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Grader - Instructions Excel 2016 Project

EX16_XL_VOL1_GRADER_CAP_HW - Software Training Books 1.8


Project Description:
You are a vice president for a publisher of software training books. Your division publishes three series that focus on Microsoft
Office and Windows. You want to analyze the sales data and calculate author royalties. You will format the worksheet, insert
formulas and functions to perform calculations, sort and filter data to review specific book sales, and prepare a chart that
compares sales by series.

Steps to Perform:

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1 Start Excel. Download and open the file named 0


exploring_ecap_grader_h1.xlsx.
2 On the Data worksheet, select the range A6:K6, wrap the text, and 3
apply Center alignment. Change the row height to 30 for row 6.
3 In cell F7 in the Data worksheet, insert a formula that calculates the 4
percentage of books returned based on the number of books returned
and the quantity sold. Copy the formula from cell F7 to the range
F8:F22.

4 In cell H7 in the Data worksheet, insert a formula that calculates the 4


net sales. This monetary amount reflects the number of books not
returned and the unit price. Copy the formula from cell H7 to the range
H8:H22.
5 In cell I7 in the Data worksheet, insert a formula that calculates the 4
amount of the first author’s royalties. An author’s royalties are based
on the Royalty Rate located in the Input Area and the respective Net
Sales. Copy the formula from cell I7 to the range I8:I22.
6 In cell K7 in the Data worksheet, insert a formula that adds the first 4
author’s royalty amount to the bonus. Copy the formula from cell K7 to
the range K8:K22.

7 In cell J2 in the Data worksheet, insert a function to calculate the 6


average net sales. In cell J3 insert a function to calculate the highest
net sales. In cell J4 insert a function to calculate the lowest net sales.

8 Select the range L1:N2 in the Data worksheet, copy the selected data, 4
and transpose the data when pasting it to cell A2. Delete the data in
the range L1:N2.
9 Click cell C6 in the Data worksheet and insert a column. Type Series 8

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Grader - Instructions Excel 2016 Project

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Name in cell C6. Click cell C7 in the Data worksheet and insert a
lookup function that identifies the series code, compares it to the
series legend, and then returns the name of the series. Copy the
function you entered from cell C7 to the range C8:C22. Change the
width of column C to 18.
10 Click cell K7 in the Data worksheet and replace the current contents 5
with an IF function that compares the percent returned for the first
book to the return rate in the Input Area. If the percent returned is less
than the return rate, the result is $500. Otherwise, the author receives
no bonus. The only value you may type directly in the function is 0
where needed. Copy the function you entered from cell K7 to the
range K8:K22.
11 Select the range G7:G22 in the Data worksheet and apply the Percent 6
Style format with one decimal place. Select the range K7:K22 and
apply the Accounting Number Format. Merge and center the label
Series Legend in the range A1:C1 in the Data worksheet. Apply Thick
Outside Borders to the range A1:C4.

Note, the border type may be Thick Box Border, depending on the
version of Office used.
12 Select Landscape orientation, adjust the scaling so that the data fits on 4
one page, and set 0.1 left and right margins for the Data worksheet.
13 Click the Sales sheet tab, convert the data to a table, and apply Table 4
Style Light 9.

14 Sort the data by Series Name in alphabetical order and then within 4
Series Name, sort by Net Sales from largest to smallest.
15 Add a total row to display the sum of the Net Sales column. Change 4
the column width to 14 for the Net Sales column.
16 Select the values in the Percent Returned column and apply 3
conditional formatting to apply Light Red Fill with Dark Red Text for
values that are greater than 9.9%.
17 Select the values in the Net Sales column and apply a filter to display 4
only net sales that are less than $100,000.
18 Click the Net Sales sheet tab, select the range A3:D7, and create a 4
clustered column chart.

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Grader - Instructions Excel 2016 Project

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19 Move the chart so that the top-left corner is positioned inside cell A9. 3
Change the chart width to 4.66 inches and the chart height to 2.9
inches.
20 Link the chart title to cell A1. Format the value axis to display whole 2
numbers only.

21 Format the chart title, value axis, category axis, and legend with Black, 3
Text 1 font color.

22 Select the Series Sales tab, select the ranges A4:A7 and C4:C7 and 5
create a pie chart. Move the pie chart to a chart sheet named Office
Reference. Move the Office Reference chart sheet to the right of the
Series Sales sheet.

23 Change the chart title to Office Reference Series. 2

24 Apply the Style 12 chart style and change the colors to Colorful Palette 4
4. Apply bold and change the font size to 18 for the chart title.

25 Display data labels in the Inside End position. Display Percentage data 6
labels; remove the Value data labels. With the Series 1 Data Labels
selected, apply bold, change the font size to 18, and then apply White,
Background 1 font color.

26 Ensure that the worksheets are correctly named and placed in the 0
following order in the workbook: Data, Sales, Net Sales, Series Sales,
Office Reference. Save the workbook. Close the workbook and then
exit Excel. Submit the workbook as directed.
Total Points 100

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