{"id":1104,"date":"2017-06-30T05:57:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T05:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1104"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:57:16","slug":"putting-it-together-microsoft-excel-intermediate-skills","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/chapter\/putting-it-together-microsoft-excel-intermediate-skills\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Microsoft Excel Intermediate Skills","rendered":"Putting It Together: Microsoft Excel Intermediate Skills"},"content":{"raw":"Now that you know some of the more advanced tools available in Excel, let us take a look at our opening list of possible questions and match those with an Excel function we just covered.\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>You want to see which month had your highest sales volume. <em>You could see this by sorting your data Z to A (largest to smallest 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