SUMIF, SUMIFS, AVERAGEIFS, and COUNTIFS are commonly used accounting functions in Microsoft Excel. These formulas are used to calculate cell values based on the criteria you have described or ...

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The accounting format in Microsoft Excel 2010 is very similar to the currency format---both display the currency symbol next to every number. But the accounting format has a few differences that make ...

The generally accepted accounting principles give an accounting guideline that allows third parties to fairly evaluate account records. The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board keeps a handbook ...

When you’re running a business, you have to pay close attention to the numbers. Customer traffic, orders, profits and losses — all of these numbers are crucial to your business. That’s why it’s ...

IMGCAP(1)]Last week I wrote about my introduction to QuickBooks and how we took our entire staff to a training course for it. Today I am writing about training for the most basic software we use: ...

The Hill may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. No matter the industry, Excel isn’t a well liked program. The intimidating software confuses even the ...

When it first came onto the market, Microsoft Excel was a revolutionary product, greatly reducing the time and manpower necessary for complex financial record keeping. Today, however, there are plenty ...