Quinicio, Vilmore Kenneth A.

Section: COB

Ms. Jennifer Ventus

January 17. 2010

COMPARISON BETWEEN MICROSOFT EXCEL 2003 AND 2007

Number of rows
Number of Columns

Excel 2003
Limited to 65,536
256

Excel 2007
Over 1,000,000
16,384

Calculate speed

FAST

FAST

Macro Speed

FAST

Varies

Lists/Tables

List support was introduced

Lists were renamed to Tables

with Excel 2003.

and additional features added

in 2007 to make them easier
to use.

Formula Writing

Chart Refresh

Same formula bar since Excel

Resizable formula bar and

97. Parentheses are colored

context-based

to assist in formula writing.

AutoComplete to help you

Some suggestions provided

write

when there is a formula error.

syntax the first time.

Extremely

Can be extremely slow.

fast,

almost

the

Formula

proper

formula

instantly
Opening and closing files

Fast

Not as fast

Conditional Formatting

Limited to 3 tests

Many tests are allowed

Customizing toolbars

Very customizable

Limited
customization

Color Palette

Limited colors

Essentially unlimited colors

Patterns in formatting charts

Many choices

Patterns

and cells
Interface

are

no

longer

available for selection

Menus and buttons

Ribbons with buttons and text

drop downs
Macro recording

Fair

Very

poor

on

charting macros
Macros

and

workbook

No problems

Major problems

Easy to do by

Impossible

Customizing Macro buttons

Standard feature

Feature removed

Stability

Very few reports of crashes,

There have been a number of

or a failure to save

user group reports of files not

protection
Charting

adjusting

point

values

opening or of not being able

to save files
File opening time

No problems

Many reports of problems of

files not opening or very slow
to open

Export/save as DBF file

Standard feature

Not available

Types of Cell References and its Example

Relative References
Will change so they refer to cells relative to the cell containing the formula.
Used for very simple worksheets and formulas
In Excel and other spreadsheets, a relative cell reference identifies the location of a cell or
group of cells.
Cell references are used in formulas, functions, charts , and other Excel commands.

By default, a spreadsheet cell reference is relative. What this means is that as a formula or
function is copied and pasted to other cells, the cell references in the formula or function change
to reflect the function's new location.
In contrast, an absolute cell reference does not change when it a formula is copied and pasted
to other cells.
A relative cell reference consists of the column letter and row number that intersect at the cell's
location.
An example of a relative cell reference would be C7, G45, or Y214.

Example

Select cell "G3" and enter the following "=SUM("

You can then use the mouse to select cells "C3:F3" and press Enter to insert the total.
Select cell "G3" and use the handle in the bottom right corner to drag the cell down to cell "G6".

You will see that the formulas have been automatically adjusted so they are relative to each row
in the table.
Using relative cell references allows you to quickly drag a formula and have it automatically
adjust relative to the cell containing the formula.
You can repeat this for the totals at the bottom. Select cell "C7" and enter the following
"=SUM(".
This time instead of using the mouse, type the cell reference "C3:C6" straight into the formula
bar followed by a ")".
Press Enter and drag this cell across to cell "F7" to display all the column totals

Absolute References
Used a "fixed" cell reference rather than a relative cell reference.
Are displayed with a dollar sign before the column letter and a dollar sign before the
row number (for example $B$2, $D$10, $F$35, etc)
One example where an absolute (or fixed) cell reference might be needed is when
you want to refer to a constant value in your formulas.
In Excel and other spreadsheets, an absolute cell reference identifies the location a cell or
group of cells.

Cell references are used in formulas, functions, charts , and other Excel commands.
An absolute cell reference consists of the column letter and row number surrounded by dollar
signs ( $ ).
An example of an absolute cell reference would be $C$4, $G$15, or $A$345.
Note: An easy way to add the dollar signs to a cell reference is to click on a cell reference and
then press the F4 key on the keyboard.
An absolute cell reference is used when you want a cell reference to stay fixed on a specific
cell.
This means that as a formula or function is copied and pasted to other cells, the cell references
in the formula or function do not change.
By contrast, most cell references in a spreadsheet are relative cell references, which change
when copied and pasted to other cells.
Example

Dragging this formula down to cell "H7" will not generate the correct formulas in cells "H6" and
"H7".
Before we drag this formula down we need to "fix" the cell reference "C2" so this is not
automatically adjusted.
We can change the C2 relative reference to an absolute cell reference by inserting dollar signs
infront of the C and the 2.

Once we have changes the cell reference to absolute we can drag the formula knowing that
every row will be referring to cell "C2".

Press Enter and drag this cell down to cell "H7" to display all the weekly totals.

mixed cell reference

In Excel cell references are used in formulas, functions, charts, and other Excel commands.
Cell references consist of a column letter and the row number that intersect at the cell's location
in a spreadsheet such as D2 or AZ234.
By default, a spreadsheet cell reference is relative. What this means is that as a formula or
function is copied and pasted to other cells, the cell references in the formula or function change
to reflect the function's new location.

Alternatively, an absolute cell reference, such as $F$34 or $G$67, does not change when a
formula or function is copied to other cells.
A mixed cell reference then, is a combination of relative and absolute cell references.
As with absolute cell references, the dollar sign ( $ ) is used in mixed cell references to indicate
that a column letter or row number is to remain fixed when a copied from one cell to another.
Examples of a mixed cell reference would be $E4 or F$6.
For $E4, the column letter is fixed while the row number is allowed to change when copied to
other cells. For F$6, the row number is fixed while the column letter changes.

Mixed Cell References in Excel Formulas

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