POWER Function

POWER is an alternative to theexponent operator(^) in a math equation. Thepowerargument functions as the exponent, indicating the power to whichnumbershould be raised. SQRT returns an error ifnumberis negative. The base argument defaults to 10 if not supplied.

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 38 words · Sherry Sullivan

Power Query

The beauty of Power Query is that each step is defined separately in a query. When you “refresh” the data, all steps will be automatically repeated in exactly the same order.

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 31 words · James Harris

PPMT Function

This is the principal portion of the payment for period 1 of the loan. Notice we have provided the loan balance as a negative value to get a positive result from PPMT. If we provide 10,000 as a positive number, PPMT will return -147.05. In practice, the decision to use a positive or negative value forpvdepends on the specific scenario. More typically, the inputs will come from cell references. Also, notice that the PPMT function does not need the monthly payment....

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 100 words · Morgan Sampson

Present value of annuity

Explanation ThePV functionis a financial function that returns the present value of an investment. Note payment is entered as a negative number, so the result is positive. To calculate present value for an annuity due, use 1 for thetypeargument. The only difference istype= 1. Related formulas Future value of annuity Future value vs.

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 53 words · Margaret Woods

Previous working day

Explanation In the worksheet shown, column B contains 12 dates. For this problem we want the previous working day, so we provide -1 fordays. The WORKDAY function is fully automatic. Notice we provide a negative 1 for days to move backward. Also, note that we have provided theholidaysargument as thenamed range"holidays" (F5:F15). WORKDAY then moves back one day to the original date and checks the result. If the original date is a working day, WORKDAY returns it....

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Albert Garcia

PRICE Function

If you want to enter valid dates directly inside a function, theDATE functionis the best approach. Basis Thebasisargument controls how days are counted. The PRICE function allows 5 options (0-4) and defaults to zero, which specifies US 30/360basis. Thisarticle on Wikipediaprovides a detailed explanation of available conventions.

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 47 words · Joshua Marks

PRICEDISC Function

Entering dates In Excel,dates are serial numbers. To enter valid dates directly inside a function, it’s possible for you to use theDATE function.

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 23 words · Kevin Simpson

PRICEMAT Function

Entering dates In Excel,dates are serial numbers. To enter valid dates directly inside a function, you might use theDATE function. Basis Thebasisargument controls how days are counted. The PRICEMAT function allows 5 options (0-4) and defaults to zero, which specifies US 30/360basis. Thisarticle on Wikipediaprovides a detailed explanation of available conventions.

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 51 words · John Rich

Print file

About This Shortcut This shortcut displays the Print pane in the File tab in windows. On a Mac, it displays the Print dialog box. Related videos The videos below demonstrate this shortcut. Shortcuts for file commands

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 36 words · Jason Kelly

PRODUCT Function

up to 255 total. Arguments can be a hardcoded constant, a cell reference, or a range. All numbers in the arguments provided are multiplied together. Empty cells and text values are ignored. error if any cells containtext. These values can be numbers, cell references, ranges, arrays, and constants, in any combination. SUM can handle up to 255 individual arguments. SUMPRODUCT Function The Excel SUMPRODUCT function multipliesrangesorarraystogether and returns the sum of products....

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 72 words · Frank Gay

Product mix over time

This is an example of a 100% stacked area chart. This tricky chart throw in can be quite hard to read. In this case, data labels are only used to display the series name. So, what can you see with this chart? Primarily, you could see that sales of Retrobags are collapsing while Organic Flannel makes up the slack. Hammocks and Banjo Packs are relatively stable. The data used to plot this chart looks like this:...

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Michaela Miller

Product mix this year vs last year

Bar charts are great for comparing things, because it’s easy to see how bar lengths differ. This chart is an example of a clustered bar chart showing product units sold this year versus last year. The data used for this chart looks like this on the worksheet: How to make this chart

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 52 words · Alexander Robertson

Products this year vs last year

This chart is an example of a clustered column chart showing product units sold this year versus last year. How to make this chart

April 14, 2025 · 1 min · 24 words · Nicole Wright