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    3                           Advanced Features

                                                                          of Excel

                          Let’s surf

                              Sorting Data                                    Filtering Data
                              Conditional Formatting

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                         State whether these statements are True or False.
                         1.   Area chart displays the data trends over a period of time.                     __________
                         2.  A chart helps us to represent data pictorially.                                 __________
                         3.  Plot area contains the actual chart and its other components.                   __________
                         4.  Excel provides eight categories of charts.                                      __________

                      In the previous chapter, you have learned about different types of charts in Excel. In this chapter, you
                      are going to learn how to sort and filter data. You will also learn about conditional formatting.

                             SORTING DATA

                      Every day, you deal with a lot of data. It is easier to work with sorted data. Sorting of data means to
                      organise the data in ascending or descending order. Excel allows you to sort both numeric and textual
                      data. You can sort the data according to a particular column as well as a range of data. To sort data,
                      follow these steps:

                      Step 1:  Select a column or range of data to be sorted. In this case, we have selected the range A3:D8.
                      Step 2:   Click on the Sort & Filter command from Editing group under the Home tab. A dropdown list

                              appears.
                      Step 3:   Click on the Sort A to Z (for text) and Sort Smallest to Largest (for numbers) to sort the data
                              in ascending order.

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