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The document provides a step-by-step guide for cleaning data in Excel, including correcting spelling errors, formatting numerical values to two decimal places and currency, and adjusting date formats. It also instructs on how to create a new sheet named 'Area' and remove duplicates from the copied data. Each process is to be repeated for all relevant columns to ensure consistency and accuracy in the dataset.

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Part 2

The document provides a step-by-step guide for cleaning data in Excel, including correcting spelling errors, formatting numerical values to two decimal places and currency, and adjusting date formats. It also instructs on how to create a new sheet named 'Area' and remove duplicates from the copied data. Each process is to be repeated for all relevant columns to ensure consistency and accuracy in the dataset.

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1.

Cleaning the data

To remove the spelling errors:


 Click on the Province column (Q)
 Select Data in your ribbon
 Click on the Filter icon
 In the ‘Province’ cell, select the arrow on the far right of the cell
 Deselect all of the correctly spelt provinces and arrange the data in ascending order,
then click apply filter
 Fix all of the incorrect spelling

Repeat process with all columns to check spelling errors.

fix numbers to 2 decimal places:


 Click on a column with numerical values, eg.’Shipping cost’
 On the ribbon click on home and look for ‘Format’, then click on ‘Format cells’
 In the ‘Format cells’ window, click on Numbers at the top and on your left under
category and adjust it to 2 decimal places, then click ‘OK’.

Repeat process with all numerical columns.

To fix numbers to reflect currency:


 Click on a column with numerical values of monetary value, eg.’Shipping cost’
 On the ribbon click on home and look for ‘Format’, then click on ‘Format cells’
 In the ‘Format cells’ window, click on Numbers at the top and on your left under
category select ‘Currency’ and select the Rand value, then click ‘OK’.

Repeat process with all numerical columns of monetary value.

2.Correct Formatting
To fix the date format:
 Click on a column with dates, eg.’Order Date’
 On the ribbon click on home and look for ‘Format’, then click on ‘Format cells’
 In the ‘Format cells’ window, click on Numbers at the top and on your left under
category select ‘Date’ and select the correct date format, then click ‘OK’.

Repeat the process with the ‘Shipment Date’ colums.

3.Insert a new sheet


To create a new sheet named area:
 At the bottom of the excel page next to Users, click on the plus to add a new sheet.
 Rename the sheet to ‘Area’.
 Go back to the Order page in your excel document, in the first row highlight ‘City’ and
‘Postal code’, then hold shift + ctrl + down button simultaneously to highlight those
columns.
 Copy the data and paste it in your new excel sheet named ‘Area’.
 Once you have pasted your data, click on Data in the ribbon, then click on ‘Remove
Duplicates’. Make sure all headings are selected then click on ‘Ok’.

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