Microsoft Excel 2007
Range names and absolute references exercise
Relatively easy

This Microsoft Excel 2007 RANGE NAMES AND ABSOLUTE REFERENCES 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 - Absolute references

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

1) Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-813.zip (and click here if you experience any problems unzipping this file after downloading it).
2) Open the file in the folder shown above.
3) Create a formula to calculate the cost for each item by multiplying the number of hours by the rate.
Exercise screen-shot 1705 You need to absolutely reference the cell containing the rate
4) Copy the formula down and make sure that it works.
5) Use the SUM function to calculate the total bill.
Exercise screen-shot 1706 And that's without the materials and VAT!
6) Save the file with the same name and close it down.

Thank you for showing an interest in this Advanced Excel 2007 training course! As mentioned above, full answers to this and other exercises are provided on the course. On all Wise Owl scheduled courses delegates can take away these model answers (together with their own efforts!) on a free USB stick.

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