{"id":12575,"date":"2023-01-19T10:19:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T01:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/blog\/?p=12575"},"modified":"2023-01-19T10:19:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T01:19:35","slug":"how-to-use-excel-formulas-and-functions-to-automatically-fill-out-fields-in-a-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/blog\/how-to-use-excel-formulas-and-functions-to-automatically-fill-out-fields-in-a-form\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Excel Formulas and Functions to Automatically Fill Out Fields in a Form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1146\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/\ube14\ub85c\uadf8\uc378\ub124\uc77c_\uc5d1\uc140\uc218\uc2dd\ud568\uc218\ud65c\uc6a9\ubc95_en.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12624\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Excel formulas and functions play a vital role in data management and analysis in any department\/team of any organization for they can simplify complex calculations, get work done faster, and automate repetitive tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if you could apply Excel formulas and functions to your e-documents?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, with eformsign you can! It is the only e-document solution in the industry that supports Excel functions and formulas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All you need to do is use the eformsign Microsoft Add-in to create an e-document, apply Excel formulas\/functions, and then upload the form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this blog, we&#8217;ll go over a simple example on how to apply a Excel formula to an e-document. In this example, we&#8217;ll apply a simple formula where you get the sum (Total Fee) of two values (Member Fee, Card Fee).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <a style=\"font-size: revert\" href=\"https:\/\/manual-en.eformsign.com\/help\/chapter5.html#downloading-and-installing-form-builder-ms-office-add-in\">Download and install<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\"> the eformsign Microsoft Office Add-in. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. <span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">Create a form and add fields.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. <span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">Click on a cell where you want the formula to go and assign it an ID (Total Fee). <\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/excel-formulas-and-functions-en-gif_part-1.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12584\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/blog\/?attachment_id=12584\" class=\"wp-image-12584\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4.  <span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">Click on the formula box and then type in the formula. In this example, we will add cell C15 (Member Fee) and C17 (Card Fee) by entering &#8220;=C15+C17&#8221;.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/excel-formulas-and-functions-en-gif_part-2.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12585\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>5. <span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">Click<strong> Execute<\/strong> to preview. You can see that the the sum of the values entered in Member Fee and Card Fee is shown in Total Fee.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eformsign.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/excel-formulas-and-functions-en-gif_part-3.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12587\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>6. <span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">Upload the form to eformsign by clicking the <strong>Upload<\/strong> button.<\/span>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background\">*Note that you can apply the same principle to all the Excel formulas and functions supported in eformsign as listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<ul><li>Arithmetic<\/li><li>Operator precedence<\/li><li>Sign<\/li><li>Cell reference<\/li><li>Logical functions: IF, AND, OR, IFS<\/li><li>Math\/trigonometric functions: ABS, MOD, PI, RADIANS, ROUND, ROUNDDOWN, ROUNDUP, SUM, TRUNC, SIN, COS, TAN<\/li><li>Statistical functions: AVERAGE, COUNT, COUNTA, MAX, MIN<\/li><li>String manipulation functions: LEFT, MID, RIGHT, LEN, LOWER, UPPER, SEARCH<\/li><li>Search\/Matrix Functions:: MATCH, HLOOKUP, VLOOKUP<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excel formulas and functions play a vital role in data management and analysis in any department\/team of any organization for they can simplify complex calculations, get work done faster, and automate repetitive tasks. 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