Event Description

Microsoftr Excelr 365/Excelr 2019: Useful Functions for CPAs is a one-lesson intermediate level course that guides you through creating formulas using Financial, Date & Time, Math & Trig, Statistical, Lookup & Reference, Database, Text and Logical functions.

Designed For

Experienced Excel 2016 users, or experienced Excel users switching from earlier versions.

Objectives

Identify multiple ways to create a formula using one or more functions Select Financial functions to calculate the internal rate of return, net present value, future value, present value, payment and depreciation Select Date & Time functions to insert date and time components Select Math & Trig functions to calculate the sum of a range of numbers, find a random number and the positive square root of a number, and round calculations to a specific number of places Select Statistical functions to find the average, maximum, minimum, count, median and mode of a range of numbers plus the top five numbers Select Lookup & Reference functions to find specific data and document worksheet formulas Select specific criteria and Database functions to calculate the sum, average, maximum value, minimum value and number of cells containing numbers in a database field Select Text functions to improve worksheet appearance Select Logical functions to perform calculations based on one or more tests

Major Subjects

IRR, NPV, FV, PV, PMT, SLN, SYD, and DB Financial functions NOW, TODAY, DATE, MONTH, DAY, YEAR, TIME, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND, WEEKDAY, and NETWORKDAYS Date & Time functions SUM, RAND, SQRT, and ROUND Math & Trig functions AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, COUNT, MEDIAN, MODE.SNGL, and LARGE Statistical functions VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, and FORMULATEXT Lookup & Reference functions DSUM, DCOUNT, DAVERAGE, DMIN, and DMAX Database functions PROPER, SUBSTITUTE, and LOWER Text functions IF, AND, and IFNA Logical functions Using the Quick Analysis feature to quickly insert row and column totals is also discussed

Prerequisites

Experience working with Excel 2016 in the Windows operating system environment

Instructions

None