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Slide 1: CONFIDENTIAL 35 Excel Tips That Could Save You from Working All Night Document Date This report is solely for the use of client personnel. No part of it may be circulated, quoted, or reproduced for distribution outside the client organization without prior written approval from McKinsey & Company. This material was used by McKinsey & Company during an oral presentation; it is not a complete record of the discussion.
Slide 2: INTRODUCTORY NOTE Unit of measures STICKER What is it: The following material was developed for the Excel training program. Target audience: 1st year associates and business analysts, although there is nothing wrong doing this training as well with EMs and APs. chance to actually practice. Duration: 3-4 hours to walk through the explanations and give everyone a Faculty: Since the seniors showed that they can do and therefore they can expect their team members to do the same. Final comment: The original material was not intended for self-study purposes and therefore may be a little be too brief and cryptic in some cases. In case you have any improvement ideas please feel free to e-mail them to the author. document. Thanks. Thank you: We‘ve received great feedback and many ideas how to improve this * Footnote Source: Sources 2
Slide 3: 35 EXCEL TIPS THAT COULD SAVE YOU FROM WORKING ALL NIGHTSTICKER Unit of measures 1. Split windows and freeze panes 2. Hide and Unhide command 3. Moving around a spreadsheet with Ctrl, Shift, and Arrow keys 4. Name cells/ranges 5. Sort command 6. Toggling among relational and absolute references 7. Fill down and fill right commands 8. IF function 9. AND and OR functions 10. SUM and SUMIF functions 11. Subtotals and Totals 12. SUMPRODUCT function 13. NPV function 14. COUNT functions 15. ROUND, ROUNDUP and ROUNDDOWN functions 16. VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP functions 17. Insert Function command * Footnote Source: Sources 18. Paste Special command 19. Auditing features 20. Goal Seek add-in 21. Solver add-in 22. Data tables 23. Scenarios add-in 24. Pivot Tables 25. Protecting cells and worksheets 26. Editing multiple worksheets simultaneously 27. Conditional formatting 28. Autofilter command 29. Customize tool bars 30. Changing default workbook 31. Group and Ungroup your spreadsheet 32. Switch off the Microsoft Actors 33. Clean up text 34. Keyboard shortcuts 35. Final thoughts 3
Slide 4: 1. SPLIT WINDOWS AND FREEZE PANES Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Splitting a window allows you to work on multiple parts of a large spreadsheet simultaneously • Freezing the pane allows you to always keep one part of the spreadsheet (e.g., column or row labels) visible How you use this feature • Drag the split horizontal and split vertical icons to the desires positions • Click on the freeze pane icon from the tool bar to freeze the panes Freeze pane icon Split screen icons • Split the screen so that: Exercise – The row with column labels shows up in the top pane – The column with store names show up in the left pane • Freeze the panes 4 * Footnote Source: Sources
Slide 5: 2. HIDE AND UNHIDE COMMAND Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Allows you hide and unhide particular rows or columns – Simplifies working with the spreadsheet – Prevent certain information from being seen How you use this feature • Select the row(s) or column(s) to be hidden/unhidden • Select Format : Row : Hide/Unhide or Format : Column : Hide/Unhide Exercise • Hide the Avg Sale/Ticket column * Footnote Source: Sources 5
Slide 6: 3. MOVING AROUND A SPREADSHEET WITH CTRL, SHIFT, AND ARROW STICKER Unit of measures KEYS Why you need to know this • Save you lots of time • Move the first or last cell of a contiguous data block without scrolling How you use this feature • Ctrl-Arrow : Move to the first/last data cell in the arrow direction • Ctrl-Shift-Arrow : Selects the cells between the current cell and the first/last data cell Exercise • Select all cells with data using the Ctrl, Shift, and Arrow keys * Footnote Source: Sources 6
Slide 7: 4. NAME CELLS/RANGES Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Allows specific cells or cell ranges to be referred to by name • Allows you to write equations such as = Quantity*Cost instead of =$B$12*$C$4 How you use this feature • Select the cell or cell range • Select Insert : Name : Define from the menu bar Exercise • Define cells A2:A125 as “Sequence” * Footnote Source: Sources 7
Slide 8: 5. SORT COMMAND Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Correctly sorting a series of rows or columns without disassociating the data is critical to many modeling efforts How you use this feature • To sort by single category, just click into column, NEVER highlight column (would destroy table integrity) • To use multiple criteria, click any cell of data table, select Data…Sort • Data table will be selected Can sort by up to 3 categories, use drop lists to select fields, specify A-Z or Z-A * Footnote Source: Sources 8
Slide 9: 5. SORT COMMAND (CONTINUED) Unit of measures STICKER How you use this feature • Indicate if have Header row, which will not be included in sort • Select Options to use Custom lists (create first, see below) • Select Tools/Options/Custom Lists to create specialized sort orders, e.g. –To sort months and weekdays according to their calendar order instead of their alphabetic order –To rearrange lists in a specific order (such as High/Medium/Low entries) Exercise • Create your own sorting list with labels as you like * Footnote Source: Sources 9
Slide 10: 6. TOGGLING AMONG RELATIONAL AND ABSOLUTE REFERENCES Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Saves you lots of time How you use this feature • F4 key toggles through the different options * Footnote Source: Sources 10
Slide 11: 7. FILL DOWN AND FILL RIGHT COMMANDS Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Saves you lots of time • Allows for copying of cell content to contiguous cells with a single keystroke How you use this feature • Select the cell with the content to be copied and drag to select the cells to which the content should be copied • Ctrl-R to fill right • Ctrl-D to fill down Caution!! • Double-check your formulas for absolute vs. relative references!! Exercise • Calculate the total daily sales for each store * Footnote Source: Sources 11
Slide 12: 8. IF FUNCTION Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Conditional comparisons are used in virtually all spreadsheets • Knowing how to use IF in a nested manner and in combination with other functions will save hours of time How you use this feature • IF(Comparison,TrueAction,FalseAction) • IF(Comparison,TrueAction,) ==> Cell shows 0 if condition is false • IF(Comparison,TrueAction,””) ==> Cell shows blank if condition is false Exercise • Create a “Mumbai” variable – 1 if the store is in Mumbai – 0 if the store is in other places 12 * Footnote Source: Sources
Slide 13: 9. AND AND OR FUNCTIONS Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Used with the IF function to enable more complicated logical comparisons How you use this feature • AND(Comparison 1,Comparison2,Comparison3,…) • OR(Comparison 1,Comparison2,Comparison3,…) • Create a variable that calculates daily sales per branches Exercise only for: – KFC stores in Mumbai with size larger than 50 branches – All BK stores 13 * Footnote Source: Sources
Slide 14: 10. SUM AND SUMIF FUNCTIONS Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • SUM is used in virtually all spreadsheets • SUMIF can save lots of time in most spreadsheets if you know how to use the function How you use this feature • SUM(Range1,Range2,Value1,…) • SUMIF(Range,”Comparison”,SumRange) – If a SumRange IS NOT specified, SUMIF sums the cells meeting the Comparison criteria in the specified Range – If a SumRange IS specified, SUMIF sums the cells in SumRange where the corresponding cells in Range meets the Comparison criteria • NOTE: The “” signs must be used for the Comparison value • Calculate the total store space for stores larger than 50 Exercise branches • Calculate the total daily sales for all stores larger than 50 branches 14 * Footnote Source: Sources
Slide 15: 11. SUBTOTALS AND TOTALS Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Want to add lines with subtotals in your P&L or balance sheet, but still need to run the total over all numbers? Don’t want to get confused with nested subtotals and totals in your spreadsheet? How you use this feature • Instead of ‘=sum(range)’ add ‘=subtotal(9,range)’ where you need a subtotal or total. • You may nest this function as you like. Excel keeps track of everything Exercise • Create a simple column with various numbers • Add various subtotals running over various parts of your spreadsheet and finally over the whole column * Footnote Source: Sources 15
Slide 16: 12. SUMPRODUCT FUNCTION Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • If you need to multiply two column and need the sum of the multiplication, sumproduct comes easy. How you use this feature • Insert =sumproduct(range1,range2) Exercise • Multiply two columns or rows and get the sum of it * Footnote Source: Sources 16
Slide 17: 13. NPV FUNCTION Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Of course you can create your own discounting table and then calculate the NPV of your cash flow series or just use the NPV function How you use this feature • Insert =NPV(discount rate,cash flow numbers,...) • The discount rate is in percent • The cash flow numbers are either an array or individual numbers in individual cells • Attention: The first cash flow number is in period 1, e.g. the end of the period. If you have for example an initial investment in period 0, just type =NPV(…)+period 0 payment in your calculation Exercise • Create a list of random cash flows and calculate the NPV with the NPV function * Footnote Source: Sources 17
Slide 18: 14. COUNT FUNCTIONS Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Prevents you from wasting time counting items manually or creating dummy variables to count such items How you use this feature • COUNT(Range1,Range2,Value1,...) ==> count the number of cells containing numbers • COUNTA(Range1,Range2,Value1,...) ==> count the number of non-empty cells • COUNTBLANK(Range) ==> count the number of empty cells in the range • COUNTIF(Range,”Criteria”) ==> count the number of cells in the Range containing the Criteria. NOTE: The “” signs must be used for the Criteria value Exercise • Calculate the number of KFC stores in the dataset * Footnote Source: Sources 18
Slide 19: 15. ROUND, ROUNDUP AND ROUNDDOWN FUNCTIONS Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Many situations exist when you need to have exact numbers instead of various fractions in your calculations (e.g., there cannot be 536.235 bank branches) How you use this feature • ROUND(Number,Digits) ==> Round the number (or cell) to the specified number of digits – If Digit = 0, then Number is rounded to nearest integer – If Digit > 0, then Number is rounded to the specified number of decimal places – If Digit < 0, then Number is rounded to the specified number of digits left of the decimal place • ROUNDDOWN(Number,Digits) and ROUNDUP(Number,Digits) work the same way as ROUND, but the direction of rounding is specified by the function Exercise • Calculate a rounded Avg Sale/Ticket variable, rounding to the nearest 10 Won * Footnote Source: Sources 19
Slide 20: 16. VLOOKUP AND HLOOKUP FUNCTIONS Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Allows you to automatically lookup a particular cell of data from a larger data range. This is especially useful when you have – A large data section that contains information for multiple records somewhere on the spreadsheet (e.g., a small database) – A calculation area somewhere else, and you need to refer to some specific data elements for specific records * Footnote Source: Sources 20
Slide 21: 16. VLOOKUP AND HLOOKUP FUNCTIONS (CONTINUED) Unit of measures STICKER How you use this feature • VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP allows you to find a specific cell of data in a larger data range – Use VLOOKUP when each row contains a separate record and the associated columns contain data for that one record – Use HLOOKUP when each column contains a separate record • VLOOKUP(SearchValue,Range,ColumnNumber,Error) ==> look for a value in the row specified by SearchValue and the column specified by ColumnNumber – SearchValue indicates the “match key” (i.e., find the row that contains the SearchValue in the first column) – Range specifies the cells containing the data – ColumnNumber specifies the column that contains the data element you want – Error determines what happens when Excel does not find the exact SearchValue you want. FALSE leads Excel to display a #N/A when an exact match cannot be found. TRUE leads Excel to display the next smaller value than SearchValue • HLOOKUP(SearchValue,Range,RowNumber,Error) ==> look for a value in the column specified by SearchValue and the row specified by RowNumber NOTE: The 1st column of data must be sorted in ascending order when using VLOOKUP, and the 1st row of data must be sorted if using HLOOKUP * Footnote Source: Sources 21
Slide 22: 16. VLOOKUP AND HLOOKUP FUNCTIONS (CONTINUED) Unit of measures STICKER • Define a name for the cells containing the data and use Tip that name as the Range. Do not include the row/column label in the named range because this would break the ascending sort rule above. • Insert an extra row above your column label to number the columns Exercise • Use VLOOKUP to find out how many seats are in the KBN store? How many passers-by for the store? * Footnote Source: Sources 22
Slide 23: 16. VLOOKUP AND HLOOKUP FUNCTIONS (CONTINUED) Unit of measures STICKER Number the columns to easily check your formulas Define a name for cells in your data Range Need to sort in ascending order for VLOOKUP function to work properly * Footnote Source: Sources 23
Slide 24: 17. INSERT FUNCTION COMMAND Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • What do you do if you do not know what functions are available or how to enter the arguments for a function? How you use this feature • Select the cell • Select Insert : Function from the menu bar Exercise • Calculate the median daily ticket count for all the stores * Footnote Source: Sources 24
Slide 25: 18. PASTE SPECIAL COMMAND Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Saves you lots of time – Retyping formulas – Converts formulas into values – Reformatting cells – Transposing cells (i.e., convert row-entered data blocks into column-entered ones) How you use this feature • Copy the cells of interest • Place the cursor where you want to past the information • Select Edit : Paste Special from the menu bar • Select the appropriate options from the dialog box that appears Exercise • Convert the Rounded Avg Sale/Ticket calculations into values (i.e., get rid of the formulas) • Copy and paste the entire dataset into a new spreadsheet in transposed manner 25 * Footnote Source: Sources
Slide 26: 19. AUDITING FEATURES Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Quickly find the cells referenced by a formula and/or quickly find which cells reference a particular cell of interest How you use this feature • Select View : Toolbars : Customize from the menu bar. Check the Auditing box from the Toolbars tab • Click on the cell of interest • Select the Trace Precedents or Trace Dependents icon from the Auditing Toolbar Exercise • Find the cells that references the Daily Ticket Count for the Shopers Stop store * Footnote Source: Sources 26
Slide 27: 20. GOAL SEEK ADD-IN Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Easily find what one input variable needs to be to achieve some desired result in a calculation How you use this feature • Select the calculated cell • Select Tools : Goal Seek from the menu bar • Enter the desired resulting calculation into the “To Value” form in the dialog that appears • Enter the input cell in the “By changing cell:” form Exercise • How many additional daily tickets would the Inorbit store need to have a total daily sales of 2,000,000 Won? * Footnote Source: Sources 27
Slide 28: 21. SOLVER ADD-IN Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Allows you to use linear programming to find the optimal inputs to achieve some desired calculational result (e.g., maximize revenues by increasing daily tickets, increasing store size, average sale/ticket, etc. simultaneously) • Use Solver instead of Goal Seek when: – You need to place constraints on the input variable (e.g., cannot open a store for more than 24 hours a day) – More than 1 input variables are involved – You want to minimize or maximize the resulting calculation in addition to just setting the calculation to a predetermined value * Footnote Source: Sources 28
Slide 29: 21. SOLVER ADD-IN (CONTINUED) Unit of measures STICKER How you use this feature • Select the final calculated cell, then select Tools : Solver from the menu bar • Select what you want to do from the “Equal to” section (i.e., maximize, minimize, or set to a specific value) • Reference the input cells (note, separate cells by using a comma or “:” if cells are contiguous • If the input values have constraints, click on Add to enter the constraints • Click on Solve • What is the maximum daily sales per branch for the KFC Exercise store if: – The store can be opened a maximum of 18 hours/ day, 7 days/week – Store size can expanded up to a maximum of 87 branch * Footnote Source: Sources 29
Slide 30: 22. DATA TABLES COMMAND Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Simplest way to run sensitivity analyses How you use this feature • Input the values you want to test for a particular variable on separate rows (e.g., A6:A13) • In the cell above and to the right of the first sensitivity value, reference the final result of your calculations (e.g., A5 = C3) • Select the cells containing the calculation and input variables (e.g., A5:B13) • Select Data : Tables from the menu bar • Input the cell referenced by the formula in the“Column input cell”(e.g., A2). This example uses in “Column input cell” because the value to test in the sensitivity analysis are arranged in a single column * Footnote Source: Sources 30
Slide 31: 22. DATA TABLES COMMAND (CONTINUED) Unit of measures STICKER Exercise • What daily total sales would the KFC store have its daily ticket counts ranged from 400 to 600 each day (in increments of 50)? * Footnote Source: Sources 31
Slide 32: 23. SCENARIOS ADD-IN Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this How you use this feature • You’ve created a model and need to run various scenarios. Then use the scenario function under the tools menu. Keeps your inputs and outputs from the model nicely together • Assign names to the excel cells that act as input parameters for your model • Start the scenario function by selecting Tools : Scenarios from the menu bar. • Click Add to enter your first scenario – Create a name – Select ALL cells that will be your input to the model. • Assign the desired scenario value to each input parameter. • Add more scenarios as needed • When finished click on summary and select scenario summary (the pivot table is not so helpful) * Footnote Source: Sources 32
Slide 33: 23. SCENARIOS ADD-IN (SIMPLE EXAMPLE) Unit of measures Objective: You want to build a simple model to understand under which scenarios Airbus should build the A3XX a next generation super large airplane with more than 600 seats STICKER Simple model: Profit = number of planes sold x price x margin development cost Scenarios No. of planes Price (million. USD) Margin R&D * Footnote Source: Sources Worst case 200 120 20% 13 billion USD Realistic 350 130 25% 12 billion USD Best case 500 150 30% 11 billion USD 33
Slide 34: 24. PIVOT TABLES Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Most powerful tool to arrange huge amounts of data in a more structured way than pure sorting. In particular helpful to run quick sums, averages, distributions, etc. in combination with a structure criteria, e.g. total number and average sales per store size band How you use this feature • Select Data: PivotTable Report… Step 1: Microsoft Excel list Step 2: Select the relevant data area • Step 3: Drag and drop data elements on row and column (this is your table structure), the data you want to analyze on the data area • Step 4: Just press Finish 34 * Footnote Source: Sources
Slide 35: 24. PIVOT TABLES (CONTINUED) Unit of measures STICKER • Draw a distribution chart for the number of stores per Exercise size in branches bucketed each 10 branch wide • Arrange the store distribution by store size (each 10 branch) and daily tickets (each 100 tickets) and show the number of stores per each category * Footnote Source: Sources 35
Slide 36: 25. PROTECTING CELLS AND WORKSHEETS Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this How you use this feature • Sometimes you want to give your Excel file to someone else and prevent them from changing the formulas for seeing some hidden cells • Protecting a spreadsheet or workbook involves two steps – Designating which cells to be locked or hidden – Protecting the spreadsheet or workbook • Note several weird peculiarities: – The default for all cells in a spreadsheet if LOCKED. So if you want the receiver of your worksheet to change the content of a cell, unlock the cell before protecting the spreadsheet – The formulas in a cell can be seen even if the spreadsheet is lock -- UNLESS you hide that cell before protecting the spreadsheet • To lock/unlock and hide/unhide a cell, select the cell(s) and select Format : Cell. Select the Protection tab when the dialog box appears • To protect/unprotect a spreadsheet, select Tools : Protection : Protect Sheet Exercise • Protect the dataset spreadsheet – Allow the user to change the data – Lock and hide the formulas you entered 36 * Footnote Source: Sources
Slide 37: 26. EDITING MULTIPLE WORKSHEETS SIMULTANEOUSLY Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Avoid having to redo your work on multiple spreadsheets in a single workbook How you use this feature • Select the first spreadsheet to be edited • Hold the Ctrl key while clicking on the additional spreadsheets • Do your editing Exercise • Try it * Footnote Source: Sources 37
Slide 38: 27. CONDITIONAL FORMATTING Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Sometimes you would to color the output of cells in different colors, e.g. negative numbers in red, positive numbers in black, or add a frame, etc. How you use this feature • Mark the relevant fields and select Format: Conditional Formatting • Select the criteria for the format and adjust the format. You can actually change the font, the border and the color • Click on Add to select additional criteria for the formatting Exercise • Format a cell to be in red font, with blue background for negative numbers and in bold font with thick border, if the value is above 10 38 * Footnote Source: Sources
Slide 39: 28. AUTOFILTER COMMAND Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • You have a huge pile of data and quickly want to find some specific information, e.g. all sets that meet a criteria or the top 10 items etc. How you use this feature • Click into your table or better mark the data area and select Data: Filter: Autofilter • Using the drop-down boxes per item allows you to display only specific filtered information • Selecting multiple matches (up to 3 maximum with autofilter) you can narrow down your search • Or add your own criteria for filtering by clicking on the custom criteria Exercise • Find the stores who belong to the top 10% in terms of average sales per ticket AND the top 10 in terms of store size in branch 39 * Footnote Source: Sources
Slide 40: 29. CUSTOMIZE TOOL BARS Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • How many icons on the tool bar to you use regularly? • How often do you have to use the menu bar or mouse to do something you wish were accessible with a single click? How you use this feature • Select View : Toolbars : Customize • Click on the Commands tab • Drag items on and off the toolbar as you wish OR • Right click toolbar area – Select Customize – Select Commands tab in Customize dialog box – From appropriate menu, find the command for which you want to add button – Drag button to location on toolbar * Footnote Source: Sources 40
Slide 41: 29. CUSTOMIZING YOUR TOOLBAR (CONTINUED) Unit of measures STICKER How you use this feature • Other favorites ... • Paste values • Select visible cells • Save as • Show comment (toggles it) • Set print area • Page setup • Merge cells • Auto filter …or create your own icons! Auto filter off – show all Exercise • Modify your toolbar as desired * Footnote Source: Sources 41
Slide 42: 30. CHANGING DEFAULT WORKBOOK Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • How often do you use the menu bar to change the normal font or number formats? • You can create the basic number and font formats you use regularly, save it as a template, and have Excel use that template every time you create a new workbook How you use this feature • Create a workbook with the formatting you use regularly and save it under the name “Book” and Template format • Move the “Book” template to the Microsoft Office : Office : Xlstart folder Exercise • Create your default workbook * Footnote Source: Sources 42
Slide 43: 31. GROUP/UNGROUP PARTS OF SPREADSHEETS Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • How often would you like to hide or unhide parts of a complex spreadsheet? • If your answer is “very often”. You will like to group/ungroup function instead of the hide/unhide command, since you will be able to toggle between hidden or displayed columns or rows. How you use this feature • Mark the row or column that you would like to “fold”, i.e. hide for the moment. • Click on Data: Group and Outline: Group • To “fold” click now on the “minus” sign outside of your column or row • You may also group or ungroup hierarchically Tip • Group some parts in your spreadsheet • Also try to remove the grouping • Use the two “arrow” buttons, which you find on the pivot table toolbar (right click on any toolbar and select PivotTable) 43 Exercise * Footnote Source: Sources
Slide 44: 32. SWITCH OFF THE MICROSOFT ACTORS Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Also find the Microsoft Actors more disturbing than helpful? • Always popping up at the wrong moment How you use this feature • Excel 97 – Start the Windows Explorer – Go to the directory Program Files: Microsoft Office: Office: Actors – Rename the directory “Actors” to “Dead Actors” • Excel 2000 – Go to Tools : Options : Edit and switch off „Provide feedback with animation“ Exercise • Try to eliminate the Actors * Footnote Source: Sources 44
Slide 45: 33. CLEAN UP TEXT Unit of measures STICKER Why you need to know this • Often clients have data on their mainframe. The best you can get for your PC is a text file dump. This trick will help you see through the data „mess“ you‘ve received. How you use this feature • One easy method to split text into separate columns is the Data/Text to Column Wizard – Select the cells – Select Data/Text to Column * Footnote Source: Sources 45
Slide 46: 33. CLEAN UP TEXT (CONTINUED) Unit of measures STICKER How you use this feature • Check that Excel choose correct setting, change as needed * Footnote Source: Sources 46
Slide 47: 33. CLEAN UP TEXT (CONTINUED) Unit of measures STICKER How you use this feature • Be sure to supply the destination • Click finish Note • Be sure the are enough empty columns for your conversion at the destination or Excel will OVERWRITE the contents of the cells • Split data appears in 2 columns * Footnote Source: Sources 47
Slide 48: 34. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Unit of measures Formatting keys Alt + ‘ Ctrl + Shift + ~ Ctrl + Shift + $ Ctrl + Shift + % Ctrl + Shift + ! Ctrl + Shift + & Ctrl + Shift + _ Ctrl + b Ctrl + i Ctrl + u Ctrl + 9 Ctrl + Shift + 9 Ctrl + 0 Ctrl + Shift + 0 Ctrl + 1 Ctrl + 5 Shift + Space Ctrl + Space * Footnote Source: STICKER • Display the style dialog box • General Num. Format • Currency format • Percentage format • Comma format • Outline border • Remove borders • Bold • Italic • Underline • Hide rows • Unhide rows • Hide columns • Unhide columns • Format Dialog Box • Strike Through • Select the entire row • Select the entire column 48 Sources
Slide 49: 34. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS (CONTINUED) Unit of measures Formatting keys Ctrl + a Ctrl + x/c/v Ctrl + d/r CTRL+SHIFT+* SHIFT+ arrow key CTRL+SHIFT+ arrow key SHIFT+HOME CTRL+SHIFT+HOME CTRL+SHIFT+END STICKER • Select the entire worksheet • Cut/copy/paste • File cells down/right • Select the current region around the active cell (the current region is an area enclosed by blank rows and blank columns) • Extend the selection by one cell • Extend the selection to the last nonblank cell in the same column or row as the active cell • Extend the selection to the beginning of the row • Extend the selection to the beginning of the worksheet • Extend the selection to the last cell used on the worksheet (lower-right corner) * Footnote Source: Sources 49
Slide 50: 34. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS (CONTINUED) Unit of measures Windows and Workbook keys Ctrl + F4 Alt + F4 Ctrl + F10 Ctrl + F9 Ctrl + F5 F6 Shift + F6 Ctrl + F6 Ctrl + Tab Shift + F11 F11 Ctrl + s F12 Ctrl + o Ctrl + n Alt + F8 Alt + F11 STICKER • Closes workbook window • Closes Excel • Maximizes the workbook • Minimizes the workbook • Restore window size • Next pane • Previous pane • Next window • Next window • Inserts a new sheet • Create a Quick Chart Sheet • Saves the workbook • Saves As • Opens a workbook • Creates a new workbook • Macros Dialog Box • Visual Basic Editor * Footnote Source: Sources 50
Slide 51: 34. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS (CONTINUED) Unit of measures Windows and Workbook keys ALT + TAB CTRL + TAB CTRL + Page Up/Page Down CTRL + Home/End CTRL + arrow key STICKER • Switch between applications • Switch between open Excel files • Go to previous/next worksheet • Go to the first/last cell of the worksheet • Go to the next empty cell Auditing and Calculation keys Ctrl + ‘ ( ~ ) Ctrl + [ Ctrl + Shift + { Ctrl + ] Ctrl + Shift + } F9 Shift + F9 F2 • Toggle formula display • Selects cells directly referred to by formulas (Precedent Cells) • Selects directly and indirectly referred to cells • Selects only cells with formulas that refer directly to the active cell (Dependent Cells) • Selects all cells within formulas that directly or indirectly refer to the active cells • Calculate all worksheets • Calculate worksheet • Toggle cell edit mode 51 * Footnote Source: Sources
Slide 52: 34. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS (CONTINUED) Unit of measures Auditing and Calculation keys SHIFT+BACKSPACE SHIFT+PAGE DOWN SHIFT+PAGE UP CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR CTRL+6 CTRL+7 STICKER • If multiple cells are selected, select only the active cell • Extend the selection down one screen • Extend the selection up one screen • With an object selected, select all objects on a sheet • Alternate between hiding objects, displaying objects, and displaying placeholders for objects • Show or hide the Standard toolbar Useful Number formats ;;; #, &#,##0.00_);(&#,##0.00) #,##0_);(#,##0);---;•@ * Footnote Source: • Hides the contents of a cell • Displays numbers in thousands. (e.g., 1,000,000 displays 1,000) • 1000 = &1,000.00 • -1000 = (&1,000.00) • 1000 = 1,000 • -1000 = (1,000) 52 Sources
Slide 53: 34. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS (CONTINUED) Unit of measures ASCII Characters • £ ¥ ™ © ¼ ½ ¾ Ctrl + F3 STICKER • Alt + 0149 • Alt + 0163 • Alt + 0165 • Alt + 0153 • Alt + 0169 • Alt + 0188 • Alt + 0189 • Alt + 0190 • Define Name (Range Name) * Footnote Source: Sources 53
Slide 54: 35. FINAL THOUGHTS Unit of measures STICKER • Structure, structure, structure. Should know this anyway, since you‘re ED keeps telling you this every day • Keep Inputs, Processing and Outputs on different worksheets of your Excel file (IPO principle) • Name universal variables, e.g., WACC instead of $AH264 • Use color-coding, but don‘t overdo it. Excel is not a crayon-box. • Save cautiously, but frequently. Keep different versions and backup (network, floppy disk). We‘ve seen too many models disappearing the night before the progress review. The 35 Excel tricks won‘t help then any more. * Footnote Source: Sources 54