Suggested solution:

A. On the View tab, click the Split button.

On the staff
worksheet: A.
  Unanswer
Remove the
ed
horizontal split bar.
B. Unhide row 5. B. Click row heading 4 and drag down to
row heading 6 to select the rows.

Right-click the selected rows and choose

Unhide in the menu.

Suggested solution:

The file 2011 forecast Right-click the worksheet tab Charting and
is open. Open a choose Move or Copy… from the menu.
second file called
rainbow from \. Copy In the Move or Copy window:
the charting
Check the box next to Create a copy. Unanswer
worksheet from the
ed
rainbow file so the
copied worksheet In the drop-down list below To book:,
becomes the last select the 2011 forecast workbook.
worksheet in the 2011
forecast workbook. In the drop-down list below Before sheet:,
select move to end.

Click OK.
On the forecast 2011 Unanswer
worksheet select the Suggested solution: ed
cell range A4:B8 and
apply the style Table Select the cell range A4:B8.
Style Dark 2 to this
cell range. Click the Format as table button on the
Home tab.

A number of styles are displayed.

Click the style Table Style Dark 2, located

below the heading Dark at the bottom of
the styles window.
 The Format as Table window is displayed.

Below Where is the data for your table?,

verify the cell range A4:B8.

Click OK.
Functions and Formulas
On the sales 10 of 20
worksheet: A. Add a Suggested solution:
function in cell D2 to
round the value in A. Select cell D2 and click the Insert
cell C2 up to zero function button on the Formulas tab.
decimal places. Copy
the function in cell Highlight the ROUNDUP function and
D2 to the cell range click OK.
D3:D18. B. Add a
function in cell E2 In the Function Arguments window, enter
that will rank the C2 in the Number box and 0 in the
number in cell C2 Num_digits box.
from highest to
lowest, relative to the Click OK.
cell range named
sales. Copy the Select cell D2, click the fill handle and drag
function in cell E2 to down to cell D18.
the cell range E3:E18.
 

Expected function =ROUNDUP(C2,0)

B. Select cell E2 and click the Insert

function button on the Formulas tab.

Highlight the RANK.EQ function and click

OK.

In the Function Arguments window, enter

C2 in the Number box, sales in the Ref box
and 0 in the Order box.

Click OK.

Select cell E2, click the fill handle and drag

 down to cell E18.

Expected function =RANK.EQ(C2,sales,0)

On the staff Suggested solution:

worksheet add an IF
function in cell G3 Select cell G3 and enter the following:
with the following
conditions:If cell E3 =IF(AND(E3=$K$2,F3>=$N$2),"Yes","No
is equal to cell K2 ")
and cell F3 is greater Unanswer
than or equal to cell Select cell G3, click the fill handle and drag ed
N2, then cell G3 down to cell G38.
displays Yes or
otherwise displays  
No.Copy the function
in cell G3 to the cell Expected function
range G4:G38. =IF(AND(E3=$K$2,F3>=$N$2),"Yes","No
")
On the analysis Unanswer
worksheet add a Suggested solution: ed
lookup function in
cell C5 to show the Select cell C5 and click the Insert function
name of the chief button on the Formulas tab.
salesperson that deals
with the region in cell Highlight the LOOKUP function and click
B5 (West). Copy the OK.
function in cell C5 to
the cell range In the Select Arguments window, highlight
C6:C31. ‘lookup_value_array’ and click OK.

In the Function Arguments window, enter

B5 in the Lookup_value box and
$F$5:$G$8 in the Array box.

Click OK.

Select cell C5, click the fill handle and drag

down to cell D31.

 
 Expected function
=LOOKUP(B5,$F$5:$G$8)

Suggested solution:

Select cell J5 and click the Insert function

button on the Formulas tab.

On the analysis Highlight the LEFT function and click OK.

worksheet add a
function in cell J5 In the Function Arguments window, enter
that will display the G5 in the Text box and 5 in the Num_chars Unanswer
first five characters of box. ed
the contents of cell
G5. Copy the Click OK.
function in cell J5 to
the cell range J6:J8. Select cell J5, click the fill handle and drag
down to cell J8.

Expected function =LEFT(G5,5)

Suggested solution:

Select cell B2 and enter North.

Select cell D33 and click the Insert

On the analysis function button on the Formulas tab.
worksheet enter an
appropriate criterion Highlight the DMAX function and click
within the cell range OK.
A1:D2 and a database Unanswer
function in cell D33 In the Function Arguments window, enter ed
to calculate the A4:D31 in the Database box, "Sales
maximum sales for (€000)" in the Field box and A1:D2 in the
the North region of Criteria box..
Europe.
Click OK.

Expected function =DMAX(A4:D31,"Sales

(€000)",A1:D2)
 Suggested solution:

Click cell E2.

Type = (equal sign), enter the function name

SUM, and then type an opening parenthesis.

On the forecast 2011 Click the West tab.

worksheet enter a
sum function in cell Hold down the SHIFT key and click the South
E2 with a 3-D tab. Unanswer
reference to sum cells ed
E2 on the west, east, Select cell E2 so it is included in the fomula.
north and south
worksheets. Type an ending parenthesis.

Press ENTER.

Expected function =SUM('west'!E2,'east'!

E2,'north'!E2,'south'!E2)

Suggested solution:

Select the cell C13 and click the Insert

function button on the Formulas tab.
On the new office
worksheet add a Highlight the PMT function and click OK.
function in cell C13
to calculate the In the Select Arguments window:
monthly payments to
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be made if Rainbow Enter C9/12 in the Rate box, C11*12 in the ed
invest in new Nper box and C7 or -C7 in the Pv box.
premises in Rome and
take out the loan Click OK.
detailed on the
worksheet.  

Expected function
=PMT(C9/12,C11*12,C7) OR
=PMT(C9/12,C11*12,-C7)
On the overheads Unanswer
worksheet enter a Suggested solution: ed
formula in cell D23
using only mixed cell
referencing that will Select the cell D23.
calculate increased
salary costs by Enter the formula =$C23+($C23*D$21)
multiplying cell C23
by cell D21 and Press ENTER.
adding to original
amount in cell C23. Select cell D23, click the fill handle and
Copy the formula in drag to cell I23.
cell D23 to complete
the calculations in the Expected formula =$C23+($C23*D$21)
cell range E23:I23.
Charts

Suggested solution:
On the charting
worksheet, on the A. Right-click one of the Total Profit
chart beginning at cell Margin (€000) columns and choose Delete
A7: A. Delete the from the menu.
data series for Total
Profit Margin (€000)   Unanswer
without editing the ed
contents of the cell B. Right-click one of the Total Overheads
range A5:G5. B. Plot (€000) columns and choose Format Data
the Total Overheads Series from the menu.
(€000) data series on
a secondary axis. In the Format Data Series pane, choose
Series Options and click the option
Secondary Axis.
On the charting Unanswer
worksheet, on the Suggested solution: ed
chart beginning at cell
A7: A. Change the A. Right-click one of the Total Overheads
series chart type for (€000) columns and choose Change Series
the Total Overheads Chart Type… from the menu.
(€000) data series
only to a Line chart. In the Change Chart Type window, choose
B. Set the minimum the Line option in the Chart Type drop-
value for the values down list for the serie Total Overheads
of the vertical (value) (€000), and then click one of the Line
axis to be 0, the charts.
maximum value to be
27500 and the major Click OK.
unit value to be 2500.
  

B. Right-click the vertical axis on the left

hand side of the chart and choose Format
Axis from the menu.

In the Format Axis pane, choose Axis

Options.

Enter the values for the Minimum,

Maximum and Major unit options.

Suggested solution:

A. Right-click one of the Budgeted Sales

columns and choose Format Data Series
from the menu.

On the charting In the Format Data Series pane, choose

worksheet, on the Fill & Line, and then Fill.
chart beginning at cell
A35: A. Format the Select the Picture or texture fill option.
Budgeted Sales data
series to display the Click the File button and locate and select Unanswer
jet image located in \. the Jet file. ed
B. Format the
position of the Click Insert.
Budgeted Sales data
labels to appear at the  
outside end.
B. Right-click one of the Budgeted Sales
columns and choose Format Data Labels
from the menu.

In the Format Data Labels pane, choose

Label Options, and then the Outside End
option.
On the charting Unanswer
worksheet, on the Suggested solution: ed
chart beginning at cell
A35: A. Apply a A. Right-click the vertical axis and choose
setting to the chart so Format Axis….
that the values on the
vertical (value) axis In the Format Axis pane, choose Axis
are displayed as units
 Options.

To the right of Display units:, choose 

Millions in the drop-down list.

Make sure that the box next to Show

in millions with a display units label on chart is checked.
label. Do not edit the
source data for the  
chart. B. Change the
chart type for the B. Right-click one of the Budgeted
Budgeted Overheads Overheads columns and choose Change
data series only to an Series Chart Type… from the menu.
Area chart.
In the Change Chart Type window, choose
Area in the Chart Type drop-down list for
the serie Budgeted Overheads, and then
click one of the Area charts.

Click OK.
Analysis
On the analysis Unanswer
worksheet: A. Suggested solution: ed
Perform a custom sort
on the cell range A. Select a cell in the cell range A4:D31.
A4:D31 by Region of
Europe in the order Click the Sort button on the Data tab.
West, South, North,
East. B. Filter the cell In the Sort window, below Column, choose
range A4:D31 so that Region of Europe in the Sort by drop-
only sales with dates down list.
after 31/03/2008 are
visible. In the Sort window, below Order, choose
Custom List… in the Sort by drop-down
list.

In the Custom Lists window, create a

custom list using the entries below,
displayed in the following order:

West

South
 North

East

Click OK.

B. Select a cell in the cell range A4:D31.

Click the Filter button on the Data tab.

Click the arrow in cell A4 and uncheck the

(Select All) box.

Select the April, May, June and July

boxes.

Click OK.
On the yr 2008 Unanswer
worksheet: A. Suggested solution: ed
Simultaneously sort
the cell range A1:D81 A. Select a cell in the cell range A1:D81.
by City in A to Z
order then by Sales Click the Sort button on the Data tab.
(€000) in largest to
smallest order. B. In the Sort window, below Column, choose
Filter the cell range City in the Sort by drop-down list.
A1:D81 so that only
Sales (€000) greater In the Sort window, below Order, choose
than 10 are visible. A to Z in the Sort by drop-down list.

Click the Add Level button.

In the Sort window, below Column, choose

Sales (€000) in the Sort by drop-down list.

In the Sort window, below Order, choose

Largest to Smallest in the Sort by drop-
down list.

Click OK.

 
 B. Select a cell in the cell range A1:D81.

Click the Filter button on the Data tab.

Click the arrow in cell D1 and uncheck the

boxes next to 5 and 10.

Click OK.

Suggested solution:

On the forecast 2009 Click the What-If Analysis button on the

worksheet create a Data tab and choose Scenario Manager.
scenario named
Worst Case as In the Scenario Manager window, click the
follows: Changing Add button.
Cells______Cell
Values In the Add Scenario window, enter Worst
Case in the Scenario name box. Unanswer
B5_---------------------
ed
----_6200
B6__-.__--------------- Click OK.
----_6500
B7_--------------------- In the Scenario Values window, enter the
----_6700 new values for the changing cells.
B8__-.__---------------
-_-_6400 Click OK.

In the Scenario Manager window, click

Close.
On the forecast 2009 Unanswer
worksheet: A. Delete Suggested solution: ed
the scenario named
Mid Case. B. Create a A. Click the What-If Analysis button on
scenario summary the Data tab and choose Scenario
report. Manager.

In the Scenario Manager window, select

Mid Case and click the Delete button.

Click Close.

B. Click the What-If Analysis button on

the Data tab and choose Scenario
 Manager.

In the Scenario Manager window, click the

Summary… button.

In the Scenario Summary window, click

the Scenario summary option.

Click OK.

On the yr 2007 Suggested solution:

worksheet collapse all
the subtotalled data so In the outline on the left hand side of the
worksheet, click all outline minus signs Unanswer
that only the Region
below 2. The minuses will change to outline ed
of Europe subtotals
and the Grand Total plus signs and the rows will collapse so that
are displayed. only the Region of Europe subtotals and the
Grand Total are displayed.

Suggested solution:

Select a cell in the cell range A1:D81.

On the subtotals Click the Subtotal button on the Data tab.

worksheet use a built-
in feature to subtotal In the Subtotal window:
by sum the Sales
In the At each change in: drop-down list, Unanswer
(€000) column after
select Region of Europe. ed
each change in
Region of Europe in
the cell range Make sure that Sum is selected in the Use
A1:D81. function: drop-down list.

Below Add subtotal to:, make sure that the

box next to Sales (€000) is checked.

Click OK.
On the pivot Unanswer
worksheet change the Suggested solution: ed
content of cell C4 to
16 and refresh the Click cell C4 and type 16.
pivot table.
Click a cell in the pivot table (the pivot table
 cell range is E2:F107).

On the Analyze tab, below PivotTable

Tools, click the Refresh button and then
Refresh all.

Suggested solution:

A. Move the cursor just above cell E4 so

that the cursor changes into an arrow. Click
once when the arrow is shown to select the
cells with dates.
On the pivot
worksheet: A. Right-click a selected cell and choose
Manually group the Group… In the menu.
sales data in the pivot
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table by Years and In the Grouping window, select Quarters ed
Quarters. B. Filter the and Years from the list.
pivot table so that the
East and West details Click OK.
do NOT display.
 

B. Right-click the cell E3 (West) and

choose Filter from the menu, and then
select the Hide selected items option.
Do the same for cell E27 (East).
On the pivot Unanswer
worksheet create a Suggested solution: ed
pivot table from the
cell range A110:D190 Click a cell in the cell range A110:D190.
starting at cell F110
showing City and Click the PivotTable button on the Insert
Region of Europe in tab.
the row area, Qtr Yr
2008 in the column In the Create PivotTable window:
area and Sales (€ 000)
field as the data to Below Choose the data that you want to
sum. analyze, make sure that Select a table or
range is selected

In the Table/Range box, verify that the

correct range of cells is selected.

Below Choose where you want the

 PivotTable report to be placed, specify the
location by selecting Existing Worksheet,
and then in the Location box, specify cell
F110.

Click OK.

The Pivot Table Field pane is displayed in

the right hand part of the Excel window.

Click and drag the City and Region of

Europe fields to the Row Lables area, the
Qtr Yr 2008 field to the Column Lables
area and the Sales (€ 000) field to the
Values area.

Suggested solution:
On the overheads
worksheet create a Select the cell range C8:D17.
data table from the
cell range C8:D17 On the Data tab, click the What-If Unanswer
that will calculate the Analysis button, and then click Data Table. ed
overheads increase
variables shown on In the Data Table window, enter C4 in the
the first column of the Column input cell: box.
table.
Click OK.
Validating and Auditing

On the yr 2008 Suggested solution:

worksheet trace the
Unanswer
cells that are Select cell D79. ed
dependent on cell
D79. Click the Trace dependents button on the
Formulas tab.
On the forecast 2009 Unanswer
worksheet: A. Hide Suggested solution: ed
the comment in cell
D1. B. Use built-in A. Right-click the cell D1 and choose Hide
commands to display Comment in the menu.
all formulas used on
the worksheet.  

B. Click the File tab and then click the

 Options button.

In the Options window, click the Advanced

option.

Below Display options for this worksheet,

select the box next to Show formulas in
cells instead of their calculated results.

Click OK.

 
On the forecast 2010 Unanswer
worksheet: A. Apply Suggested solution: ed
validation criteria to
the cell range B5:B8 A. Select the cell range B5:B8.
so that only a whole
number between 6500 Click the Data Validation button on the
and 8000 can be Data tab.
entered. B. Apply a
validation input In the Data Validation window:
message to the cell
range B5:B8 with the Choose Whole Number in the Allow: drop-
title Number down-list.
restriction and input
message Whole Choose between in the Data: drop-down-
number. list.

Enter 6500 in the Minimum: box.

Enter 8000 in the Maximum: box.

Click OK.

B. Select the cell range B5:B8.

Click the Data Validation button on the

Data tab.

In the Data Validation window, click the

 Input Message tab.

Enter Number restriction in the Title: box.

Enter Whole number in the Input message:

box.

Click OK.
Enhancing Productivity

Suggested solution:

Open the template Click the File tab and then Open.
invoice.xltx from \.
Change the content of Click Computer and then Browse.
cell D6 from 5 Main
Street to 15 Main In the Open window, find and select the 0 of 10
Street and cell F8 Excel template invoice and click Open.
from Invoice
Number: to Invoice Select cell D6 and type 15 Main Street.
No.: Save the revised
template to \. Select cell F8 and type Invoice No..

Click the File tab and then Save.

On the forecast 2009 Unanswer
worksheet: A. Delete Suggested solution: ed
the range named year
(do not delete A. Click the Name Manager button on the
worksheet data). B. Formulas tab.
Edit the formula in
cell B10 by using In the Name Manager window, select the
named cells instead of year entry and click the Delete button.
the B5:B8 cell
references. In the warning window, click OK.

In the Name Manager window, click

Close.

B. Select cell B10 and press the F2 key.

Replace B5:B8 in the function with

 quarter_totals.

Press Enter.

Expected function =SUM(quarter_totals)

Suggested solution:

A. Right-click cell B4 and choose Remove

Hyperlink from the menu.

 
On the forecast 2009
worksheet: A. B. Select the cell range A4:B10 and click
Remove the hyperlink the Copy button on the Home tab.
from the text in cell
B4. B. Link the cell Press the ALT+TAB keys and switch to the
range A4:B10 as a Word document. Unanswer
worksheet object to ed
the line below the Place the cursor on the line below the
heading in the open heading.
Word document (use
ALT+TAB to switch Click the arrow below the Paste button on
to it). the Home tab and choose Paste Special.

In the Paste Special window, select

Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet object
and then click the Paste link button on the
left hand side.

Click OK.

Suggested solution:

On the pivot Select the cell range C104:C106.

worksheet use built-in
commands to replace Click the Copy button on the Home tab. Unanswer
the formulas in the ed
cell range C104:C106 Click the arrow below the Paste button on
with values. the Home tab.

Select Values, in the Paste Values section.

On the forecast 2011 Unanswer
 Suggested solution:

Select the cell C13.

worksheet multiply Click the Copy button on the Home tab.

the cell range B5:B8
by cell C13 without Select the cell range B5:B8.
using a formula or
ed
function so that the Click the arrow below the Paste button on
resulting values the Home tab.
display in the cell
range B5:B8. Choose Paste Special….

In the Paste Special window, click

Multiply and then OK.
On the overheads Unanswer
worksheet record a Suggested solution: ed
macro called footer
stored in the 2011 Click the Record Macro button on the
forecast workbook Developer tab.
(accepting default
settings) that inserts In the Record Macro window:
the file name in the
left section of the Enter footer in the Macro name: box.
footer. Save the file
as an Excel macro- Make sure that This Workbook is selected
enabled workbook in the Store macro in: drop-down list.
to \.
Click OK.

The macro is now recording.

Click the Header & Footer button on the

Insert tab.

On the Design tab, below Header & Footer

tools, click the Go to Footer button.

Click the left section of the footer.

On the Design tab, below Header & Footer

tools, click the File Name button.

Click in a worksheet cell to confirm.

 Click the Stop Recording button on the
Developer tab.

Click the File tab and then Save As.

Click Browse.

In the Save as type: drop-down list, choose

Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook.

Click Save.

Suggested solution:

Click the File tab and then Open.

Click Computer and then Browse.

In the Open window, select the file new

hires and click Open.

On the Security Warning bar, click the

Open the file called Enable content button.
new hires from \
Unanswer
enabling all content. Click the File tab. ed
Break all links to
external files. Click Edit Links to Files (located in the
lower right hand side of the window).

In the Edit Links window, make sure that

the link is selected and then click the Break
link button.

In the warning window, click the Break

Links button.

In the Edit Links window, click Close.

Run the macro called Unanswer
margins so that all Suggested solution: ed
margins and centring
on page are altered. Click the Macros button on the Developer
tab.

In the Macro window:

 Make sure that the macro called margins is
selected.

Click the Run button and wait until the

cursor has changed to normal.

Suggested solution:

The hr details file is Select the cell A1.

open. Import the text
file called Click the From Text button on the Data tab.
directors.txt in tab
delimited format from In the Import Text File window, select the
file directors.txt. Unanswer
\ into the hr details
ed
file. The import
should start at cell A1 Click Import.
of the directors
worksheet accepting In the Text Import Wizard window, click
all other defaults. the Finish button.

In the Import Data window, make sure that

cell A1 is selected and click the OK button.
Collaborative Editing

Suggested solution:

Select the cells B10 and E2.

Right-click a selected cell and then click

Format Cells….
On the west
worksheet, hide the In the Format Cells window, on the
formulas in cells B10 Protection tab, select the Hidden check
box. Unanswer
and E2 so that they
ed
can't be seen in the
formula bar when the Click OK.
cells are selected.
On the Review tab click the Protect Sheet
button.

In the Protect Sheet window, make sure

that the Protect worksheet and contents of
locked cells check box is selected, and then
click OK.
 Suggested solution:

Click the File tab and then Open.

Click Computer and then Browse.

In the Open window, select the file

employees and click Open.

In the Password window, enter the

password secret to open.

Click OK.
Open the file called
employees from \ In the Password window, enter the
using the password password allow to modify.
secret to open and the Unanswer
password allow to Click OK. ed
modify. Remove both
passwords and save Click the File tab and then Save As.
the file to \.
Click Browse.

In the Save As window, click the Tools

button (located next to the Save button) and
choose General Options....

In the General Options window, remove

both passwords and click OK.

In the Save As window, click the Save

button.

In the Confirm Save As window, click Yes.

Suggested solution:
The sales targets file
is open. Compare and On the Quick Access toolbar, click the
merge the file called Compare and Merge Workbooks button Unanswer
copy of sales targets (an icon that looks like a green circle). ed
from \ into the sales
targets file. In the Select files to merge into the
current workbook window, select the file
copy of sales targets and click Open.
 Suggested solution:

A. On the Review tab, click the Track

Changes button, and then click
Accept/Reject Changes.

In the Set Changes to Accept or Reject

window, click OK.
On the staff details
worksheet: A. Use the In the Accept or Reject window:
track changes feature
to reject the change in Click the Accept button for all changes
cell D20 and accept except for the change in cell D20.
all other changes that
have been tracked and Click the Reject button for the change in Unanswer
changed in the D20. ed
worksheet. B. Turn
off the track changes  
while editing feature,
removing the B. On the Review tab, click the Track
worksheet from Changes button, and then click Highlight
shared use. Changes.

In the Highlight Changes window, uncheck

the box next to Track changes when
editing. This also shares your workbook.

Click OK.

In the warning window that is displayed,

click the Yes button.