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USING MICROSOFT EXCEL 2013 Independent Project 4-5
Independent Project 4-5 Boyd Air has received flight data for recent flights. After importing the data, you format it as a table and use a number filter to display the afternoon flights. Display subtotals by city of origin and use a PivotTable to illustrate the average capacity of the flights. This project has been modified for use in SIMnet®.
Skills Covered in This Project Import a text file.
Create an Excel table.
Filter data.
Convert a table to a normal range.
Sort data.
Use the Subtotal command.
Copy, name, and move a worksheet.
Create a PivotTable.
Create a PivotChart.
IMPORTANT: Download the resource file needed for this project from the Resources link. Be sure to extract the
file after downloading the resources zipped folder. Please visit SIMnet Instant Help for step-by-step instructions.
1. Open the FlightData-04 start file. The file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the
project file name if directed to
do so by your instructor, and
save it.
NOTE: Click the Enable
Editing button in the
Message Bar at the top of
the workbook so you can
modify it.
2. Import the FlightData-04.txt
text file (downloaded from the
Resources link), starting at cell
A3. The text file is tab-
delimited.
3. Click a cell within the data
range and format the range
as an Excel table using Table
Style Medium 21.
4. Use the AutoFilter button, Number Filters, and the
Greater Than comparison filter to display those
flights with a Departime Time after 12:00:00 PM
(Figure 4-102).
5. Type Boyd Air in cell A1. Type Flight Statistics in cell
A2. Set the font size to 20 pt. for both labels.
6. Center the labels in cells A1:A2 across the table
data. Use the Center Across Selection option from
the Horizontal Text alignment drop-down menu in
the format Cells dialog box. See Figure 4-102.5.
7. Name the worksheet Afternoon Flights
8. Copy the Afternoon Flights worksheet, name the
copy Subtotals, and move the Subtotals sheet to
the right of the Afternoon Flights sheet.
Step 1
Download start file
4-102 Number Filters
Download Resources
4-102.5 Center Across Selection
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9. On the Subtotals sheet, clear the filter.
10. On the Subtotals sheet, sort the data by Origin in A to Z order.
11. Convert the table on the Subtotals sheet to a normal range.
12. Select cells A3:I17 and use the Subtotal command (Data tab, Outline group) to display a sum for the
Passengers field at each change in Origin (Figure 4-103). You must select the cells for the Subtotal command,
because the main labels are not separated from the data range by a blank row.
13. Copy the Afternoon Flights worksheet, name the copy PivotTable Source, and move the PivotTable Source
sheet to the right of the Subtotals sheet.
14. On the PivotTable Source sheet, clear the filter.
15. Select cells A3:I17 and use the Quick Analysis tool to create a PivotTable to display average of capacity by
origin (Figure 4-104).
4-103 Subtotals for Passenger field at each change in Origin field
4-104 PivotTable suggestions from the Quick Analysis tool
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16. Click cell B3 in the PivotTable. On the PivotTable Tools Analyze tab, click Field Settings and set a Number Format
of Percentage with 2 decimal places.
17. In the PivotTable Fields pane, place a check mark to add the Passengers field to the PivotTable VALUES area
showing a sum.
18. Add a 3-D Pie PivotChart to the sheet and position the chart to the right of the PivotTable.
19. Rename the worksheet PivotTable&Chart and close the task pane (Figure 4-105).
20. Save and close the workbook.
21. Upload and save your project file.
22. Submit project for grading.
Step 2
Upload & Save
Step 3
Grade my Project
4-105 Excel 4-5 completed PivotTable and PivotChart