John Walkenbach, arguably the foremost authority on Excel, has written 50+ books, including multiple editions of the bestselling Excel Bible and Excel Power Programming with VBA, as well as more than 300 articles for publications such as PC World, InfoWorld, and Windows. He created the award-winning Power Utility Pak, and provides Excel information and insight at www.spreadsheetpage.com.

• Introduction 1 PART I: Basic InformationChapter 1: Excel in a Nutshell 9Chapter 2: Basic Facts about Formulas 33Chapter 3: Working with Names 61PART II: Using Functions in Your FormulasChapter 4: Introducing Worksheet Functions 105Chapter 5: Manipulating Text 123Chapter 6: Working with Dates and Times 149Chapter 7: Counting and Summing Techniques 187Chapter 8: Using Lookup Functions 221Chapter 9: Working with Tables and Lists 243Chapter 10: Miscellaneous Calculations 283PART III: Financial FormulasChapter 11: Borrowing and Investing Formulas 307Chapter 12: Discounting and Depreciation Formulas 327Chapter 13: Financial Schedules 345PART IV: Array FormulasChapter 14: Introducing Arrays 369Chapter 15: Performing Magic with Array Formulas 395PART V: Miscellaneous Formula TechniquesChapter 16: Importing and Cleaning Data 421Chapter 17: Charting Techniques 449Chapter 18: Pivot Tables 493Chapter 19: Conditional Formatting 545Chapter 20: Using Data Validation 571Chapter 21: Creating Megaformulas 583Chapter 22: Tools and Methods for Debugging Formulas 601PART VI: Developing Custom Worksheet FunctionsChapter 23: Introducing VBA 629Chapter 24: Function Procedure Basics 643Chapter 25: VBA Programming Concepts 665Chapter 26: VBA Custom Function Examples 701PART VII: AppendixesAppendix A: Excel Function Reference 751Appendix B: Using Custom Number Formats 769Index 791

John Walkenbach, arguably the foremost authority on Excel, has written 50+ books, including multiple editions of the bestselling Excel Bible and Excel Power Programming with VBA, as well as more than 300 articles for publications such as PC World, InfoWorld, and Windows. He created the award-winning Power Utility Pak, and provides Excel information and insight at www.spreadsheetpage.com.

• Introduction 1 PART I: Basic InformationChapter 1: Excel in a Nutshell 9Chapter 2: Basic Facts about Formulas 33Chapter 3: Working with Names 61PART II: Using Functions in Your FormulasChapter 4: Introducing Worksheet Functions 105Chapter 5: Manipulating Text 123Chapter 6: Working with Dates and Times 149Chapter 7: Counting and Summing Techniques 187Chapter 8: Using Lookup Functions 221Chapter 9: Working with Tables and Lists 243Chapter 10: Miscellaneous Calculations 283PART III: Financial FormulasChapter 11: Borrowing and Investing Formulas 307Chapter 12: Discounting and Depreciation Formulas 327Chapter 13: Financial Schedules 345PART IV: Array FormulasChapter 14: Introducing Arrays 369Chapter 15: Performing Magic with Array Formulas 395PART V: Miscellaneous Formula TechniquesChapter 16: Importing and Cleaning Data 421Chapter 17: Charting Techniques 449Chapter 18: Pivot Tables 493Chapter 19: Conditional Formatting 545Chapter 20: Using Data Validation 571Chapter 21: Creating Megaformulas 583Chapter 22: Tools and Methods for Debugging Formulas 601PART VI: Developing Custom Worksheet FunctionsChapter 23: Introducing VBA 629Chapter 24: Function Procedure Basics 643Chapter 25: VBA Programming Concepts 665Chapter 26: VBA Custom Function Examples 701PART VII: AppendixesAppendix A: Excel Function Reference 751Appendix B: Using Custom Number Formats 769Index 791

John Walkenbach, arguably the foremost authority on Excel, has written 50+ books, including multiple editions of the bestselling Excel Bible and Excel Power Programming with VBA, as well as more than 300 articles for publications such as PC World, InfoWorld, and Windows. He created the award-winning Power Utility Pak, and provides Excel information and insight at www.spreadsheetpage.com.

• Introduction 1 PART I: Basic InformationChapter 1: Excel in a Nutshell 9Chapter 2: Basic Facts about Formulas 33Chapter 3: Working with Names 61PART II: Using Functions in Your FormulasChapter 4: Introducing Worksheet Functions 105Chapter 5: Manipulating Text 123Chapter 6: Working with Dates and Times 149Chapter 7: Counting and Summing Techniques 187Chapter 8: Using Lookup Functions 221Chapter 9: Working with Tables and Lists 243Chapter 10: Miscellaneous Calculations 283PART III: Financial FormulasChapter 11: Borrowing and Investing Formulas 307Chapter 12: Discounting and Depreciation Formulas 327Chapter 13: Financial Schedules 345PART IV: Array FormulasChapter 14: Introducing Arrays 369Chapter 15: Performing Magic with Array Formulas 395PART V: Miscellaneous Formula TechniquesChapter 16: Importing and Cleaning Data 421Chapter 17: Charting Techniques 449Chapter 18: Pivot Tables 493Chapter 19: Conditional Formatting 545Chapter 20: Using Data Validation 571Chapter 21: Creating Megaformulas 583Chapter 22: Tools and Methods for Debugging Formulas 601PART VI: Developing Custom Worksheet FunctionsChapter 23: Introducing VBA 629Chapter 24: Function Procedure Basics 643Chapter 25: VBA Programming Concepts 665Chapter 26: VBA Custom Function Examples 701PART VII: AppendixesAppendix A: Excel Function Reference 751Appendix B: Using Custom Number Formats 769Index 791