Comments on: Back to School – The Excel Model http://www.thefinancialmodeler.com/2009/back-to-school-the-excel-model/ Leverage the power of Excel Sat, 15 May 2010 07:30:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sebastien Labonne http://www.thefinancialmodeler.com/2009/back-to-school-the-excel-model/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Sebastien Labonne Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:38:34 +0000 http://www.thefinancialmodeler.com/?p=282#comment-332 Jim, that's an awesome idea you had. If I ever have to design an elementary school curriculum, I'm hiring you :) I've updated the file with your suggestion with two slight variation. I've added the option to have the colors or not. Also, for the 3 conditions you don't need to put AND(D2>.50,D2<.75), D2<.75 is sufficient if the conditions are in proper order. i.e.: Condition 1: <0.25 is evaluated --- if it is TRUE, then it stops and format is applied Condition 2: <0.50 is evaluated --- if it is TRUE, then it stops and format is applied Condition 3: <0.75 is evaluated --- if it is TRUE, then it stops and format is applied If you're using Excel 2007, you need to check "Stop if True" for each conditions in the "Conditional Formating - Manage Rules..." dialog. Oh! I also changed the reference cell to a new one because I didn't want the bias of always having the letter A in blue. ;) Jim, that’s an awesome idea you had.

If I ever have to design an elementary school curriculum, I’m hiring you :)

I’ve updated the file with your suggestion with two slight variation. I’ve added the option to have the colors or not. Also, for the 3 conditions you don’t need to put AND(D2>.50,D2<.75), D2<.75 is sufficient if the conditions are in proper order.

i.e.:
Condition 1: <0.25 is evaluated — if it is TRUE, then it stops and format is applied
Condition 2: <0.50 is evaluated — if it is TRUE, then it stops and format is applied
Condition 3: <0.75 is evaluated — if it is TRUE, then it stops and format is applied

If you're using Excel 2007, you need to check "Stop if True" for each conditions in the "Conditional Formating – Manage Rules…" dialog.

Oh! I also changed the reference cell to a new one because I didn't want the bias of always having the letter A in blue. ;)

]]> By: Jim Carson http://www.thefinancialmodeler.com/2009/back-to-school-the-excel-model/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Jim Carson Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:15:29 +0000 http://www.thefinancialmodeler.com/?p=282#comment-329 Being the father of a 5 year old, I know that the use of colors can help keep the attention of a young learner, so I used conditional formatting in the (giant) output cell in order to vary the colors based on one of the random #s ... For example, "Formula is" =D20.75 .... AND(D2>.50,D2<.75), for conditions 1, 2 and 3 will give you 4 possible colours (I chose basic blue, red and green, with the default left at black for the values not covered by the formulas). Drop me an email if you want me to send you back a revised .xls. Cheers, J Being the father of a 5 year old, I know that the use of colors can help keep the attention of a young learner, so I used conditional formatting in the (giant) output cell in order to vary the colors based on one of the random #s …
For example, “Formula is” =D20.75 …. AND(D2>.50,D2<.75), for conditions 1, 2 and 3 will give you 4 possible colours (I chose basic blue, red and green, with the default left at black for the values not covered by the formulas).
Drop me an email if you want me to send you back a revised .xls.
Cheers,
J

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