Use Excel 365 and Excel 2021 core features to build spreadsheets that solve business problems and deliver reliable answers. Drawing on his unsurpassed experience, Paul McFedries helps you make the most of formulas and functions, including recent improvements ranging from dynamic arrays to XLOOKUP and LET. McFedries’ step-by-step projects walk you through handling key tasks, from building timesheets to projecting cash flow and aging receivables. His practical examples and clear instructions demystify intermediate-to-advanced-level formula construction, and help you leverage Excel’s most useful functions in your everyday work.

Becoming an Excel expert has never been easier!

By reading this book, you will:

Improve business analyses by adding intelligence and knowledge to your models

Replace cumbersome formulas with convenient predefined functions

Use modern lookups to make your formulas more powerful and flexible

Simplify complex calculations with dynamic arrays in Excel 365 and Excel 2021

Use conditional formatting to reveal anomalies, problems, or opportunities

Calculate loan payments, interest costs, terms, and amortization schedules

Project the future value of investments, and plan to achieve investment goals

Master essential discounting and cash-flow analysis tools, including NPV and IRR

Sort, filter, and analyze any tabular data, from customers to inventory

Easily analyze huge datasets with PivotTable calculations

Perform sophisticated what-if analyses, scenario planning, and forecasting

Optimize profit, cost, or operational efficiency with Solver

About This Book

For everyone who wants to get more done with Microsoft Excel in less time

For business and financial professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and others who need to efficiently manage and analyze data