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GFC Global Word Introduction

Table of Contents

1. Selecting Cells
Selecting a Cell
Selecting a Cell Range

2. Inserting Text into Cells

Inserting Content

3. Deleting Cells
Deleting Cell Content
Deleting Cells

4. Copying, Cutting, and Pasting

Cell Content
Copying and Pasting Cell Content
Cutting and Pasting Cell Content

5. Drag and Drop Cells

Dragging and Dropping Cells

6. Fill Handle
Using the Fill Handle

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Continuing a Series with the Fill Handle

7. Modifying Column Width and Row

Height
Modifying Column Width
AutoFitting Column Width
Modifying Row Height
Modifying all Rows or Columns

8. Inserting, Deleting, Moving, and

Hiding
Inserting Rows and Columns
Deleting a Row or Column
Moving Rows and Columns
Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Columns

9. Wrapping Text and Merging Cells

Wrapping Text in Cells
Merging Cells
Additional Merge Options

10. Formatting Font

Changing Font Size
Changing Font
Changing Font Color

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11. Using Bold, Italic, and

Underline
Using Bold
Using Italic
Using Underline

12. Using Cell Borders and Fill

Colors
Adding Fill Colors
Adding Borders

13. Cell Styles

Applying a Cell Styles

14. Text Alignment

Text Alignment Options
Changing Horizontal Text Alignment
Changing Vertical Text Alignment

15. Number Formats

Applying Number Formats

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Increasing and Decreasing Decimals

16. Inserting and Deleting a

Worksheet
Inserting a New Worksheet
Deleting a Worksheet

17. Working with Multiple Worksheets

Renaming a Worksheet
Copying a Worksheet
Changing the Worksheet Tab Color
Moving a Worksheet

18. Using Find and Replace

Finding Cell Content
Replacing Cell Content

19. Spell Check

Using Spell Check
Ignoring Spelling “Errors”

20. Printing
Printing a Workbook

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Selecting Cells
Selecting a
Selecting a
Cell
Cell Range
1. Click a cell
2. A border will appear 1. Click and drag the mouse
around the cell and the column until all the cells you want to
and row heading will be select are highlighted
highlighted 2. Release the mouse

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Inserting Text into

Cells
Inserting
Content
1. Click the cell you want to
add information to
2. Type the desired text
3. Press Enter

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Deleting Cells
Deleting cell Deleting
content Cells
1. Select the cell(s) with 1. Select the cell(s) you
information you want to delete want to delete
2. Click Clear on the Home 2. Click Delete on the Home
tab tab
3. Click Clear Contents 3. Click Clear Contents

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Copying, Cutting,
and Pasting Cell
Content
Copying and 5. Press CTRL+V

Pasting Cell
Cutting and
Content
Pasting Cell
1. Select the cell(s) you Content
want to copy
2. Click Copy on the Home
tab 1. Select the cell(s) you
OR want to cut
2. Press Ctrl+C 2. Click Cut on the Home
tab
OR
2. Right-click and press OR
Copy 3. Press Ctrl+X
3. Select the cell(s) where OR
you want to paste the 4. Right-click and press Cut
information 5. Select the cell(s) where
4. Click Paste on the Home you want to paste the
tab information
OR

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6. Click Paste on the Home
tab
OR
7. Press CTRL+V

Drag and Drop

Cells
Dragging and
Dropping
Cells
1. Select the cell(s) you
want to move
2. Hover over the border of
the selected cells until a hand
shows up
3. Click and drag the cells
where you want them
4. Release the mouse

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Fill Handle
Using the
Fill Handle
1. Select the cell(s) you
want to use
2. Hover over the dot (fill
handle) at the bottom of the
selected cell Continuing a
3. Click and drag the fill
handle where you want Series with
4. Release the mouse to fill
the selected cells the Fill
Handle
1. Select the cell range you
want to continue
2. Click the drag the fill
handle
3. Release the mouse

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Modifying Column
Width and Row
Height
Modifying Modifying
Column Width Row Height
1. Hover over the line of 1. Hover over the line of
the right side of the column the bottom of the row heading
heading you want to modify. It you want to modify. It will
will become a double arrow become a double arrow
2. Click and drag the mouse 2. Click and drag the mouse
to increase or decrease the to increase or decrease the row
column width height
3. Release the mouse 3. Release the mouse
AutoFitting
Column Width
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all Rows or
1. Hover over the line of
the right side of the column Columns
heading you want to modify. It
will become a double arrow
1. Click the Select All
2. Double-click the mouse
button where the column
heading meets the row
heading
2. Hover over a row line so
Modifying the mouse becomes a double
arrow
3. Click and drag the mouse
to increase or decrease the row
height

Inserting, Deleting,
Moving, and Hiding
Inserting 2.
tab
Click Insert on the Home

Rows and Deleting a

Columns Row or Column
1. Select the row or column 1. Select the row or column
heading where you want to you want to delete
insert a new row or column 2. Click Delete on the Home
tab

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Moving Rows Hiding and

and Columns Unhiding Rows
and Columns
1. Select the row or column
heading where you want to Hide
insert a new row or column
2. Press CTRL+X 1. Select the row or column
3. Select the column heading you want to hide
heading to the right of where 2. Right-click
you want to move the column 3. Click Hide
4. Click the Insert drop-
down button and Click Insert
Unhide
Cut Cells 1. Select the row or column
heading you want to unhide
2. Right-click
3. Click Unhide

Wrapping Text and

Merging Cells
Wrapping Text
in Cells Additional
Merge Options
1. Select the cells you want
to wrap
2. Click Wrap Text on the v Merge & Center: This
Home tab merges the selected cells into
one cell and centers the text

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v Merge Across: This
merges the selected cells into
larger cells while keeping each
row separate
v Merge Cells: This merges
the selected cells into one cell
but does not center the text
v Unmerge Cells: This
unmerges selected cells

Merging Cells
1. Select the cell range you
want to merge
2. Click Merge & Center on
the Home tab

Formatting Font
Changing Font
Size Changing Font
1. Select the cells you want 1. Select the cells you want
to modify to modify
2. Click the drop-down 2. Click the drop-down
arrow next to the Font Size arrow next to the Font
3. Choose the font you 3. Choose the font you
want want

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Changing Font
Color
1. Select the cells you want
to modify
2. Click the drop-down
arrow next to the Font Color
3. Choose the font you
want

Using Bold, Italic,

and Underline
Using Bold
Using
1. Select the cells you want
to modify Underline
2. Click Bold (B) on
the Home tab

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1. Select the cells you want
to modify
2. Click Underline (U) on
the Home tab

Using Italics
1. Select the cells you want
to modify
2. Click Italics (I)on the
Home tab

Cell Borders and

Fill Colors
Adding Fill 1. Select the cell(s) you
want to modify
Colors 2. Click the drop-down
arrow next to the Fill Color on
the Home tab
3. Choose the fill color you
want

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1. Select the cell(s) you
want to modify
2. Click the drop-down
arrow next to the Borders
3. Choose the border style
you want to use

Adding
Borders

Cell Styles
Applying a 2. Click the drop-down
arrow in the Cell Styles
Cell Style category or choose one of the
displayed styles

1. Select the cell(s) you

want to modify

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Text Alignment
Text v Left Align: This aligns
content to the left border of
Alignment v
the cell
Center Align: This aligns
Options content an equal distance from
the left and right borders of the
cell

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v Right Align: This aligns
content to the right border of
the cell 1. Select the cell(s) you
v Top Align: This aligns want to modify
content to the top border of 2. Choose one of the
the cell horizontal alignment options
v Middle Align: This aligns on the Home tab
content an equal distance from
the top and bottom borders of

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the cell
Bottom Align: This aligns
Changing
content to the bottom border Vertical Text
of the cell
Alignment
1. Select the cell(s) you
want to modify
2. Choose one of the
Changing vertical alignment options on
the Home tab
Horizontal
Text
Alignment

Number Formats
Applying
Number 1. Click the Number Format
drop-down menu in the
Formats Number group on the Home
tab

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OR
2. Click one of the quick
number-formatting options v Increasing and
below the drop-down menu decreasing the decimal will
display the value rounded to
the decimal place, but the
actual value will be shown in
the formula bat

Increasing
and
Decreasing
Decimals

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Inserting and
Deleting a
Worksheet
Inserting a
New Worksheet
Deleting a
1. Click the New Sheet
button near the bottom-right Worksheet
corner of the window
1. Right-click on the
worksheet you want to delete
2. Click Delete

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Working with
Multiple
Worksheets
1. Right-click on the
worksheet tab
Renaming a 2.
3.
Hover over Tab Color
Select the color you
Worksheet want

1. Right-click on the
worksheet you want to rename
2. Click Rename
3. Type the name you want
for the worksheet Copying a
4. Press the Enter key
5. Press OK Worksheet
1. Right-click on the
Changing the worksheet you want to copy
Worksheet Tab 2.
3.
Click Move or Copy
Choose where the sheet
Color 4.
will appear
Check the box next to
Create a copy
5. Press OK

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1. Click and drag the
worksheet you want to move
Moving a 2.
to the place you want it
Release the mouse
Worksheet

Using Find and

Replace
Finding Cell
Content
1. Click Find and Select on
the Home tab
2. Click Find from the
drop-down menu
3.
to find
Enter the text you want
Replacing
4.
Next
Click Find All or Find Cell Content
5. Press Close
1. Click Find and Select on
the Home tab
2. Click Replace from the
drop-down menu

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3. Enter the text you want
to find in the “Find what:” box
4. Enter the text you want
to replace it with in the
“Replace with:” box
5. Click Find next or Find all
6. To replace, select one of
the replace options

Spell Check
Using Spell
Check
1. Click Spelling on the
Review tab
2. For each error Excel will
five their suggestions on how

3.
to fix them
Click the suggestion you Ignoring
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want
Press Change
Spelling
“Errors”
v Ignore Once: This will
skip the word without changing
it
v Ignore All: This will skip
the word without changing it

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and also skip all other instances
of the word in your worksheet
v Add: This adds the word
to the dictionary so it will never
appear as an error again. Make
sure the word is spelled
correctly before choosing this
option

Printing
Printing a
Workbook
1. Select the printer you
want
2. Enter the number of
copies you want
3. Change any additional
settings