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3 Advanced Features
of Excel
Let’s surf
Ø Sorting Data Ø Filtering Data
Ø Conditional Formatting
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Let’s PLug-in Century #Critical Thinking
Skills
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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