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1. Format cells to
percentages.
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ssume you work at the Game Stop store at your local mall. The owner has
done his research and ordered the most popular games to fi ll the shelves
in preparati on for the upcoming holiday season. The games and their invoices
recently arrived.
Vendors generally off er a cash discount for early payment to customers who
buy on account. Your employer intends to pay the vendors within 15 days of
receipt of the invoices in order to take advantage of the discounts off ered. For
the buyer, the discount is called a purchase discount; for the seller, it is called
a sales discount. The owner asks you to help calculate what is owed to each
vendor.
The following acti vity illustrates how spreadsheets can be used to calculate a
company's purchase discounts, sales tax, and amount owed to vendors.
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1. Create a NEW spreadsheet.
Unless otherwise stated, the font should be 10 point Arial.
2. Type the data as shown.
3. Format the width of column A to 24.0 and left align.
4. Format the width of column B to 11.0 and right align.
5. Format cells B10 ­ B40 as numbers displaying 2 decimal places with a comma
separator.
6. Format the width of column C to 11.0 and center align.
7. Format cells C10 ­ C35 as percentages displaying 0 decimal places.
8. Format the width of columns D ­ G to 11.0 and right align.
9. Format cells D10 ­ G40 as numbers displaying 2 decimal places with a comma
separator.
10. Bold cell A2 and change the font size to 14 point.
11. Bold cell A3 and change the font size to 12 point.
12. Bold rows 7 and 8.
Accounts Payable
NEW SKILL
ACTIVITY
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