This document lists 53 commonly used functions in Microsoft Excel 2007. It provides the function name, syntax, and purpose for each function. The functions can be used to perform calculations on cell ranges like summation, average, minimum and maximum. Other functions help extract parts of text, format dates, round numbers, lookup values, and perform financial calculations. Overall, the functions listed provide a variety of tools for manipulating and analyzing data in Excel worksheets.

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SR NO. FUNCTIONS NAME SYNTAX PURPOSE
1. SUM =SUM(RANGE)
FOR ADDITION OF CELLS OR
VALUES
2. PRODUCT =PRODUCT(RANGE)
FOR MULTIPLICATION OF
CELLS OR VALUES
3. MAX =MAX(RANGE)
FOR MAXIMUM VALUE OF
RANGE
4. MIN =MIN(RANGE)
FOR MINIMUM VALUE OF
RANGE
5. LARGE
=LARGE(ARRAY,NUMB
ER)
RETURNS THE LARGEST
VALUE IN DATA SET
6. SMALL
=SMALL(ARRAY,NUMB
ER)
RETURNS THE SMALLEST
VALUE IN DATA SET
7. POWER
=POWER(VALUE,POWE
R)
CALCULATE THE RESULT OF
NUMBER RAISED POWERS
8. SQRT =SQRT(NUMBER)
RETURNS THE SQUARE ROOT
OF A NUMBER
9. TODAY =TODAY() SHOWS THE TODAY DATE
10. NOW =NOW()
SHOWS THE CURRENT DATE
WITH TIME
11. UPPER =UPPER(TEXT)
COVERTS A TEXT STRINGS
TO ALL UPPER CASE
LETTERS
12. LOWER =LOWER(TEXT)
COVERTS A TEXT STRINGS
TO LOWER CASE LETTERS
13. COUNT =COUNT(RANGE)
FOR COUNTING OF NUMERIC
VALUES
14. COUNTA =COUNTA(RANGE)
COUNT THE NUMBERS OF
CELLS THAT ARE NOT
EMPTY
15. COUNTBLANK
=COUNTBLANK(RANGE
)
COUNT THE EMPTY CELLS IN
THE RANGE
16. COUNTIF
=COUNTIF(RANGE,CRI
TERIA)
COUNT THE NUMBER OF
CELLS WITHIN A RANGE
THAT MEET THE CONDITION
17. IF
=IF(CONDITION
VALUE_IF_TRUE,VALU
E_IF_FALSE)
THE IF FUNCTION IS USED TO
MAKE DECISIONS
18. AVERAGE =AVERAGE(RANGE) FOR AVERAGE OF CELLS OR VALUES
19. LOOKUP
=LOOKUP(LOOKUP
VALUE,LOOKUP
VECTOR,(RESULT
VECTOR),)
The function returns a value from
a range (one row or one column)
or from an array.
20. VLOOKUP VLOOKUP(lookup_value, This function returns a value
COMMONLY USED FUNCTIONS IN MS EXCEL 2007

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table_array,
col_index_num,
[range_lookup])
based on reference information
presented in a vertical layout.
21. HLOOKUP
VLOOKUP(lookup_value,
table_array,
row_index_num,
[range_lookup])
This function returns a value
based on reference information
presented in a horizontal layout.
22. RANK
=RANK(NUMBER,REF,(
ORDER))
RETURNS THE RANK OF A
NUMBER IN A LIST OF
NUMBERS,ITS SIZE RELATIVE
TO OTHER VALUES IN THE
LIST.
23. PROPER =PROPER(A2) To change a cell to proper case
24. CONCATENATE
=CONCATENATE(A2, “
“, B2)
To combine cells with a space in-
between
25. SUMIF
=SUMIF(range, criteria,
[sum_range])
26. ROUND =ROUND(A2,2)
This function helps users to round
to the nearest value.
27. ROUNDDOWN =ROUNDDOWN(A3,1)
This function helps users to round
values down to the nearest value
based on the desired decimal place
or integer.
28. ROUNDUP =ROUNDUP(A4,0)
This function helps users to round
values up to the nearest value
based on the desired decimal place
or integer.
29. MEDIAN =MEDIAN(A1:Z1)
This function calculates the
median, middle value, in a dataset
30. RAND =RAND()
This function generates a random
value between 0 and 1.
31. RANDBETWEEN =RAND(1,10)
This function generates a random
value between a specified range of
values.
32. DATE =DATE(A2,B2,C2)
This function is useful when
information related to year,
month, and date are in separate
cells and the preference is to have
the date in one cell.
33. YEAR =YEAR(A2)
These functions are helpful to
capture the appropriate piece of
information in a date cell.
34. MONTH =MONTH(A2)
35. DAY =DAY(A2)
36. DATEDIF
=DATEDIF(A2,A3,”D”)
=DATEDIF(A2,A3,”M”)
=DATEDIF(A2,A3,”Y”)
This function calculates the
interval between two dates. The
second argument specifies the type
of interval, e.g., day, month, year,
etc.
37. LEFT
=LEFT(TEXT,NUM OF
CHARS)
These functions are helpful to
extract a portion of a larger string.

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38. MID
=MID(TEXT,START
NUM,NUM OF CHARS)
The example below shows is an
account structure.
39. RIGHT
=RIGHT(TEXT,NUM OF
CHARS)
40. LEN =LEN(TEXT)
LEN is helpful to return the length
of a string in a cell.
41. TRIM =TRIM(TEXT)
One common use of the TRIM
function is to remove extra
spacing.
42. DMAX
=DMAX(DATABASE,FIE
LD,CRETERIA)
For MAXIMUM DATABASE
43. DMIN
=DMIN(DATABASE,FIE
LD,CRETERIA)
For MINIMUM DATABASE
44. DAVERAGE
=DAVERAGE(DATABAS
E,FIELD,CRETERIA)
For AVERAGE DATABASE
45. DSUM
=DSUM(DATABASE,FIE
LD,CRETERIA)
For SUM DATABASE
46. PMT
47. FV
48. DGET
49. DPRODUCT
50. DCOUNT
51. DCOUNTA
52. MROUND