Microsoft Office
The INDIRECT function exercise
Harder than average exercise

This Microsoft Office THE INDIRECT FUNCTION exercise is provided to allow potential course delegates to assess their suitability for the Wise Owl EXCEL BUSINESS MODELLING course only, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any format without the prior written consent of Wise Owl.

Exercise: INDIRECT using multiple range names

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

1)	Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-676.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 which uses the LEFT function and string concatentation to calculate the range name for any category chosen - this should appear in the green cell:
	Here we have also used the LOWER function to put the category code into lower case
4)	Put a formula  into the blue cell using the INDIRECT function to calculate the total for the category entered for the three months:
	When you change the category, the total will change
You want to sum not the range B14, but the range whose name appears in the range B14.
5)	Save and close the workbook.

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