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1. MICROSOFT EXCEL 2011 RETURN IN EXCEL HOW TO
2. MICROSOFT EXCEL 2011 RETURN IN EXCEL SOFTWARE
3. MICROSOFT EXCEL 2011 RETURN IN EXCEL SERIES

We intrinsically understand this, even though the actual math part may not be a part of our conscious thought stream. This amount would be calculated based upon our current balance (and a number of other factors), and then added to that balance for the current billing period. In a similar manner, the credit company will most likely perform a calculation (which, apropos of nothing whatsoever, would be represented by a formula) to determine how much interest to charge to our account. These numbers represent numerical values which we contextually understand will be added to or subtracted from the current balance of our account. While most credit card companies assign a string of numerals as an account identifier (account number), other business entities might use a mixture of numerals and alphabetical characters to create account identifiers, which we still tend to refer to as “account numbers.” Again, while we think of the various account identifiers which (for some) rule our lives as “numbers”, we also tend to utilize them in a context more like a string of characters.Ĭontrast this with Social Security payments and/or credit card charges. Never mind the dashes which make this SSN format behave emphatically NOT like a true number. We do not expect to be performing addition, multiplication, or other mathematical operations on these, even though semantically we still call them “numbers.” Further, both SSN’s and Credit Card account numbers might contain one or more leading zeros, or zeros at the rightmost end of the numerical sequence: For example, when we talk about our Social Security number, or our credit card number, we generally recognize either of those things as an identifier composed of numerical characters.

MICROSOFT EXCEL 2011 RETURN IN EXCEL HOW TO

We have evolved to be context-aware, and as we learn, we understand how to use MOST information within a particular context. We humans don’t tend to think too hard about the type of data we are working with.

Hopefully you will slog through anyway, unless you already have a solid grasp on this stuff. There is a LOT more to that, but before we go any further, it is important to understand how Excel understands data. In the previous post, we discussed the basic structure of a spreadsheet, and covered the vary basics of using expressions (or formulas).

MICROSOFT EXCEL 2011 RETURN IN EXCEL SERIES

This is part two of a multi-part series targeting entry-level users of Microsoft Excel. Anyone hoping to read programming stuff is just going to have to wait. This is driven by my need to prepare a training for my staff at work, and in keeping with the DRY principle (Don’t Repeat Yourself) I am killing two birds with one stone. Somehow, I thought it was going to be more glamorous than this.

MICROSOFT EXCEL 2011 RETURN IN EXCEL SOFTWARE

Having represented this site as a technology blog with a focus on programming and software development, I find myself starting off with a tutorial on Excel basics instead.