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TableofContents
ProjectTwoBetNetStockClub.................................................................3 EnteringtheTitlesandNumbersintotheWorksheet .................................3 EntertheWorksheetTitle.........................................................................3 EntertheColumnTitles.............................................................................4 EntertheStockData .................................................................................4 EntertheTotalRowTitles .........................................................................5 EnteringFormulas....................................................................................5 EnteraFormulaUsingtheKeyboard.........................................................5 OrderofOperations ..................................................................................7 EnteringFormulasUsingPointMode .........................................................7 EnterFormulasUsingPointMode..............................................................7 CopyFormulasUsingtheFillHandle..........................................................9 DetermineTotalsUsingtheAutoSumButton ............................................10 DeterminetheTotalPercentageGain/Loss..............................................10 DeterminetheAverageofaRangeUsingKeyboard/Mouse.......................11 DeterminetheHighestNumberinaNumberRange ..................................12 DeterminetheLowestNumberinaRangeUsingMin ................................13 CopyaRangeofCellsacrossColumnstoanAdjacentRange.....................14 VerifyaFormulaUsingRangeFinder........................................................15 VerifyaFormulaUsingtheAuditingCommands.......................................16 ChangetheFontandCentertheWorksheetTitle ......................................17 ChangetheTitleBackground,FontColorsandApplyanOutlineBorder.....18 Bold,Center,andUnderlinetheColumnTitles ..........................................19 CenterDatainCells.................................................................................20 ApplyaCurrencyStyleFormatandCommaStyleFormat ..........................20 ApplyaCurrencyStyleFormatwithaFloatingDollarSign ........................22 ApplyaPercentStyleFormat ...................................................................23 ConditionalFormatting...............................................................................24 ApplyConditionalFormatting...................................................................24 ChangetheWidthsofColumns.................................................................27 ChangetheHeightofaRowbyDragging..................................................29 CheckSpellingontheWorksheet .............................................................31 SavingtheWorkbookaSecondTimeUsingtheSameFileName...............32 RenametheSheets ..................................................................................32

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ProjectTwoBetNetStockClub
Needed: An easytoread worksheet that summarizes the club's investments For each stock, theworksheetisto includethename, symbol,dateacquired, number of shares,initial price, initial cost, current price, current value, gain/loss, and percent gain/loss. Michael also has requestedthattheworksheetincludetotalsandtheaverage,highestvalue,andlowestvalue foreachcolumnofnumbers. Source of Data: The data supplied by Michael includes the stock names, symbols, dates acquired,numberofshares,initialprices,andcurrentprices.ThisdataisshowninTable21. Calculations:Thefollowingcalculationsmustbemadeforeachofthestocks: 1. InitialCost=SharesxInitialPrice 2. CurrentValue=SharesxCurrentPrice 3. Gain/Loss=CurrentValueInitialCost 4. PercentageGain/Loss=Gain/Loss InitialCost 5. Computethetotalsforinitialcost,currentvalue,andgain/loss. 6. UsetheAVERAGEfunctiontodeterminetheaverageforthenumberofshares,initialprice pershare,initialstockcost,currentstockprice,currentstockvalue,andgain/lossforeach stock. 7. UsetheMAXandMINfunctionstodeterminethehighestandlowestvaluesforthenumber ofshares,initialpricepershare,initialstockcost,currentstockprice,currentstockvalue, gain/lossforeachstock,andpercentgain/loss.

EnteringtheTitlesandNumbersintotheWorksheet
Because thecentered text first must be entered into the leftmost column of the area across whichitiscentered,itwillbeenteredintocellA1.

EntertheWorksheetTitle
1. SelectcellA1.TypeBetNetStockClubinthecell. 2. PresstheDOWNARROWkey.TheworksheettitledisplaysincellA1. The stock club's investments are summarized in Table 21. These numbers are entered into rows3through10. Table21BetNetStockClubPortfolio Stock Symbol Acquired Amazon.com AMZN 10/14/97 AmericaOnline AOL 12/14/98 Broadcast.com BCST 2/2/99 EarthLink ELNK 3/1/99 eBay EBAY 4/13/99 Infoseek SEEK 2/12/98 UBid UBID 12/21/98 Yahoo YHOO 5/12/98

Shares 800 720 610 500 920 750 400 700

InitialPrice 15.875 93.50 85.25 63.125 200.50 12.875 151.375 21.00

CurrentPrice 172.00 126.688 121.5 65.25 162.50 50.565 44.25 717.00

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EntertheColumnTitles
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. WithcellA2active,typeStockandthenpresstheRIGHTARROWkey. TypeSymbolandthenpresstheRIGHTARROWkey. TypeDate&thenpressALT+ENTER.TypeAcquired&thenpresstheRIGHTarrowkey. TypeShares&thenpresstheRIGHTARROWkey. TypeInitial&thenpressALT+ENTER.TypePriceandthenpresstheRIGHTarrowkey. TypeInitial&thenpressALT+ENTER.TypeCost&thenpresstheRIGHTARROWkey. TypeCurrent&thenpressALT+ENTER.TypePrice&thenpresstheRIGHTARROWkey. Type Current & then press ALT+ENTER. Type Value & then press the RIGHT ARROW key. 9. TypeGain/Loss&presstheRIGHTARROWkey. 10. Type%Gain/Loss&thenclickcellA3. Thecolumntitlesdisplayasshowninrow2ofFigure21.WhenyoupressALT+ENTERtoadd morelinestoacell,Excelautomaticallyincreasestheheightoftheentirerow. ThestockdatainTable21includesadateonwhicheachstockwasacquired.Excelconsiders a dateto be a number and, therefore, displays it rightaligned in the cell. When you enter a date, Excel automatically formats the date so it resembles the way you entered it. For example, if you enter May 20, 1999, Excel displays it as 20May99. If you enter the same dateintheformat5/20/99,thenExceldisplaysitas5/20/99.Thefollowingstepsdescribehow toenterthestockdatashowninTable21,whichincludesdates.

EntertheStockData
1. With cell A3 selected, type Amazon.com and then press the right ARROW key. Type AMZNandthenpresstheRIGHTarrowkey. 2. With cell C3 selected, type 10/14/97 and then press the RIGHT arrow key. Type 800 andthenpresstheRIGHTARROWkey. 3. With cell E3 selected, type 15.875 and then press the RIGHT ARROW key twice. Type 331andthenpresstheENTERkey. 4. Click cell A4. Enter the data in Table 21 for the seven remaining stocks in rows 4 through10.Thestockdatadisplaysinrows3through10asshowninFigure21.

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EntertheTotalRowTitles
1. Click cell A11. Type Total and then press the DOWN ARROW key. With cell A12 selected,typeAverageandthenpressthedownarrowkey. 2. With cell A13 selected, type Highest and then press the down ARROW key. With cell A14 selected, type Lowest and then press the ENTER key. Click cell F3.Thetotal row titlesdisplayasshowninFigure21.

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EnteringFormulas
Theinitialcostforeachstock,whichdisplaysincolumnF,isequaltothenumberofsharesin columnDtimestheinitialpriceincolumnE.Thus,theinitialcostforAmazon.cominrow3is obtainedbymultiplying800(cellD3)times15.875(cellE3). If you enter aformulain cell F3 to multiply thevaluesin cells D3 andE3, Excel recalculates theproductwhenevernewvaluesareenteredintothosecellsanddisplaystheresultincellF3. Completethefollowingstepstoentertheformulausingthekeyboard.

EnteraFormulaUsingtheKeyboard
1. WithcellF3selected,type=d3*e3inthecell.Theformuladisplaysintheformulabar andincellF3(Figure22).

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 2. PresstheRIGHTARROWkeytwicetoselectcellH3.Insteadofdisplayingtheformulain cellF3,Excelcompletesthearithmeticoperationindicatedbytheformulaanddisplays theresult,12700(Figure23).

Figure23

Table22SummaryofArithmeticOperators Arithmetic Meaning Example Meaning Operator ofUsage Negation 10 Negative10 % Percentage =30% Multiples30by0.01 ^ Exponentiation =2^3 Raises 2 to the third power, which in this exampleisequalto8 * Multiplication =6.1*A1 MultiplesthecontentsofcellA1by6.1 / Division =H3/H5 DividesthecontentsofcellH3bythecontentsof cellH5 + Addition =4+8 Adds4and8 Subtraction =D3435 Subtracts35fromthecontentsofcellD34 You can enter the cell references in formulas in uppercase or lowercase, and you can add spaces before and after arithmetic operators to make the formulas easier to read. That is, =d3*e3isthesameas=d3*e3,=D3*e3,or=D3*E3.

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OrderofOperations
When morethan oneoperator isinvolvedin aformula,Excel follows the samebasic order of operations that you use in algebra. Moving from left to right in a formula, the order of operationsisasfollows:firstnegation(),thenallpercentages(%),thenallexponentiations ^ ( ),thenallmultiplications(*)anddivisions(/),andfinally,alladditions(+)andsubtractions (). Youcanuseparenthesestooverridetheorderofoperations.Forexample,ifExcelfollowsthe order of operations, 10*63 equals 57. If you use parentheses, however, to change the formulato10*(63),theresultis30,becausetheparenthesesinstructExceltosubtract3 from6 beforemultiplyingby 10. Table23illustratesseveralexamples ofvalidformulasand explainstheorderofoperations. Table23ExamplesofExcelFormulas Formula Remark =F6 AssignsthevalueincellF6totheactivecell. =6+3^2 Assignsthesumof6+9(or15)totheactivecell. =2 * K4 or =K4 * 2 or AssignstwotimesthecontentsofcellK4totheactivecell. =(2*K4) =50/o*16 Assignstheproductof0.5times16(or8)totheactivecell. =(J12*S23) Assigns the negative value of the product of the values containedincellsJ12andS23totheactivecell. =5*(L14H3) Assigns the product of five times the difference between the valuescontainedincellsH3andLI4totheactivecell. =D1/X6A3*A4+A5^A6 Fromlefttoright:firstexponentiation(A5AA6),thendivision (Dl/X6),thenmultiplication(A3*A4),thensubtraction(Dl/ X6)(A3*A4),andfinallyaddition(Dl/X6A3*A4)+(A5 AA6).IfcellsDl=10,A3=6,A4=2,A5=5,A6=2,andX6 =2,thenExcelassignstheactivecellthevalue18(10/26 *2+5A2=18).

EnteringFormulasUsingPointMode
Pointmodeallowsyoutoselectcellsforuseinaformulabyusingthemouse.

EnterFormulasUsingPointMode
1. With cellH3selected,type= (equal sign)to begintheformulaand then click cellD3. ExcelsurroundscellD3withamarqueeandappendsD3totheequalsign(=)incellH3 (Figure24).

Figure24

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 2. Type * (asterisk) and then click cell G3. Excel surrounds cell G3 with a marquee and appendsG3totheasterisk(*)incellH3(Figure25).

Figure25 3. Click the Enter box. Click cell 13. Type (equal sign) and then click cell H3. Type (minus sign) and then click cell F3. Excel determines the product of =D3*G3 and displays theresult137600, in cellH3.Theformula=H3F3 displays in cellI3 and in theformulabar(Figure26).

4. Click the Enter box. Click cell J3. Type = (equal sign) and then click cell I3. Type / (division sign) and then click cell F3. Click the Enter box. The Gain/Loss for Amazon.com, 124900, displays in cell I3 and the % Gain/Loss for Amazon.com, 9.834646,displaysincellJ3(Figure27).The9.834646represents983.4646%

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CopyFormulasUsingtheFillHandle
1. ClickcellF3andthenpointtothefillhandle.DragthefillhandledownthroughcellF10 and continueto hold down themouse button.A border surrounds the copy and paste areas(rangeF3:F10)andthemousepointerchangestoacrosshair(Figure28).

2. Release the mouse button. Select the range H3:J3 and then point to the fill handle. Excelcopiestheformula=D3*E3totherangeF4:F10anddisplaystheinitialcostsfor theremainingsevenstocks.TherangeH3:J3isselected(Figure29).

3. Drag the fill handle down through the range H4:J10. Excel copies the three formulas =D3*G3 in cell H3, =H3F3 in cell I3, and =I3/F3 in cell J3 to the rangeH4:J10 and displaysthecurrentvalue,gain/loss,andpercentagegain/lossfortheremainingseven stocks(Figure210).

If you copy downward, Excel adjusts the row portion of cell references. If you copy across, then Excel adjusts the column portion of cell references. These cell references are called relativereferences.

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DetermineTotalsUsingtheAutoSumButton
1. SelectcellF11.ClicktheAutoSumbuttontwice.(Donotdoubleclick.) 2. SelecttherangeH11:I11.ClicktheAutoSumbutton.Thethreetotalsdisplayinrow11 asshowninFigure211.

RatherthanusingtheAutoSumfunctiontocalculatecolumntotalsindividually,youcanselect all three cells before clicking the AutoSum button to calculate all three column totals at one time.

DeterminetheTotalPercentageGain/Loss
1. SelectcellJ10andthenpointtothefillhandle. 2. DragthefillhandledownthroughcellJ11. Note: The formula, =I10/F10, is copied to cell J11. The resultant formula in cell J11 is =I11/F11, which shows a total club gain on the club's, holdings of 0.528619 or 52.8619% (Figure212).

Note:AblankcellinExcelhasanumericalvalueofzero.

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DeterminetheAverageofaRangeUsingKeyboard/Mouse
1. SelectcellD12.Type=average(inthecell.ClickcellD3,thefirstendpointoftherange toaverage.DragthroughcellD10,thesecondendpointoftherangetoaverage(Figure 213).

2. Click the Enter box. Excel computes the average of the eight numbers in the range D3:D10 and displays the result, 675, in cell D12 (Figure 214). Thus, the average numberofsharesownedintheeightcompaniesis675.

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DeterminetheHighestNumberinaNumberRange
1. Select cell D13. Click the Edit Formulaboxin theformula bar. Click the Functions box arrowandthenpointtoMAX. 2. The Name box in the formula bar changes to the Functions box. The Formula Palette displaysimmediatelybelowtheformulabar(Figure215).Anequalsigndisplaysinthe formulabarandtheactivecell,D13.

3. ClickMAX.WhentheFunctionArgumentsWindowdisplays,typed3:d10intheNumber 1 edit box.Pointto theOKbutton.TheFunction Arguments Window displays with the range d3:d10 entered in the Number 1 edit box (Figure 216). The completed MAX function displays in the formulabar,andtheendofthe function displays in the active cell,D13.

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 4. ClicktheOKbuttonandyoushouldseetheimagebelow.(Figure217).

DeterminetheLowestNumberinaRangeUsingMin
1. SelectcellD14.ClickArrowontheAutoSumbuttonontheStandardtoolbar.Whenthe PasteFunction dialogbox displays,click Statisticalin theFunction categorylist.Scroll downandclickMINintheFunctionnamelist.(Figure218).

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 2. Next click cell D3 and then drag through cell D10 and then press Enter. Excel determinesthatthelowestvalueintherangeD3:D10is400anddisplaysitincellD14 (Figure219).

CopyaRangeofCellsacrossColumnstoanAdjacentRange
1. SelecttherangeD12:D14.Dragthefillhandleinthelowerrightcorneroftheselected rangethroughcellJ14andcontinuetoholddownthemousebutton(Figure220).

2. Release the mouse button. Excel copies the three functions to the range E12:J14 (Figure221).

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 3. Select cell J12 and press the DELETE key to delete the average of the percentage gain/loss.CellJ12isblank(Figure222).

4. ClicktheSavebuttonontheStandardtoolbar.TypeBetNetStockClubintheFilename textbox.Ifnecessary,selecttheDesktopintheSaveinbox.ClicktheSavebuttonin theSaveAsdialogbox.ThefilenameinthetitlebarchangestoBetNetStockClub.

VerifyaFormulaUsingRangeFinder
1. DoubleclickcellJ3.Excelrespondsbydisplayingthecellsintheworksheetreferenced bytheformulaincellJ3usingdifferentcolorborders(Figure223).Thedifferentcolors allowyoutoseeeasilywhichcellsarebeingreferencedbytheformulaincellJ3.

2. ClickanycellorpresstheESCkeytoquitRangeFinder.

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VerifyaFormulaUsingtheAuditingCommands
1. Ifnecessary,clickcellJ3.ClickToolsonthemenubarandthenclickthedownarrows atthe bottom ofthe Tools menu to displaythe full menu.Pointto Auditing.When the Auditingsubmenudisplays,pointtoTracePrecedents(Figure224).

2. Click Trace Precedents. Blue rounded tracer arrows that point upward display along a blue line in the cells (F3 and I3) that are used by the formula in the active cell, J3 (Figure225).ThehorizontalarrowincellJ3oftherightendofthebluelineindicates theactivecell.Youcanusethebluelineandarrowstoverifythatthecorrectcellsare beingusedintheformula.

3. Click Tools on the menu bar and then point to Auditing. When the Auditing submenu displays,dickTraceDependents(Figure226).

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 4. Click Tools on the menu bar and then point to Auditing. When the Auditing submenu displays,clickRemoveAllArrows.ClickcellA16(Figure226).

Note:To changetheactive cell to theoneattheother endof theblueline, doubleclickthe blue line. This technique gives you a quick way to move from the active cell to one that providesdatatotheactivecell.Thisisespeciallyhelpfulinlargeworksheets.

ChangetheFontandCentertheWorksheetTitle
1. ClickcellA1.DoubleclickthemovehandleontheleftsideoftheFormattingtoolbarto displayit in its entirety. Click the Font box arrow on the Formatting toolbar and then pointtoBookmanOldStyle(orCourierNewifyoursystemdoesnothaveBookmanOld Style)(Figure227).

2. Click Bookman Old Style (or Courier New). Click the Font Size box arrow on the Formattingtoolbarandthenpointto36.

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 3. Click36.ClicktheBoldbuttonontheFormattingtoolbar(Figure228).

4. Select the range A1:J1. Click the Merge and Center button on the Formatting toolbar (Figure229).

ChangetheTitleBackground,FontColorsandApplyaBorder
1. With cell A1 selected, click the Fill Color button arrow on the Formatting toolbar and then point to the color Dark Blue(column6, row 1) on the Fill Color palette(Figure 2 30).

2. Click the Font Color button arrow on the Formatting toolbar. Point to the color White (column8,row5)ontheFontColorpalette(Figure231).

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 3. Click the Borders button arrow on the Formatting toolbar and then point to the Thick BoxBorderbutton(column4,row3)ontheBorderspalette(Figure232).

4. ClickcellA2todeselectcellA1(Figure233).

Bold,Center,andUnderlinetheColumnTitles
1. Select the range A2:J2. Click the Bold button on the Formatting toolbar. Click the Center button on the Formatting toolbar. Click the Borders button arrow on the FormattingtoolbarandthenpointtotheThickBottomBorderbutton(column2,row2) ontheBorderspalette(Figure234).

2. ExceladdsathickbottombordertotherangeA2:J2.

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CenterDatainCells
1. SelecttherangeB3:B10.ClicktheCenterbuttonontheFormattingtoolbar(Figure235).

ApplyaCurrencyandCommaStyleFormat
1. SelecttherangeE3:I3.WhileholdingdowntheCTRLkey,selectthenonadjacentrange F11:I11.PointtotheCurrencyStylebuttonontheFormattingtoolbar.(Figure236)

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 2. ClicktheCurrencyStylebutton.SelecttherangeE4:I10andthenpointtotheComma StylebuttonontheFormattingtoolbar(Figure237).

3. Click the Comma Style button. Select the range A10:J10 and then click the Borders button on the Formattingtoolbar.Excel assigns the Commastyle format to the range E4:I10andathickbottombordertorow10. 4. ClickcellE3.ClicktheIncreaseDecimalbuttonontheFormattingtoolbar.Dothesame to cell G3. Select the range E4:E10. Click the Increase Decimal button on the Formatting toolbar. Do the same to the range G4:G10. Click cell E12 to deselect the rangeG4:G10.(Figure238).

Note: Each time you click the Increase Decimal button, Excel adds a decimal place to the selected cell. The Decrease Decimal button removes a decimal place from the selected cell eachtimeitisclicked.

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ApplyaCurrencyStyleFormatwithaFloatingDollarSign
1. Select the range E12:I14. Rightclick the selected range. Point to Format Cells on the shortcutmenu.Theshortcutmenudisplays(Figure239).

2. ClicktheNumbertabintheFormatCellsdialogbox.ClickCurrencyintheCategorylist, clickthethirdstyle($1,234.10)intheNegativenumberslist,andthenpointtotheOK button.TheFormatCellsdialogboxdisplays(Figure240).

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 3. Click the OK button. The worksheet displays with the totals in rows 12 through 14 assignedtheCurrencystyleformatwithafloatingdollarsign(Figure241).

ApplyaPercentStyleFormat
1. Selectthe rangeJ3:J14. ClickthePercentStylebutton on the Formattingtoolbar.The numbersincolumnJdisplayasaroundedwholepercent. 2. Click the Increase Decimal button on the Formatting toolbar twice. The numbers in columnJdisplaywithtwodecimalplaces(Figure242).

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ConditionalFormatting
Excel lets you apply formatting that appears only when the value in a cell meets conditions that you specify. This type of formatting is called conditional formatting. You can apply conditionalformattingtoacell,arangeofcells,theentireworksheet,ortheentireworkbook. Usually,youapplyittoarangeofcellsthatcontainsvaluesyouwanttohighlightifconditions warrant.Forexample,youcaninstructExceltoboldandchangethecolorofthebackgroundof a cell if the value in the cell meets a condition, such as being less than zero. For example, assumeyouassigntherangeJ3:J10thefollowingcondition: Condition

Cellvalueislessthan0

Value1

relationaloperator

value2

Acondition,whichismadeupoftwovaluesandarelationaloperator,istrueorfalseforeach cellintherange.Iftheconditionistrue,thenExcelappliestheformatting.Iftheconditionis false,thenExcelsuppressestheformatting.Whatmakesconditionalformattingsopowerfulis thatthecell'sappearancecanchangeasyouenternewvaluesintheworksheet.

ApplyConditionalFormatting
1. Select the range J3:J10. Click Format on the menu bar and then point to Conditional Formatting.(Figure243).

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 2. Click Conditional Formatting. If necessary, click the leftmost text box arrow and then click CellValueis.Clickthemiddletext box arrow and then clicklessthan.Type0in therightmosttextbox.ClicktheFormatbutton.(Figure244).

3. WhentheFormatCellsdialogboxdisplays,clicktheFonttabandthenclickBoldinthe Fontstylelist.ClickthePatternstab.Clickthecolorred(column1,row3).ClicktheOK button(Figure245).

4. When the Conditional Formatting dialog box displays, point to the OK button. The ConditionalFormattingdialogboxdisplaysasshowninFigure246.

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 5. Click the OK button, Click cell A16 to deselect the range J3:J10. Excel assigns the conditionalformattotherangeJ3:J10.Anynegativevalueinthisrangedisplaysinbold witharedbackground(Figure247).

Themiddletext box in the Conditional Formatting dialog box contains therelational operator. TheeightdifferentrelationaloperatorsfromwhichyoucanchoosearesummarizedinTable24. Table24SummaryofConditionalFormatting RelationalOperator Description Between Cellvalueisbetweentwonumbers NotBetween Cellvalueisnotbetweentwonumbers Equalto Cellvalueisequaltoanumber Notequalto Cellvalueisnotequaltoanumber Greaterthan Cellvalueisgreaterthananumber Lessthan Cellvalueislessthananumber Greaterthanorequalto Cellvalueisgreaterthanorequaltoanumber Lessthanorequalto Cellvalueislessthanorequaltoanumber

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ChangetheWidthsofColumns
1. DragthroughcolumnheadingsAthroughEaboverow1.Pointtotheboundaryonthe rightsideofcolumnheadingE.Themousepointerbecomesasplitdoublearrow(Figure 248).

2. DoubleclicktherightboundaryofcolumnheadingE.ClickcellA16todeselectcolumns AthroughE.PointtotheboundaryontherightsideofthecolumnFheadingaboverow 1.DragtotheleftuntiltheScreenTip,Width:12.00(89pixels),displays(Figure249).

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 3. Release the mouse button. Point to the boundary on the right side of the column G heading above row 1. Drag to the right until the ScreenTip, Width: 8.71 (66 pixels), displays.AdottedlineshowstheproposedrightborderofcolumnG(Figure250).

4. Release the mouse button. Drag through column headings H through J above row 1. Point to the boundary on the right side of column J. Drag to the right until the ScreenTip, Width: 12.00 (89 pixels), displays.A dotted line shows the proposed right borderofcolumnsHthroughJ(Figure251).

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 5. Releasethemousebutton.ClickcellA16todeselectcolumnsHthroughJ.ClickFileon themenubarandthenclickSave.Theworksheetdisplayswiththenewcolumnswidths (Figure252).

ChangetheHeightofaRowbyDragging
1. Point to the boundary below row heading 1. Drag down until the ScreenTip, Height: 61.50(82pixels),displays(Figure253).

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MSExcelTutorialProject2 2. Releasethemousebutton.Pointtotheboundarybelowrowheading2.Dragdownuntil theScreenTipHeight:36.00(48pixels),displays(Figure254).

3. Release the mouse button. Point to the boundary below row heading 12. Drag down untiltheScreenTip,Height:24.00(32pixels),displays.Releasethemousebutton.The Totals row and the Average row have additional white space between them, which improves the appearance of the worksheet. The formatting of the worksheet is complete(Figure255).

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CheckSpellingontheWorksheet
1. Doubleclick the move handle on the left side of the Standard toolbar to display the toolbarinitsentirety.SelectcellA2andenterStpcktomisspellthewordStock.Select cellA1.ClicktheSpellingbuttonontheStandardtoolbar.Whenthespellcheckerstops on BetNet,click theIgnore button.When thespell checker stops on cell A2, click the word Stock in the Suggestions list. When the spell checker identifies the misspelled word,Stpck,theSpellingdialogboxdisplays(Figure256).ClicktheChangebutton.

2. As the spell checker checks the remainder of the worksheet, click the Ignore and Change buttons as needed. The spell checker changesthemisspelled word, Stpck, to the correct word, Stock, and continues spell checking the worksheet. When the spell checker is finished, it displays the Microsoft Excel dialog box / Microsoft help with a messageindicatingthatthespellcheckiscompletefortheentiresheet(Figure257).

3. ClicktheOKbuttontofinish.

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SavingtheWorkbookaSecondTimeUsingtheSameFileName
Earlierinthisproject,yousavedanintermediateversionoftheworkbookusingthefilename, BetNet Stock Club. To save the workbook a secondtime using thesame file name, click the Save button on the Standard toolbar. Excel automatically stores the latest version of the workbookusingthesamefilename,BetNetStockClub.Whenyousaveaworkbookasecond timeusingthesamefilename,ExcelwillnotdisplaytheSaveAsdialogboxasitdoesthefirst timeyousavetheworkbook.YoualsocanclickSaveontheFilemenuorpressSHIFT+F12or CTRL+Storesaveaworkbook.Ifyouwanttosavetheworkbookusinganewnameorona different drive, clickSave As ontheFilemenu. SomeExcel users, for example,use theSave buttontosavethelatestversionoftheworkbookonthedefaultdrive.Then,theyusetheSave Ascommandtosaveacopyonanotherdrive.

RenametheSheets
1. Doubleclick thetab labeled Sheet2 inthelowerleftcorner of thewindow.Type Real TimeStockQuotesasthesheetnameandthenclickacellontheworksheet.Thenew sheetnamedisplaysonthetab(Figure258).

2. Doubleclick the tab labeled Sheet1 in the lowerleft corner of the window. Type InvestmentAnalysisasthesheetnameandthenpresstheenterkey.Thesheetname changesfromSheet1toInvestmentAnalysis. 3. ClicktheSavebuttonontheStandardtoolbar. Sheet names can contain up to 31 characters (including spaces) in length. Longer sheet names,however,meanthatfewertabswilldisplay.

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