When you sort a list of Microsoft Excel figures, are some of the numbers not in the order you expect? A common reason for this problem is that Excel has stored some of the numbers as text instead of numbers. When you sort by a column that includes data stored as both text and numbers, Excel sorts the text values separately from the numbers.
When you open a text file that contains numbers in Microsoft Excel, Excel recognizes numerical data as such so that you can perform mathematical operations on that data. If your numbers contain decimal or thousands separators, Excel recognizes these separators, as long as they are specified in the Numbers Control Panel (Apple menu).
When you collect and analyze sales data, you can see how you`re doing now as well as predict future sales. With Excel`s forecasting functions, you can do all this and then publish your data on the Web or a local intranet.
Animation effects can help capture an audience`s attention  and emphasize key topic points  during a presentation. In this project, you`ll animate a chart to highlight key sales data.