HOLY CHILD JESUS COLLEGE
College Department
MICROSOFT EXCEL
In this Module, You will be able to learn and familiarize the ff:
Parts and Function of the MS excel Screen
Toolbars and command of MS Excel
Create a Formula
Using Excel border
Format Receipt
Calculation using the auto sum
MICROSOFT EXCEL
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Excel is a spreadsheet program in the Microsoft Office system. You can use Excel
to create and format workbooks (a collection of spreadsheets) in order to analyze
data and make more informed business decisions. Specifically, you can use Excel
to track data, build models for analyzing data, write formulas to perform
calculations on that data, pivot the data in numerous ways, and present data in a
variety of professional looking charts.
Characteristics of the system Characteristics of application
software software
Most import software Perform specific oriented task
Independent Dependent on system software
Limited function But independent to other
application software
Uses of Ms excel APPLICATION SOFTWARE
Sorting names & number MICROSOFT/ MS- MANUFACTURER
Creating payroll EXCEL- PROGRAM
Creating receipts
Graphical representation Also known as spread sheet program
Creating formulas More on numerical data
Ways on how to open MS Excel
1. USING THE ICON DOUBLE THE ICON
2. USING START-PROGRAM-MS EXCEL
3. CLICK START –SEARCH FOR THE FILES AND FOLDER
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ART OF MS EXCEL SCREEN
1. Title bar – contains names of the program or filename
2. Quick access toolbars
3. Tabs/tabs
4. Ribbons
5. Formula bar-bar top of the excel window, use to enter or edit values
formula in a cell
6. Name box-indicates the location or an active cell
7. Column header- start with letter A up to letter XF
8. Row header- start with number 1 up to 1048576
9. Cell or active cells- a rectangular highlight that indicates the active cell
10.Grid lines-serves as imaginary lines guidelines
11.Cell pointer - it is the fat cross appears on the worksheet
12.Sheet tab- another worksheet
13.Worksheet-work area
14.Status bar- shows if the numeric key is active or not
15.Page break- dotted line end of the page
Home tab
Font Group
Font - Change the font Face Underline – Underline the selected
Font Size – Changing the Font Size text.
Increase font size Border- outside line
Decrease font size Fill color- make text look like the
highlighter pen
Bold – Make the selected text bold. Font Color- Change the text color.
Italic – Italicized the selected text.
Alignment group
Top align- align text at the top of the cell
Middle align - align text so that is centered between at the top & bottom of the
cell
Bottom align- align text at the bottom of the cell
Orientation—rotate text to a diagonal angle or vertical orientation
Wrap text- make text multiple lines in a cell
Align text left
Center
Align text right
Decrease indent
Increase indent
Merge and center- it combines two or more selected cells
Number group
Currency style –monetary unit or
symbol that be apply before and
after typing
Percent Style - display the value of
the cell as percentage.
Comma style- separator that can be apply before and after typing
Increase decimal- show more precise values by showing more decimal values
Decrease decimal- show less precise values showing fewer decimal values.
Editing Group
AutoSum-use in automatic summation of total number
Sort and filter
Sort A-Z -arrange letter from A-Z, for the number from
smallest to largest.
Sort Z-A-for the number from largest to smallest
Equal sign –use in creating formula
Formula- is an equation that perform calculation on the data its start with equal
sign
Clear-delete every on a cell or selectively remove the
formatting
Fill
Series-automatic numbering and skip containing of numbers
Cell Group
Insert Format
Insert Cells Row height
Insert sheet Rows Column width
Insert sheet columns Hide and unhide
Insert sheet Rename sheet
Tab colors
Delete
Format cells
Delete cells
Delete sheet Rows Number- currency
Delete sheet columns Alignment
Delete sheet Border
Insert tab chart
Chart group
Chart wizard- graphical representation of a selected data
Page layout Tab
Page setup Group
Orientation- portrait &landscape
Margins-horizontally &vertically
Size-letter& legal
Header and footer- printed text at the top and bottom of margin in every page.
