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Contents
Computing an average that excludes zeros......................................................................335
Determining whether a particular value appears in a range ............................................336
Counting the number of differences in two ranges ..........................................................337
Returning the location of the maximum value in a range ................................................337
Finding the row of a value’s nth occurrence in a range ....................................................338
Returning the longest text in a range ..............................................................................338
Determining whether a range contains valid values ........................................................338
Summing the digits of an integer ....................................................................................339
Summing rounded values ..............................................................................................340
Summing every nth value in a range ..............................................................................341
Removing non-numeric characters from a string ............................................................342
Determining the closest value in a range ........................................................................343
Returning the last value in a column ..............................................................................343
Returning the last value in a row ....................................................................................344
Ranking data with an array formula ................................................................................344
Working with Multicell Array Formulas ....................................................................................345
Returning only positive values from a range....................................................................345
Returning nonblank cells from a range............................................................................346
Returning a list of unique items in a range ......................................................................347
Displaying a calendar in a range......................................................................................347
Part III: Creating Charts and Graphics 349
Chapter 19: Getting Started Making Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
What Is a Chart?........................................................................................................................351
Understanding How Excel Handles Charts................................................................................352
Embedded charts ............................................................................................................353
Chart sheets....................................................................................................................353
Creating a Chart........................................................................................................................355
Hands On: Creating and Customizing a Chart ..........................................................................355
Selecting the data............................................................................................................356
Choosing a chart type ....................................................................................................356
Experimenting with different layouts ..............................................................................357
Trying another view of the data ......................................................................................358
Trying other chart types ..................................................................................................358
Trying other chart styles..................................................................................................360
Working with Charts ................................................................................................................360
Moving and resizing a chart ............................................................................................361
Copying a chart ..............................................................................................................361
Deleting a chart ..............................................................................................................361
Adding chart elements ....................................................................................................361
Moving and deleting chart elements................................................................................361
Formatting chart elements ..............................................................................................362
Printing Charts................................................................................................................363
Understanding Chart Types ......................................................................................................363
Choosing a chart type ....................................................................................................364
Chart type examples ......................................................................................................365
Column charts......................................................................................................365
Bar charts ............................................................................................................367
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