apply Microsoft® Excel® formatting to a business example.

/in /by

Assignment Content

  1. Purpose of Assignment
    In this assignment, you apply Microsoft® Excel® formatting to a business example. You will use this skill to enter and analyze data using charts.


    Assignment Steps

Read the following business scenario:

Your company has asked you to create a spreadsheet to analyze the following data. The data will be reviewed for top salespeople bonuses and commissions payments based on individual sales. Averages will be used to analyze month-over-month sales throughout the years.

Use the Sales Analysis Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet and apply formatting to accomplish the following:

  • Calculate total sales using the SUM function.
  • Calculate total sales for each quarter. (March, June, and September each represent a quarter.). A quarter is three months.
  • Calculate average sales for each quarter to help determine 4th-quarter potential sales. 
  • Highlight the top salesperson in each quarter. 
  • Generate a Microsoft® Excel® chart or graph that displays the total sales by region to identify the highest and lowest selling regions.
  • Insert a hyperlink to the company’s web page. (You can use any business web page for this example.)
  • Change your spreadsheet to a page or print layout view to be sure it fits well on a printed 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of paper.

Submit your assignment.

Sheet1

Quarter Sales PersonRegionQuarterly Sales
31-MarSmithEast$750
31-MarWilliamsEast$800
31-MarJonesSouth$765
31-MarWhiteWest$456
31-MarJohnsonNorth$987
31-MarTaylorWest$443
31-MarYoungSouth$368
31-MarHallEast$159
30-JunSmithEast$1,200
30-JunWilliamsEast$369
30-JunJonesSouth$980
30-JunWhiteWest$650
30-JunJohnsonNorth$760
30-JunTaylorWest$278
30-JunYoungSouth$780
30-JunHallEast$547
30-SepSmithEast$698
30-SepWilliamsEast$467
30-SepJonesSouth$983
30-SepWhiteWest$237
30-SepJohnsonNorth$469
30-SepTaylorWest$740
30-SepYoungSouth$749
30-SepHallEast$345

Used with permission from Microsoft