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Summary: Creating a formula in Excel 2003 is a great way to perform mathematical calculations and basic math using the Microsoft Office computer program. Type in numbers and make accurate calculations in Excel 2003 with tips from a software developer in this free video on general computer tips.
Dave Andrews is a software developer with a business and Web site selling programs and other computer services in Franklin, Tenn. Having worked in the IT industry for more than 8...read more
"Hi, my name is Dave Andrews. Today I'm going to show you how to create a formula using Excel 2003. Let's go to the computer and open up Excel. To begin, click on the start button, go to all programs, let's find Microsoft Office, let's say Excel 2003. Here's Excel 2003. Now, our formula will basically do calculations within a row. All formulas are proceeded by the character that is the equals sign. You can do basic math. Let's click inside of one of these cells here, and we're just going to say equals and let's say one hundred times, and times will be an asterisk one hundred. That gives you an answer. If I click back in the cell here, you can see that my formula is up here, just as I typed it, even though the answer is showing up in the cell. You can do simple things such as summing up areas as well. Let's type some numbers, numbers one through six, let's say I want to sum these numbers, and put them in this cell right here. To do that, let's click inside of that cell, type the character equals sign, and then just type sum in an opening parenthesis. Using your mouse, click and hold down the mouse button until you cover all of these rows. Let off the mouse and then type a closing parenthesis, say enter. As you can see, our answer, even though our formula is up here, our answer has been filled into this cell. That's the sum of all of these numbers. It's dynamic, so as these numbers change, so does your sum. It even includes negative numbers. It's that easy to create formulas in Excel. My name is Dave Andrews and I just showed you how to create a formula using Excel 2003."
eHow Article: How to Create a Formula in Excel 2003