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- 1. MICROSOFT EXCEL TUTORIAL (I) Guidefor beginners
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- 3. INTRODUCTION • Excel is a spreadsheet program that allows you to store, organize, and analyze information. • Be careful! In Excel we talk about “workbook” instead of documents and about “worksheets” instead of pages
- 4. How to navigatean Excel Workbook?
- 5. Navigating Excel 2010 •See the next video:
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- 7. Create a NewWorkbook 1. Click the File tab. This takes you to Backstage view. 2. Select New. 3. Select Blank workbook under Available Templates. It will be highlighted by default. 4. Click Create. A new, blank workbook appears in the Excel window.
- 8. Open an existingWorkbook 1. Click the File tab. This takes you to Backstage view. 2. Select Open. The Open dialog box appears. 3. Select your desired workbook and then click Open.
- 9. Create and openworkbooks • You can see the following video in case you have any trouble to create or open workbooks
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- 11. The cell • Thisvideo is a good short of the main contents of this section (cell basics)
- 12. The cell • Each cell has a name, or a cell address based on which column • Each rectangle in a worksheet is and row it intersects. The cell called a cell. A cell is the address of a selected cell appears intersection of a row and a column in the Name box. Here you can see that C5 is selected. .
- 13. To select acell 1. Click on a cell to select it. When a cell is selected you will notice that the borders of the cell appear bold and the column heading and row heading of the cell are highlighted. 2. Release your mouse. The cell will stay selected until you click on another cell in the worksheet. 3. You can also navigate through your worksheet and select a cell by using the arrow keys on your keyboard.
- 14. To Select MultipleCells: 1. Click and drag your mouse until all of the adjoining cells you want are highlighted. 2. Release your mouse. The cells will stay selected until you click on another cell in the worksheet.
- 15. To Insert Content: 1.Click on a cell to select it. 2. Enter content into the selected cell using your keyboard. The content appears in the cell and in the formula bar. You also can enter or edit cell content from the formula bar.
- 16. To Delete ContentWithin Cells: 1. Select the cells which contain content you want to delete. 2. Click the Clear command on the ribbon. A dialog box will appear. 3. Select Clear Contents. You can also use your keyboard's Backspace key to delete content from a single cell or Delete key to delete content from multiple cells.
- 17. To Delete Cells: 1.Select the cells that you want to delete. 2. Choose the Delete command from the ribbon. There is an important difference between deleting the content of a cell and deleting the cell itself. If you delete the cell, by default the cells underneath it will shift up and replace the deleted cell.
- 18. To Copy (orcut) and Paste Cell Content: 1. Select the cells you wish to copy/cut. 2. Click the Copy/cut command. The border of the selected cells will change appearance. 3. Select the cell or cells where you want to paste the content. 4. Click the Paste command. The copied content will be entered into the highlighted cells.
- 19. To Access MorePaste Options: • There are more Paste options that you can access from the drop-down menu on the Paste command. These options may be convenient to users who are working with cells that contain formulas or formatting.
- 20. To Access FormattingCommands by Right-Clicking: 1. Select the cells you want to format. 2. Right-click on the selected cells. A dialog box will appear where you can easily access many commands that are on the ribbon.
- 21. To Drag andDrop Cells: 1. Select the cells that you wish to move. 2. Position your mouse on one of the outside edges of the selected cells. The mouse changes from a white cross to a black cross with 4 arrows. 1. Click and drag the cells to the new location. 2. Release your mouse and the cells will be dropped there.
- 22. To Use theFill Handle to Fill Cells: 1. Select the cell or cells containing the content you want to use. You can fill cell content either vertically or horizontally. 2. Position your mouse over the fill handle so that the white cross becomes a black cross. 3. Click and drag the fill handle until all the cells you want to fill are highlighted. 4. Release the mouse and your cells will be filled.
- 23. First challenge! • Openthe document “Exercise1.xls” and do the necessary modifications to get the next table: Save as “Ex1_group_your names.xls” and send it to vanesa.rey@sek.es.
- 24. WORKING WITH CELLS, ROWSAND COLUMNS
- 25. Working with cells,rows and columns • This video is a good short of the main contents of this section:
- 26. To Modify ColumnWidth: 1. Position your mouse over the column line in the column heading so that the white cross becomes a double arrow . 2. Click and drag the column to the right to increase the column width or to the left to decrease the column 3. Release the mouse. The column width will be changed in your spreadsheet.
- 27. To Set ColumnWidth with a Specific Measurement: 1. Select the columns you want to modify. 2. Click the Format command on the Home tab. The format drop-down menu appears. 3. Select Column Width. 4. The Column Width dialog box appears. Enter a specific measurement. 5. Click OK. The width of each selected column will be changed in your worksheet. Select AutoFit Column Width from the format drop-down menu and Excel will automatically adjust each selected column so that all the text will fit.
- 28. To Modify theRow Height: 1. Position the cursor over the row line so that the white cross becomes a double arrow . 2. Click and drag the row downward to increase the row height or upward decrease the row height. 3. Release the mouse. The height of each selected row will be changed in your worksheet.
- 29. To Set RowHeight with a Specific Measurement: 1. Select the rows you want to modify. 2. Click the Format command on the Home tab. The format drop-down menu appears. 3. Select Row Height. 4. The Row Height dialog box appears. Enter a specific measurement 5. Click OK. The selected rows heights will be changed in your spreadsheet. Select AutoFit Row Height from the format drop-down menu and Excel will automatically adjust each selected row so that all the text will fit.
- 30. To Insert Rows: 1. Select the row below where you want the new row to appear. 2. Click the Insert command on the Home tab. .
- 31. To Insert Rows 3. The new row appears in your worksheet When inserting new rows, columns, or cells, you will see the Insert Options button by the inserted cells. This button allows you to choose how Excel formats them. By default, Excel formats inserted rows with the same formatting as the cells in the row above them. To access more options, hover your mouse over the Insert Options button and click on the drop-down arrow that appears.
- 32. To Insert Columns: 1. Select the column to the right of where you want the new column to appear. For example, if you want to insert a column between A and B, select column B. 2. Click the Insert command on the Home tab. 3. The new column appears in your worksheet.
- 33. To Insert Columns: • By default, Excel formats inserted columns with the same formatting as the column to the left of them. To access more options, hover your mouse over the Insert Options button and click on the drop-down arrow that appears. When inserting rows and columns, make sure you select the row or column by clicking on its heading so that all the cells in that row or column are selected. If you select just a cell in the row or column then only a new cell will be inserted.
- 34. To Delete Rows: 1. Select the rows you want to delete. 2. Click the Delete command on the Home tab. 3. The rows are deleted from your worksheet.
- 35. Wrapping Text andMerging Cells • If a cell contains more text than can be displayed, you can choose to wrap the text within the cell or merge the cell with empty, adjoining cells. Wrap text to make it display on multiple lines of the cell. Merge cells to combine adjoining cells into one larger cell. To Wrap Text: 1. Select the cells with text you want to wrap.
- 36. To Wrap Text: 2. Select the Wrap Text command on the Home tab. 3. The text in the selected cells will be wrapped in your worksheet. If you change your mind, re-click the Wrap Text command to unwrap the text.
- 37. To Merge CellsUsing the Merge & Center Command: 1. Select the cells you want to merge together. 2. Select the Merge & Center command on the Home tab.
- 38. To Merge CellsUsing the Merge & Center Command: 3. The selected cells will be merged and the text will be centered. If you change your mind, re-click the Merge & Center command to unmerge the cells.
- 39. To Access MoreMerge Options: Click the drop-down arrow next to the Merge & Center command on the Home tab. The merge drop-down menu appears. • Merge & Center: Merges selected cells into one cell and centers the text. • Merge Across: Merges each row of selected cells into larger cells. This command is useful if you are merging content across multiple rows of cells and do not want to create one large cell. • Merge Cells: Merges selected cells into one cell. • Unmerge Cells: Unmerges the selected cells.
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- 41. FORMATTING TEXT • Watchthe video to learn how to use Font, Alignment, and Number commands to format text in an Excel 2010 workbook. More information: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2010/4.1
- 42. Second challenge! Arial 14 (bold/underline) Row height: 40 Calibri 12 (bold) • Open your previous exercise (first challenge) and convert it into this table. • Save as Calibri 10 “Ex2_group_your names.xls” and send it to vanesa.rey@sek.es Italic Column height:16
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- 44. WORKSHEETS • When youopen an Excel workbook, there are three worksheets by default. The default names on the worksheet tabs are Sheet1, Sheet2 and Sheet3. To organize your workbook and make it easier to navigate, you can rename and even color-code the worksheet tabs. Additionally, you can insert, delete, move, and copy worksheets. • Watch the video to learn about worksheets. • More information: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2010/7.2
- 45. Third challenge! • Openthe document “Exercise3.xls”. • Change the names of the three worksheets: Sheet1- January Sheet2- March Sheet3- February • Move the worksheets to put the months in order. • Add a new sheet. Its name has to be “april”. • The Color-Code for Worksheet Tabs has to be: January- red February- green March – purple April – blue • Save as “Ex3_group_your names.xls” and send it to vanesa.rey@sek.es.