Excel tutorial on formulas. After the equals sign you can put an incredible variety of things into the cell. This starts a formula. Excel formulas look like 32 instead of 3 2. Functions are predefined formulas and are already available in excel.
A formula is an expression which calculates the value of a cell. For example cell a3 below contains a formula which adds the value of cell a2 to the value of cell a1. A2 d2 2. For example cell a3 below contains the sum function which calculates the sum of the range a1a2.
An example of a formula made up of discrete values like 63. To type a formula click in any cell in microsoft excel and type the equals sign on your keyboard. Formulas in excel is an expression that operates on values in a range of cell addresses and operators. Learn to create simple formulas and functions in an excel worksheet to download the course materials sample excel files used in the videos and the handouts.