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Flash Fill your data
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Flash Fill your data
Start typing and let Excel finish your work.

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1 Excel can help fill out the table on the right.

In the cell under First Name, type Nancy and press enter.

2 Type Andrew, and press enter. You're done.

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Email First Name
Nancy.Freehafer@fourthcoffee.com
Andrew.Cencini@northwindtraders.com
Jan.Kotas@litwareinc.com
Mariya.Sergienko@graphicdesigninstitute.com
Steven.Thorpe@northwindtraders.com
Michael.Neipper@northwindtraders.com
Robert.Zare@northwindtraders.com
Laura.Giussani@adventure-works.com
Anne.HL@northwindtraders.com
Alexander.David@contoso.com
Kim.Shane@northwindtraders.com
Manish.Chopra@northwindtraders.com
Gerwald.Oberleitner@northwindtraders.com
Amr.Zaki@northwindtraders.com
Yvnonne.McKay@northwindtraders.com
Analyze data with Quick Analysis
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Analyze data with Quick Analysis
Select and play with your data using live previews.

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1 Select the entire table on the right.

2 Look to the bottom right of that selection.

That's the Quick Analysis button:

3 Select it and explore any of the options. See Charts,

Totals, Tables and more just by pointing to them.

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Company Industry Q1 Sales Q2 Sales
A. Datum Corporation Tech $ 195,449 $ 746,907
Adventure Works Travel $ 123,721 $ 733,396
Blue Yonder Airlines Travel $ 934,763 $ 246,554
City Power & Light Utilities $ 299,293 $ 674,295
Coho Vineyard Beverage $ 228,783 $ 659,385
Consolidated Messenger Tech $ 579,825 $ 448,399
Contoso Pharmaceuticals Medical $ 371,570 $ 644,368
Contoso, Ltd Misc $ 239,219 $ 287,989
Fabrikam, Inc. Utilities $ 639,630 $ 635,474
Fourth Coffee Beverage $ 876,740 $ 567,216
Graphic Design Institute Education $ 788,390 $ 540,282
Humongous Insurance Financial $ 682,545 $ 577,599
Litware, Inc. Tech $ 902,264 $ 206,331
Lucerne Publishing Misc $ 905,906 $ 443,552
Margie's Travel Travel $ 289,570 $ 843,834
Great charts, recommended for you

Excel recommends charts based on the data you enter.

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Great charts, recommended for you

Excel recommends charts based on the data you enter.

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1 Select the table on the right.

2 Click Insert >

Recommended Charts
and select the
Waterfall chart.

3 Use the buttons on the top

right of the chart to get the
right look and feel.

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Income Statement USD
Revenue $ 420,000
Cost of revenue $ (234,000)
Gross profit $ 186,000
Research and development $ (46,000)
Sales and marketing $ (52,000)
General and administrative $ (21,000)
Operating income $ 67,000
Other income $ 22,000
Other expenses $ (14,000)
Profit before tax $ 75,000
Income tax expense $ (18,200)
Net income $ 56,800
You're an expert with Tell Me
The Tell Me box finds the right command when you need it, so you can save
time and focus on your work.

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You're an expert with Tell Me
The Tell Me box finds the right command when you need it, so you can save
time and focus on your work.

Try it:

1 Select cell F4 (Q3 Sales).

2 Click Tell Me what you want to do,

and type sort.

3 Select Sort Descending to list the companies in

descending order of sales in Q3.

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Company Q1 Sales Q2 Sales Q3 Sales
A. Datum Corporation $ 195,449 $ 746,907 $ 579,825
Adventure Works $ 123,721 $ 733,396 $ 934,763
Blue Yonder Airlines $ 934,763 $ 246,554 $ 902,264
City Power & Light $ 299,293 $ 674,295 $ 289,570
Coho Vineyard $ 228,783 $ 659,385 $ 876,740
Consolidated Messenger $ 579,825 $ 448,399 $ 905,906
Contoso Pharmaceuticals $ 371,570 $ 644,368 $ 682,545
Contoso, Ltd $ 239,219 $ 287,989 $ 195,449
Fabrikam, Inc. $ 639,630 $ 635,474 $ 123,721
Fourth Coffee $ 876,740 $ 567,216 $ 299,293
Graphic Design Institute $ 788,390 $ 540,282 $ 239,219
Humongous Insurance $ 682,545 $ 577,599 $ 902,264
Litware, Inc. $ 902,264 $ 206,331 $ 639,630
Lucerne Publishing $ 905,906 $ 443,552 $ 788,390
Margie's Travel $ 289,570 $ 843,834 $ 905,906
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Did you know?
- The first version of Excel was released in 1985.

- 3D Charts were added in Excel 3.0 back when we thought 3D pie charts were cool.

- We invented the word: PivotTable.

- We're spreadsheet geeks and we're proud.

D pie charts were cool.