Skip to Content
Microsoft® Office 2008 for Mac Step by Step
book

Microsoft® Office 2008 for Mac Step by Step

by Joan Lambert
October 2008
Beginner
674 pages
16h 9m
English
Microsoft Press
Content preview from Microsoft® Office 2008 for Mac Step by Step

Reference Named Cells and Ranges

A simple way to ensure that you’re referencing the specific data you want to reference is by assigning a name to the cell, or more typically to a range of cells, that you want to reference. For example, the WORKDAY function allows an argument providing specific non-work days, such as holidays. This is very convenient because not everyone celebrates the same holidays.

To simplify the process of creating formulas that refer to a specific range of data, and to make your formulas easier to read and create, you can refer to a cell or range of cells by a name that you define. For example, you might use the name Interest for a cell containing an interest rate, or you might use the name Holidays for a range of cells containing ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

Patricia DiGiacomo, Rob Kirkland, Dorothy Burke

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780735626171Catalog PageErrata