514 Chapter 3 | Excel | Learning Microsoft Office 2010

DIRECTIONS 1. Start Excel, if necessary, and open the EProj56

file from the data files for this lesson.

2. Save the file as EProj56_studentfirstname_studentlastname in the location where your teacher instructs you to store the files for this lesson.

3. Add a header that has your name at the left, the date code in the center, and the page number code at the right, and change back to Normal view.

4. Select cell B8, and enter a formula that multiples 1 plus the input rate in cell C4 times the previous tax rate in cell B8.

5. In cell B15, create a formula that increases the wages in cell B14 by 1.9%. Fill the formula across the row and adjust column widths as needed.

6. Enter 1 as the base rate in cell C4.

7. Select the noncontiguous ranges A2:E12, A14:E14, and A16:E16.

8. Insert a line chart using the Line with Markers subtype.

9. Adjust the vertical axis to start from a minimum value of 250000.

4 Use the Fixed option button for Minimum in the Axis Options choices in the Format Axis dialog box.

10. Remove the decimal places from the axis display.

4 See the Number choices in the Format Axis dialog box.

11. Increase the size of the chart as desired and position it below the data.

12. Change the entry in cell C4 to 4. Observe the calculations in the data and the chart.

13. With your teacher’s permission, print the worksheet. Submit the printout or the file for grading as required.

14. Close the workbook, saving all changes, and exit Excel.

Figure 26-1

Calculating and Charting the What If Analysis in the Projections Workbook

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