Advance Microsoft Excel
Advance Microsoft Excel
Advance Microsoft Excel
Module
1
Microsoft
Excel
Several new functions are
added in the math and
trigonometry, statistical,
engineering, date and time,
lookup and reference, logical,
and text function categories.
Also, Web category is
introduced with few Web
Functions by Category
Excel functions are
categorized by their
functionality. If you know the
category of the function that
you are looking for, you can
click that category.
Step 1 − Click on the FORMULAS tab.
The Function Library group appears. The
group contains the function categories.
Step 2 − Click on More Functions.
Some more function categories will be
displayed.
Step 3 − Click on a function category. All the functions in that
category will be displayed. As you scroll on the functions, the
syntax of the function and the use of the function will be
displayed as shown in the image given below.
New Functions in Excel 2013
Date and Time Functions
DAYS − Returns the number of
days between two dates.
ISOWEEKNUM − Returns the
number of the ISO week
number of the year for a given
date.
Engineering Functions
• BITAND − Returns a 'Bitwise And' of two
numbers.
• BITLSHIFT − Returns a value number
shifted left by shift_amount bits.
• BITOR − Returns a bitwise OR of 2
numbers.
• BITRSHIFT − Returns a value number
shifted right by shift_amount bits.
• BITXOR − Returns a bitwise 'Exclusive Or'
of two numbers.
• IMCOSH − Returns the hyperbolic
cosine of a complex number.
• IMCOT − Returns the cotangent of a
complex number.
• IMCSC − Returns the cosecant of a
complex number.
• IMCSCH − Returns the hyperbolic
cosecant of a complex number.
• IMSEC − Returns the secant of a
complex number.
• IMSECH − Returns the
hyperbolic secant of a complex
number.
• IMSIN − Returns the sine of a
complex number.
• IMSINH − Returns the
hyperbolic sine of a complex
number.
• IMTAN − Returns the tangent of
Financial Functions
PDURATION − Returns the
number of periods required by
an investment to reach a
specified value.
RRI − Returns an equivalent
interest rate for the growth of
an investment.
Information Functions
ISFORMULA − Returns TRUE if
there is a reference to a cell that
contains a formula.
SHEET − Returns the sheet
number of the referenced sheet.
SHEETS − Returns the number
of sheets in a reference.
Logical Functions