Excel has a versatile If, Then function built right into it. We’ll show you how to use the IF function in Excel with a number of helpful examples.

Using the IF Function in Excel In this example, we are going to use a table containing the test marks of students. We want to use the IF statement to determine who passes and who fails.

Put in a way that Excel can understand, our Logical_test for the first row, department A, is C2>B2. C2 is department A’s actual amount, and B2 is department A’s budgeted amount (see the screenshot ...

Cells in Excel are referred to using relative or absolute references. A formula with relative references changes when the cell's position does. If, for example, a cell has a formula "=A1" and you ...

The IF function is one of the most flexible functions in Microsoft Excel and has a range of uses that can be helpful in comparing data entries and isolating specific data points. The IF function can ...

2. SUM functions. Probably the most frequently used function in Excel (or any other spreadsheet program), =SUM does just that: It sums a column, row, or range of numbers—but it doesn’t just sum.

Formulas are powerful tools for performing calculations and analyzing data in Excel. In this beginner’s guide, you’ll learn how to use formulas and explore some popular built-in functions.