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Excel - Lesson 1: Exercise 1: Move Around A Worksheet

The document provides instructions for navigating and performing basic functions in an Excel worksheet. It includes exercises for: 1. Moving around a worksheet using arrow keys, Tab, Shift+Tab, Page Up/Down, and Ctrl+Home. 2. Going to specific cells quickly using F5, Ctrl+G, and the Name box. 3. Selecting cells by dragging, using F8 and the mouse, or Ctrl and the mouse. 4. Entering and deleting text data in cells. 5. Wrapping text in a cell that is too long by using the Wrap Text button.

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Excel - Lesson 1: Exercise 1: Move Around A Worksheet

The document provides instructions for navigating and performing basic functions in an Excel worksheet. It includes exercises for: 1. Moving around a worksheet using arrow keys, Tab, Shift+Tab, Page Up/Down, and Ctrl+Home. 2. Going to specific cells quickly using F5, Ctrl+G, and the Name box. 3. Selecting cells by dragging, using F8 and the mouse, or Ctrl and the mouse. 4. Entering and deleting text data in cells. 5. Wrapping text in a cell that is too long by using the Wrap Text button.

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Excel - Lesson 1: Exercise 1

Move Around a Worksheet


By using the arrow keys, you can move around your worksheet. You can use the down arrow key to move downward
one cell at a time. You can use the up arrow key to move upward one cell at a time. You can use the Tab key to
move across the page to the right, one cell at a time. You can hold down the Shift key and then press the Tab key to
move to the left, one cell at a time. You can use the right and left arrow keys to move right or left one cell at a time.
The Page Up and Page Down keys move up and down one page at a time. If you hold down the Ctrl key and then
press the Home key, you move to the beginning of the worksheet.

EXERCISE 1
Move Around the Worksheet
The Down Arrow Key

Press the down arrow key several times. Note that the cursor moves downward one cell at a time.

The Up Arrow Key

Press the up arrow key several times. Note that the cursor moves upward one cell at a time.

The Tab Key


1. Move to cell A1.
2. Press the Tab key several times. Note that the cursor moves to the right one cell at a time.

The Shift+Tab Keys

Hold down the Shift key and then press Tab. Note that the cursor moves to the left one cell at a time.

The Right and Left Arrow Keys


1. Press the right arrow key several times. Note that the cursor moves to the right.
2. Press the left arrow key several times. Note that the cursor moves to the left.

Page Up and Page Down


1. Press the Page Down key. Note that the cursor moves down one page.
2. Press the Page Up key. Note that the cursor moves up one page.

The Ctrl-Home Key


1. Move the cursor to column J.
2. Stay in column J and move the cursor to row 20.
3. Hold down the Ctrl key while you press the Home key. Excel moves to cell A1.

Go To Cells Quickly
The following are shortcuts for moving quickly from one cell in a worksheet to a cell in a different part of the
worksheet.

EXERCISE 2
Go to -- F5
The F5 function key is the "Go To" key. If you press the F5 key, you are prompted for the cell to which you wish to go.
Enter the cell address, and the cursor jumps to that cell.
1. Press F5. The Go To dialog box opens.
2. Type J3 in the Reference field.
3. Press Enter. Excel moves to cell J3.

Go to -- Ctrl+G
You can also use Ctrl+G to go to a specific cell.
1. Hold down the Ctrl key while you press "g" (Ctrl+g). The Go To dialog box opens.
2. Type C4 in the Reference field.
3. Press Enter. Excel moves to cell C4.

The Name Box


You can also use the Name box to go to a specific cell. Just type the cell you want to go to in the Name box and then
press Enter.

1. Type B10 in the Name box.


2. Press Enter. Excel moves to cell B10

Excel - Lesson 1: Exercise 3


Select Cells

If you wish to perform a function on a group of cells, you must first select those cells by highlighting them. The
exercises that follow teach you how to select.

EXERCISE 3
Select Cells
To select cells A1 to E1:
1. Go to cell A1.
2. Press the F8 key. This anchors the cursor.
3. Note that "Extend Selection" appears on the Status bar in the lower-left corner of the window. You
are in the Extend mode.
4. Click in cell E7. Excel highlights cells A1 to E7.
5. Press Esc and click anywhere on the worksheet to clear the highlighting.

Alternative Method: Select Cells by Dragging


You can also select an area by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the mouse over the area. In

addition, you can select noncontiguous areas of the worksheet by doing the following:

1. Go to cell A1.
2. Hold down the Ctrl key. You won't release it until step 9. Holding down the Ctrl key enables you to
select noncontiguous areas of the worksheet.
3. Press the left mouse button.
4. While holding down the left mouse button, use the mouse to move from cell A1 to C5.
5. Continue to hold down the Ctrl key, but release the left mouse button.
6. Using the mouse, place the cursor in cell D7.
7. Press the left mouse button.
8. While holding down the left mouse button, move to cell F10. Release the left mouse button.
9. Release the Ctrl key. Cells A1 to C5 and cells D7 to F10 are selected.
10. Press Esc and click anywhere on the worksheet to remove the highlighting.

Excel - Lesson 1: Exercise 4


Enter Data

In this section, you will learn how to enter data into your worksheet. First, place the cursor in the cell in which you
want to start entering data. Type some data, and then press Enter. If you need to delete, press the Backspace
key to delete one character at a time.

EXERCISE 4
Enter Data
1. Place the cursor in cell A1.
2. Type John Jordan. Do not press Enter at this time.

Delete Data
The Backspace key erases one character at a time.
1. Press the Backspace key until Jordan is erased.
2. Press Enter. The name "John" appears in cell A1

Excel - Lesson 1: Exercise 5


Wrap Text
When you type text that is too long to fit in the cell, the text overlaps the next cell. If you do not want it to overlap
the next cell, you can wrap the text.

EXERCISE 6
Wrap Text

1. Move to cell A2.


2. Type Text too long to fit.
3. Press Enter.

4. Return to cell A2.


5. Choose the Home tab.
6. Click the Wrap Text button . Excel wraps the text in the cell.

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