How to return the payment on principal for a given investment period using formulas
This Mhelp clip will show you how to use the PPMT formula in Excel. This is useful if you want to return interest payments over a given period.
This Mhelp clip has thirty-five steps.
1 - Click cell A3.
2 - Enter the interest rate.
3 - Click cell B3.
4 - Enter the payment period.
5 - Click cell C3.
6 - Enter the total number of payments.
7 - Click cell D3.
8 - Enter the present loan value.
9 - Click cell E3.
10 - Enter the future loan value.
11 - Click cell F3.
12 - Enter the payment type.
13 - Click the cell where you want to display the answer.
14 - Click the Formulas tab.
15 - Click Financial. A menu will appear.
16 - Click PPMT. A dialog box will appear.
17 - Click the Rate button.
18 - Click cell A3.
19 - Click the formula button.
20 - Click the Per button.
21 - Click cell B3.
22 - Click the formula button.
23 - Click the Nper button.
24 - Click cell C3.
25 - Click the formula button.
26 - Click the Pv button.
27 - Click cell D3.
28 - Click the formula button.
29 - Click the Fv button.
30 - Click cell E3.
31 - Click the formula button.
32 - Click the Type button.
33 - Click cell F3.
34 - Click the formula button.
35 - Click OK. The answer will be displayed in the cell selected.
This concludes the Mhelp clip.