Microsoft Office 2007
IF and LOOKUP functions exercise
Harder than average exercise

This Microsoft Office 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: Teletubbies coffee - Nested If

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

1) Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-804.zip (and click here if you experience any problems unzipping this file after downloading it).
2) Create a nested If function to describe the Teletubbies coffee drinking habits based on the following criteria:
  • 0 cups = Tea drinker
  • 1-5 cups = Normal
  • More than 5 cups = Caffeine fiend
3) Copy the function down and check that it works.
Exercise screen-shot 1694 Think carefully about how to structure the If function
4) Try modifying the If function so that if Cups of coffee is a negative number you see an appropriate error message.
Exercise screen-shot 1695 Make sure the rest of the function still works!
5) Save the file with the same name and close it down.

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