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CLASS IX

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER – 11
EDITING AND FORMATTING IN EXCEL

I. Objective type questions


II. Descriptive Type Questions
A. Very short Answer Questions
1. What is Autofill?
Ans. Instead of entering all your data manually, you can use
the AutoFill feature to fill cells with data that follows a pattern
or that is based on data in other cells.
2. What is Autocomplete?
Ans. Whenever you type a text entry that begins with the same
characters as another entry in the column, Excel will suggest
this as a possible text entry. If you want the suggested entry,
just press [Enter] or a directional key to accept the entry and
then move on. If you don’t want the suggestion, just keep
typing.
3. How do you change column width?
Ans. To set a column to a specific width
1. Select the column or columns that you want to change.
2. On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Format.
3. Under Cell Size, click Column Width.
4. In the Column width box, type the value that you want.
5. Click OK.
4. What does shift cells up option of delete drop down menu
do?
Ans. Shift cells up option of delete down menu fill the deleted
cell with the value of the cell which was below by shifting it up.
5. How do you change row height?
Ans. To change row height
1. Select any cell in the row(s) you'd like to resize
2. Click on the Home tab, in the Cells group
3. Click Format > Row Height. In the Row height box, type
the desired value
4. Click OK

B. Short Answer Questions.


1. How do you change the row height of multiple rows?
Ans. To change the row height of multiple rows
1. Select the rows that you want to change.
2. On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Format.
Under Cell Size, click Row Height.
3. In the Row height box, type the value that you want
4. Click OK.

2. How do you make the column width same for all columns?
Ans. To make the column width same for all columns
1. Select the whole work by using select all button or key board
short cut Ctrl + A.
2. On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Format.
3. Under Cell Size, click Column Width.
4. In the Column width box, type the value that you want.
5. Click OK.
3. How do you delete cells? How do you delete a range of
cells?
Ans. If you want to remove cells from the worksheet and shift
the surrounding cells to fill the space, you can select
the cells and delete them. On the Home tab, in the Cells group,
click the arrow next to Delete, and then click Delete Cells.

To delete the range of cells rather than


just clear the cell contents, follow these steps:
1. Select the cells, rows, or columns you want to delete.
2. Click the drop-down button attached to the Delete button
in the Cells group of the Home tab.
3. Click Delete Cells on the drop-down menu.

4. What do you mean by merge and center option for cells?


Ans. Excel has a unique button which is merge and center
which is used to merge two or more different cells, when data
is inserted to any merged cells it is in the center position thus
the name as merge and center, re-clicking on the button
unmerge the cells but the value in the cell merged is located to
the initial first cell in the worksheet.
5. How do you format cells as date or time?

Ans. To format cells as date or time:


1. On the Home tab, in the Number group, click the Dialog Box
Launcher next to Number.

2. You can also press CTRL+1 to open the Format Cells dialog
box.
3. In the Category list, click Date or Time.

4. In the Type list, click the date or time format that you want
to use.
C. Long Answer Questions
1. How do you select a range of cells? (in book there is a
mistake in this question).
Ans. To select a range.
Select a cell, then with the left mouse button pressed, drag
over the other cells. Or use the Shift + arrow keys
to select the range. To select non-adjacent cells and cell ranges,
hold Ctrl and select the cells.
2. Distinguish between horizontal and vertical alignments.
Write the steps to apply Horizontal alignments.
Ans. To align text horizontally, Horizontal alignment is used. By this
we can align in the left, center, and right of the cell. We can set
horizontal alignment by using alignment buttons in alignment
group of Home tab. We can also define alignment in
the Alignment tab of the Format Cells dialog box.
In vertical alignment, information in a cell can be located at the
top of the cell, middle of the cell, or bottom of the cell. The
default is bottom.
Follow these steps to change vertical alignment of cell data:
1. Select the cells you want to align.
2. On the Home tab, in alignment group Select Vertical alignment.
(Top, Middle, Bottom)

3. Write the steps to wrap text in a cell/


Ans. 1. Click in the cell.
2. Click on Home Tab  alignment groupWrap text

4. How will you add border surrounding a range of cells?


Ans. 1. Select the cells
2. Click on home tab  font group  border button
3. Select a border of your choice.

5. How to apply B, I, U effect? Explain in details.


Ans. To apply Bold, Italic and Underline effects, follow the
given steps:
1. Select a cell or range of cells.
2. Click on Home Tab
3. In the Font group, click any of the following button:
 Bold (B): Click to make the text bold
 Italic (I) : Click to tilt the selected text
 Underline (U): Click to insert a line below the
text.
 You can also choose the underline style by
clicking its drop-down arrow

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