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101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks and Timesavers
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Tip 78: Using a Pivot Table Instead of Formulas
The Excel PivotTable feature is incredibly powerful, and you can often create pivot tables in lieu of creating formulas. This tip describes a specific problem and provides three different solutions.
Figure 78-1 shows a range of data that contains student test scores. The goal is to calculate the average score for all students plus the average score for each gender.

Figure 78-1: What’s the best way to calculate the average test score for males versus females?
Inserting subtotals
The first solution involves automatically inserting subtotals. To use this method, the data must be sorted by the column that will trigger the subtotaling. In this case, you need to sort by the Gender column. Follow these steps:
1. Select any cell in column C.
2. Right-click and choose Sort⇒Sort A to Z from the shortcut menu.
3. Choose Data⇒Outline⇒Subtotal.
The Subtotal dialog box appears.
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