excel expert Paul McFedries shows how to use Excel core features to solve problems and get the answers you need. Using real-world examples, McFedries helps you get the absolute most out of features and improvements ranging from AutoFill to Excel’s newest functions. Along the way, you discover the fastest, best ways to handle essential day-to-day tasks ranging from generating account numbers to projecting the impact of inflation.

Becoming an Excel expert has never been easier! You’ll find crystal-clear instructions; insider insights; even complete step-by-step projects for building timesheets, projecting cash flow, aging receivables, analyzing defects, and more.

• Quickly create powerful spreadsheets with range names and array formulas
• Use conditional formatting to instantly reveal anomalies, problems, or opportunities
• Analyze your data with standard tables and PivotTables
• Use complex criteria to filter data in lists
• Understand correlations between data
• Perform sophisticated what-if analyses
• Use regression to track trends and make forecasts
• Build loan, investment, and discount formulas
• Validate data, troubleshoot problems, and build more accurate, trustworthy spreadsheets

Paul McFedries is an Excel expert and full-time technical writer. Paul has been authoring

computer books since 1991 and has more than 95 books to his credit, which combined

have sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. His titles include the Que Publishing

books My Office 2016, Windows 10 In Depth (with coauthor Brian Knittel), and PCs for

Grownups, as well as the Sams Publishing book Windows 7 Unleashed. Paul is also the

proprietor of Word Spy (www.wordspy.com), a website devoted to lexpionage, the

sleuthing of new words and phrases that have entered the English language. Please drop

by Paul’s personal website at mcfedries.com or follow Paul on Twitter, at twitter.com/

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Part 1–Mastering Excel Ranges and Formulas Chapter 1–Getting the Most Out of Ranges Chapter 2–Using Range Names Chapter 3–Building Basic Formulas Chapter 4–Creating Advanced Formulas Chapter 5–Troubleshooting Formulas
Part 2–Harnessing the Power of Functions Chapter 6–Using Functions Chapter 7–Working with Text Functions Chapter 8–Working with Logical and Information Functions Chapter 9–Working with Lookup Functions Chapter 10–Working with Date and Time Functions Chapter 11–Working with Math Functions Chapter 12–Working with Statistical Functions
Part 3–Building Business Models Chapter 13–Analyzing Data with Tables Chapter 14–Analyzing Data with PivotTables Chapter 15–Using Excel's Business Modeling Tools Chapter 16–Using Regression to Track Trends and Make Forecasts Chapter 17–Solving Complex Problems with Solver
Part 4–Building Financial Formulas Chapter 18–Building Loan Formulas Chapter 19–Building Investment Formulas Chapter 20–Building Discount Formulas