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Excel | Formatting numbers and dates exercise | Dates in Formulae/No Formats
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Software ==> | Excel (151 exercises) |
Version ==> | Excel 2016 and later |
Topic ==> | Formatting numbers and dates (3 exercises) |
Level ==> | Average difficulty |
Courses ==> | Excel Business Modelling / Excel Intermediate |
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Open the file contained within the folder name shown above.
In cell B1 add a special date function that will always show the current date whenever you open the file:

Use the =TODAY function to insert the current date
In cell E5, create a formula that will calculate the invoice due date. Use the following to help you:
Copy the formula down the rest of the column to calculate the other invoice due dates.
In cell F5, create a formula that calculates how many days overdue (or under-due) an invoice might be. Use the following to help you:
Copy the formula down the rest of the column to calculate the other days overdue:

Your answers should be the same as those above.
Use Save As... to save the file in your own new Excel work folder.