Excel 2016 from Scratch Exercise
Calculate Sums B
An Excel tutorial by Peter Kalmstrom
this demo in the Excel 2016 from Scratch series Peter Kalmstrom explains how
to calculate sums by either using the AutoSum feature or selecting the cells
which have values that should be calculated.
Peter also shows how to drag formulas with relative references to other cells.
He uses the sales figures for different kinds of brushes sold under each quarter
as an example in this exercise.
If you want to try the exercise yourself, please
download the Excel file Peter uses in the demo!
This is what Peter shows in the demo below:
Peter uses Excel 2016 for his demo, but the Excel basics are the same for
earlier versions of Excel.
- How to create AutoSum formulas and select the cells to include.
- How to create a formula that calculates a sum by selecting cells for
- How to give a general format to cells.
- How to format number cells to have a thousand separator.