Project 4Formatting, Displaying, Printing,

and Publishing Workbooks

Jason C. H. Chen, Ph.D.Professor of

Management Information Systems

School of Business Administration

Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, WA 99258, USA

Chen@gonzaga.edu

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Seven Steps for Developing Excel Workbooks

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Excel Skills Add 3-D references to a workbook to

consolidate data Add conditional formats to worksheets Apply currency formats Copy formulas that contain 3-D references Create a data validation message Create custom formats Specify data validation criteria Modify Page Setup options Use the Report Manager

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Key Terms 3-D references

Cell references appearing in formulas that refer to other worksheets in the current workbook, or in other workbooks.

Accounting format A number format that normally includes a currency

symbol that is left justified in the cell, comma separators, a decimal point, and two figures to the right of the decimal.

Conditional format Formatting for one or more cells that vary, depending

upon the values contained in the cell.

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Key Terms Consolidate data

A method for organizing or summarizing data in Excel worksheets. You can consolidate data in four ways - using 3-D references, by position, by category, or in a PivotTable report.

Custom format A custom format for a cell entry that use

format codes to describe how to display a number, date, time, or text.

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Key Terms Data validation

A strategy for minimizing data entry errors by limiting the values that can be entered into a cell, and optimally, displaying a data validation message explaining the acceptable range of values.

Report Manager An Excel add-in that helps you generate

reports from views and scenarios.

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Objectives Consolidate Data Apply currency formats to a range of

worksheets Create custom number formats Validate data Apply conditional formats to a workbook Use the Report Manager create a report

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Running Case Selections, Inc. is a national department

store chain with retail stores throughout the United States and Canada.

He now wants you to complete an Excel workbook that summarizes the first quarter revenue and expenses for five Selections, Inc. stores for the first fiscal quarter of last year.

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Project 4 Challenge You will need to include revenue and expense

data for each store, as well as the total revenue and expenses for the first quarter of last year.

You will need to summarize how the actual expenses compare to the projected expenses. Since your workbook will be used to track next year's revenue and expenses, it must be able to validate data when it is entered.

The data will be distributed as printed documents and on the corporate intranet.

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Solution

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Features Add and copy 3-D consolidation formula

Task 1, 2 Format cells - currency, custom number

Task 3, 4 Data validation - criteria and message

Task 5 Conditional formatting - up to three

conditions Task 6

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Task 1 (EX-116)

3-D reference formula=Function(name of 1st worksheet : name of 2nd worksheet!Reference Cell)

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Task 3, 4

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Task 5: Data Validation Criteria and Message

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Sample City Worksheet

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Solution Workbook

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Report Manager Step 1: Modify page

setup and add custom views

Task 8 (EX-130)

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Report Manager (cont.) Step 2: Create a report

using the Report Manager Task 9

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Web Applications:Hands-On Exercises Preview and print worksheets and workbooks

EX-137 Publish Excel data on the Web (Ex-140 )

interactively must use Internet Explore 4.01 or higher

Not interactively Netscape is OK

Click on File --> Save as Web Page …--> (Excel 97) File --> Save as HTML

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Publish Excel data on the Web (Ex-140 )

Project 4

Formatting, Displaying, Printing, and Publishing Workbooks