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Microsoft Excel

SELECTING RANGES
A contiguous range is any group of selected mouse, the keyboard or a combination of the two.
cells that form either a square or a rectangle. A Once selected, you can use the range for input, or
single cell that is selected is also considered to apply formatting, or copy the cells as required.
be a range. Ranges can be selected using the

Try This Yourself: 1

Before starting this exercise you


Open
File

MUST open the file E705


Ranges_1.xlsx...

Click on cell B7 to select it



Because it is the only cell
selected it is the active cell…
Hold down the key and
 click in cell E10
Even though a range has been
selected, the active cell is B7 – it 2
appears in a different colour and
its contents appear in the
formula bar. You can keep the
range selected and change the
active cell within the range using
the keyboard…


Press several times and
watch the various cells become
3
active through the selection
Click in cell B7, hold down the

mouse button, and drag down to
cell C10 before releasing the
mouse
The previous selection has
disappeared and the range B7 4
to C10 is now selected…


Press and to
deselect the selected cells and
return the cell pointer to cell A1

For Your Reference… Handy to Know…


To select ranges with the mouse:  When a range has been selected it can be
1. Click in the left-most cell of the range used as an input range. You can then enter
data into the active cell and move the active
2. Hold down the key and click in the
cell to either the cell below by pressing ,
last cell, Or
or the adjacent cell by pressing .
3. Drag the mouse pointer to the bottom right
corner of the range

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