Microsoft Excel 2007
IF and LOOKUP functions exercise
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This Microsoft Excel 2007 IF AND LOOKUP FUNCTIONS exercise is provided to allow potential course delegates to assess their suitability for the Wise Owl ADVANCED EXCEL 2007 course only, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any format without the prior written consent of Wise Owl.

Exercise: Bob the Builder Charge - IF function

A full answer to this exercise is provided as part of the training course!

1) Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-806.zip (and click here if you experience any problems unzipping this file after downloading it).
2) Create an If function to calculate the total for each labour item in the charge sheet based on the following criteria:
  • If the rate is Standard the row total is equal to Hours multiplied by the standard rate
  • Otherwise the row total is equal to Hours multiplied by the overtime rate
3) Copy the formula down and make sure that it works.
Exercise screen-shot 1697 Range names make this exercise much easier
4) Save the file with the same name and close it down.

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