Spreadsheet formats, forumlas and essential shortcuts

Useful spreadsheet shortcut

Control Function

Ctrl+z

Undo

Ctrl+x

Cut

Ctrl+v

Paste

Ctrl+c

Copy

Shift+Ctrl+arrow

Expand the selection to the last populated cell in the direction of the arrow

=

Indicates the beginning a formula

*

Multiply

/

Divide

+

Add

-

Subtract

Select the top left corner

This will select the whole spreadsheet

Useful spreadsheet formulas

Formula Function

=sum()

allows you to add values

=max()

find the maximum value

=min()

find the minimum value

=average()

calculate the average of a set of values

=median()

calculate the median of a set of values (the value in the middle ie half the values are lower than the median & half the values are higher than the median)

=mode()

the most commonly occurring value

=count()

counts the number of vaules

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