excel training class - How do you sort tables

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Wed 21 Mar 2007, 09:49 Delegate Catherine said...

Catherine has attended:
Excel Advanced course

How do you sort tables

how do you sort tables

Wed 21 Mar 2007, 13:50 Trainer Rich said...

Sorting tables in excel

Catherine,

You usually sort columns in your spreadsheet by selecting a column or area, and go to Data -> Sort... for a range of sorting options.

Also by default, there are also A-Z or Z-A sort buttons on the Standard toolbar.

I hope this helps and you get a lot out of your Excel Advanced course today.

Regards, Rich.

Excel tip:

Checking if a calculation adheres to Order of Precedence

When writing formulas you must make sure that results will be calculated as you intended.

Excel adheres to the standard order of precedence for calculations. It calculates percentages, exponents, multiplication, and division in this order before calculating addition and subtraction.

For example, =7+5*3 results in an answer of 22, not 36.

To force a calculation to be completed before another calculations, place the section in parentheses: =(7+5)*3 will result in 36.

To check how excel is evaluating a formula, click on the cell and select the 'Tools' menu, select 'Formula Auditing' and click 'Evaluate Formula'

In the dialog box click on 'Evaluate' to watch as each part of the formula is successively calculated.

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Excel tip:

Checking if a calculation adheres to Order of Precedence