Is 2007 better Part 2

If we look at the benefits of 2007 there are a lot of things that have been taken care of. Thats the speciality of this version as it takes into consideration the limitations of the all earlier versions. As a MIS person I always felt that excel is limited in terms of data and the resources it takes. With 65000 rows and 256 columns one may feel its enough however if you are a hard core MIS guy you would always feel its less as times goes by.
For those of you 2007 comes as a relief with increase in number of rows and columns.

IS 2007 better Part 1

If you look at the interface of 2007 it looks rather vibrant and vast. The need for going into options for doing any action is very limited as all options are available in the toolbar right from formatting of cells to removing gridlines.Also all those who are used to 2003 shortcuts need not worry. Excel 2007 has the capability of working on 2003 shortcuts and it clearly states that you are using a 2003 shortcut

Whats Best in 2007 as compared to 2003

Well everyone must be wondering why some of them are still working on 2003 and not 2007 ?
The answer is quite simple. Not every corporate has license to 2007 rather are happy with 2003 as its one of the most stable versions of MS Office and is compatible with all OS and low on resources.
So whats different in 2007 ? Is it just the interface or looks or much more.
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How to Present using Excel?

Excel is not only used to create dashboards or MIS. It can be used as a valuable tool to present your views. So how can you do this?

Its all about what you want to present? Who is your audience? What is the end result you are expecting out of this presentation? How valuable and important is this presentation to you?

These are some of the questions you should be asking yourself before you can create something in excel.

I agree that Powerpoint is the tool which is used for presentations but excel is equally useful.

The final outcome can go in PPT but the base design can be on excel

Dual Conditional Formula

These formula are simpler than the "IF" formula

1. COUNTIF: Syntax =countif(range,criteria)

This formula can be used in case you want to count number of specific items in a range For example you have a list of fruits and you want to count of them how many are apples. This formula makes it simple. The formula is countif(Range,"Apples")

In place of Apples one can also specify a cell values. So if you want to know how many ones are there in the range of numbers this formula is easy. Also you can find the count of a specific value in the list to know whether it is distinct or no in the list

2. SUMIF:

Syntax: =sumif(range,criteria,sumrange)

The sum if formula is very useful if you have to add specific values corresponding a particular range. So you have two lists ---in one column you have list of managers(list1) and another number of sales done(list2). Now you have master list of managers and you want to find from the list how many sales did each manager did. The formula and method is easy. =sumif(list1,"manager1",list2)

Try these formula they are simple to use