You are the assistant to the band director for the Upper Saddle River Marching Band, and you must prepare a report showing the status of the marching band fundraising event for presentation to the board of trustees. The report will summarize all sales of all items and include the total profit-to-date with the amount remaining to reach the profit goal. You will open the partially completed workbook, create formulas, format for presentation to the board, and add charts to graphically depict the sales over time and by product.
After completing the steps below, turn in one Excel 2010 workbook. The workbook should be named Lab1_yourLastName.xlsx. When submitting the workbook, provide a comment in the Dropbox comments area explaining what you learned from completing this lab activity
Begin the lab by locating the spreadsheet, chap1_cap_fundraising.xslx, in Doc Sharing (Lab Materials). Open the workbook in Excel 2010, and rename it Lab1_your lastname.xlsx (Mary Jones would save the file as Lab1_jones.xlsx).
Insert a new spreadsheet into the workbook. Create a Documentation Sheet. Include your name, the date, and the purpose of the spreadsheet. Your documentation sheet should look something like the one below:
Upper Saddle River Marching Band – Fundraising Event |
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Creator | Your Name |
Date | Date |
Purpose | Board of Directors Presentation on Fundraising Sales to date |
Need help? Click here for a Step-by-Step Guide: Creating the Documentation Sheet.
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You are to create the formulas needed to calculate the total sales for each item, the profit per item, and the profit based on the number of items sold to date. You will also create a formula to calculate total profit-to-date and the remaining profit needed to make the Marching Band goal for the fundraising campaign.
NOTE: In the data provided, there is no column for sales on 7/6/2006. The band did not do fundraising on that date due to bad weather. You do not need to adjust the dates or add a column for the skipped date; just use the sales data as given. The skipped date will not cause any problems.
Lab 1, Step 2A Video
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Now that you have finished the formulas, you must format the worksheet in a professional manner so that it is suitable for presentation to the board of trustees for the college. Remember to focus on readability and reusability.
Download the Lab 1, Step 3A Instructions.
Download the Lab 1, Step 3B Instructions.
Now that you have finished the major formatting, you must lay out the worksheet to further define and separate the areas of the worksheet. This step makes the worksheet easier to read and prepares for printing.
Download the Lab 1, Step 4 Instructions.
Create charts based on the data in your worksheet. The charts provide information visually and help you analyze the information.
Lab 1, Step 5A Video
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Your data will look something like this:
Create a trend line chart on a separate sheet that shows the total profit by day. Include a descriptive title and labels. Include a callout that indicates the top profit day and label it “Kick Off Event.” Your chart will look something like this:
Make certain that all worksheets in the workbook have meaningful names. Upload the file to the Dropbox. Make sure you post a comment about what you learned when submitting the file.
Lab 1, Step 5B Video
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