Excel Ch01 Ml1 Rentals Instructions

Exp22 Excel Ch01 Ml1 Rentals Instructions

Manage a beach guest house in Ft. Lauderdale containing three types of rental units, with prices based on peak and off-peak times of the year. The goal is to calculate the maximum daily revenue for each rental type assuming all units are rented, and to determine the discount rate for off-peak rental times. Additionally, improve worksheet appearance through font, alignment, and number formatting adjustments.

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This project involves creating a comprehensive rental revenue analysis worksheet for a guest house in Ft. Lauderdale, with a focus on calculating potential maximum revenues and analyzing pricing strategies during different seasons. The process begins with organizing the worksheet to ensure clarity and professional appearance, applying styles, merging cells, and applying color fills to distinguish sections clearly. The initial step includes formatting headers with styles like Heading 1, applying accent styles, and merging cells for section headings such as "Off-Peak Rentals" to enhance visual hierarchy.

Next, the task involves adjusting column widths, wrapping text for lengthy headings, and aligning data for readability. The worksheet should include an additional rental type—Ocean View Studio—inserted between existing rows, with relevant unit counts and prices entered accordingly. It is essential to replace references to "Suite" with "Apartment" across the dataset to ensure consistency in terminology.

Formulas are central to this analysis. Cells dedicated to "Maximum Revenue" calculations should multiply unit counts by their respective rental rates, summing to find the total revenue when fully rented. Specifically, in cell D6, an appropriate formula is entered to calculate Peak Rentals Maximum Revenue, and similarly, in cell F6, for Off-Peak Rentals. For the "Discount Rate," a formula in G6 computes the percentage difference between Peak rates and Off-Peak rates, with subsequent formulas copied down to cover all rental types.

Formatting these revenue and rate figures enhances clarity: monetary values should use the Accounting Number Format with zero decimal places, while discount rates should be styled in percentage format with one decimal point. To visually distinguish different sections, fill colors are applied—blue fills to the Off-Peak section and lighter gold fills to Peak sections—paired with borders to delineate header rows clearly.

Before finalizing, the worksheet’s spelling is checked, and any errors corrected. To facilitate further analysis, a copy of the worksheet is created and renamed "Formulas." This duplicate contains all formulas, allowing review of calculations without altering the core data. Page setup options are then configured: orientation set to landscape, margins set to 1 inch, data centered, and scaled to fit on one page. A footer is added containing identifiers such as the series name, worksheet name, and filename, for document identification.

Finally, display formulas on the "Formulas" sheet for review, and set print options to include gridlines and headings, with specific column widths for clarity. The entire process ensures the worksheet is not only functional but also professional in appearance, ready for presentation or printing. Once all steps are complete, save and close the file, then submit as required.

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