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Open the Excel workbook Student_Excel_2G_Inventory.xlsx downloaded with this project.

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Change the Theme to Slice.
Rename Sheet1 as Bulbs and Sheet2 as Trees, and then make the Bulbs
sheet the active sheet.

If the theme is not available, click Browse for Themes, navigate to your
downloaded files, and select Slice.thmx.

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To the right of column B, insert two new columns to create
new blank columns C and D. By using Flash Fill in the two new columns, split
the data in column B into a column for Item # in column C and Category in
column D.

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Type Item # as the column title in
column C and Category
as the column title in column D. Delete column B. By using the Cut
and Paste commands, cut column C—Category—and paste it to column G, and then
delete the empty column C. Apply AutoFit to columns A:F.

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Display the Trees worksheet, and then repeat Steps 3 and 4
on this worksheet.

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Make the following calculations
in each of the two worksheets without grouping the sheets:
•In cell B4, enter a function to sum the Quantity in Stock data, and then
apply Comma Style with zero decimal places to the result.
•In cells B5:B8, enter formulas to calculate the Average, Median, Lowest, and
Highest retail prices, and then apply the Accounting Number Format.

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In each of the two worksheets, make the following
calculation without grouping the sheets:
In cell B10, enter a COUNTIF function to determine how many different types
of Tulips
are in stock on the Bulbs sheet and how many different types of Evergreens
are in stock on the Trees worksheet.

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Without grouping the worksheets,
complete the following in each worksheet:

•  In cell G14, type Stock Level

•  In cell G15, construct an IF
function to determine the items that must be ordered. If the Quantity in
Stock is less than 75 the Value_if_true is Order. Otherwise the
Value_if_false is OK. Fill the formula down through all the
rows.

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Without grouping the worksheets, apply conditional
formatting as follows to both worksheets:

•Apply Conditional Formatting to the range of cells containing the Stock
Level so that cells that contain the text Order
are formatted with Bold Italic, font color set to Automatic, and Fill
color set to No Color.

•Apply Gradient Fill Blue Data Bars to the range of cells containing the
Quantity in Stock.

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In the Bulbs sheet, format the
range A14:G42 as a table with headers and apply Light Orange, Table Style Light
20. If the style isn’t available, choose another style. Insert a Total Row,
filter by Category for Tulips, and then Sum the Quantity in Stock column.
Record the result in cell B11.

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Select the table, clear the filter, Sort the table on the
Item # column from Smallest to Largest (Ascending) and then remove the Total
Row. On the Page Layout tab, set Print Titles so that row 14 repeats at the
top of each page.

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In the Trees sheet, format the
range A14:G42 as a table with headers and apply Light Green, Table Style
Light 19. If the style isn’t available, choose another style. Insert a Total
Row, filter by Category for Evergreens, and then Sum the Quantity in Stock
column. Record the result in cell B11.

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Select the table, clear the filter, Sort the table on the
Item # column from Smallest to Largest (Ascending), and then remove the Total
Row. On the Page Layout tab, set Print Titles so that row 14 repeats at the
top of each page, and then Save your workbook.

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Group the two worksheets. Merge
& Center the title in cell A1 across the range A1:G1 and apply the Title
cell style. Merge & Center the subtitle in cell A2 across the range A2:G2
and apply the Heading 1 cell style. AutoFit columns A:G.

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With the worksheets still grouped, center the worksheets
Horizontally, change the Orientation to Landscape, and insert a footer in the
left section with the file name. Display the Print Preview, and then change
the Settings to Fit All Columns on One Page.

(Mac users, on the Page Layout tab, change the Width to 1 page.)

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Save your workbook and then
ungroup the sheets. View both worksheets and apply AutoFit to any column in
which the data does not fully display. 
Make the Trees sheet the active sheet, and then insert a new
worksheet. Change the new sheet name to Summary and then move the Summary sheet so
that it is the first sheet in the workbook. Widen columns A:D to 20.

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In cell A1, type Pasadena Inventory Summary. Merge &
Center the title across the range A1:D1, and then apply the Title cell style.
In cell A2, type As of December 31 and then Merge &
Center the text across the range A2:D2. Apply the Heading 1 cell style.

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On the Bulbs sheet, Copy the
range A4:A8. Display the Summary sheet and Paste the selection to cell A5.
Apply the Heading 4 cell style to the selection.

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In the Summary sheet, in cell B4, type Bulbs.
In cell C4 type Trees. In cell D4 type Bulbs/Trees. Center the column
titles, and then apply the Heading 3 cell style.

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In cell B5, enter a formula that
references cell B4 in the Bulbs sheet so that the Bulbs Total Items in Stock
displays in B5. Create similar formulas to enter the Average Price, Median
Price, Lowest Price, and Highest Price from the Bulbs sheet into the Summary
sheet in the range B6:B9.

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Enter formulas in the range C5:C9 that reference the Total
Items in stock and the Average Price, Median Price, Lowest Price, and Highest
Price cells in the Trees worksheet.

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In cells D5, D6, D7, D8, and D9,
insert Column sparklines using the values in the Bulbs and Trees columns.
Format each sparkline using the first five Sparkline styles in the first row.

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To the range B5:C5, apply Comma Style with zero decimal
places, and to the range B6:C9, apply Accounting Number Format. Center the
Summary worksheet Horizontally and change the Orientation to Landscape.
Insert a footer in the left section with the File Name.

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Save and close the file, and
then submit for grading.

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