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INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVES
There are a number of features that are available in Excel to make your task
easier. Some of the main features are:
AutoFormat - lets you to choose many preset table formatting options.
AutoSum - helps you to add the contents of a cluster of adjacent cells.
List AutoFill - automatically extends cell formatting when a new item is added to the
end of a list.
AutoFill - feature allows you to quickly fill cells with repetitive or sequential data such
as chronological dates or numbers, and repeated text. AutoFill can also be used to
copy functions. You can also alter text and numbers with this feature.
AutoShapes toolbar will allow you to draw a number of geometrical shapes, arrows,
flowchart elements, stars and more. With these shapes you can draw your own
graphs.
Wizard - guides you to work effectively while you work by displaying various helpful
tips and techniques based on what you are doing.
Drag and Drop - feature will help you to reposition the data and text by simply
dragging the data with the help of mouse.
Charts - features will help you in presenting a graphical representation of your data in
the form of Pie, Bar, Line charts and more.
PivotTable - flips and sums data in seconds and allows you to perform data analysis
and generating reports like periodic financial statements, statistical reports, etc. You
can also analyze complex data relationships graphically.
Shortcut Menus - commands that are appropriate to the task that you are doing
appear by clicking the right mouse button.
STARTING EXCEL
Click on (with the help of mouse) the Start button on the Windows 98 Taskbar at the
bottom of the Screen
Highlight the Programs item. The program menu will open.
Select Microsoft Excel from the list of programs. (these steps are shown Figure
12.1)
Click on Microsoft Excel
Symbolically these actions are shown below.
Select Start Programs Microsoft Excel commands from your menu bar.
MicrosoftExcel
MSOB
Fig. 12.1
Throughout the text of your lessons on MS Excel we will be showing the symbol to
indicate the direction (steps) you have to follow.
You can also use the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar (MSOB) as shown in figure 12.1 to
start your work on Excel.
EXCEL WORKSHEET
Excel allows you to create worksheets much like paper ledgers that can perform
automatic calculations. Each Excel file is a workbook that can hold many worksheets.
The worksheet is a grid of columns (designated by letters) and rows (designated by
numbers). The letters and numbers of the columns and rows (called
labels) are displayed in gray buttons across the top and left side of the
worksheet. The intersection of a column and a row is called a cell. Each
cell on the spreadsheet has a cell address that is the column letter and
the row number. Cells can contain either text, numbers, or
mathematical formulas.
Fig. 12.2
The worksheets in a workbook are accessible by clicking the worksheet tabs just above
the status bar. By default, three worksheets are included in each workbook. To add a
sheet, select Insert Worksheet from the menu bar. To rename the worksheet tab,
move the cursor to sheet tab, right-click on the tab with the mouse and select Rename
from the shortcut menu. Type the new name and press the ENTER key.
Standard Toolbar
This toolbar is located just below the menu bar at the top of the screen and allows
you to quickly access basic Excel commands.
Fig. 12.3
1. New - Select File->New from the menu bar, or press CTRL+N, or click the
New button to create a new workbook.
2. Open - Click File Open from the menu bar, or press CTRL+O, or click
the Open folder button to open an existing workbook.
3. Save - The first time you save a workbook, select File->Save As and name
the file. After the file is named click File->Save, or CTRL+S, or the Save
button on the standard toolbar.
4. Print - Click the Print button to print the worksheet.
5. Print Preview - This feature will allow you to preview the worksheet
before it prints.
6. Spell Check - Use the spell checker to correct spelling errors on the
worksheet.
7. Cut, Copy, Paste, and Format Painter - These actions will be
explained to you later in this lesson.
8. Undo and Redo - Click the backward Undo arrow to cancel the last
action you performed like entering data into a cell, formatting a cell,
entering a function, etc. Click the forward Redo arrow to cancel the
undo action.
9. Insert Hyperlink - To insert a hyperlink to a web site on the Internet, type
the text into a cell you want to be the link that can be clicked with the
mouse. Then, click the Insert Hyperlink button and enter the web
address you want the text to link to and click OK.
10. AutoSum, Function Wizard, and Sorting - These features are
discussed in lesson 15.
11. Chart and Drawing - These feature are discussed in lesson 16.
12. Zoom - To change the size that the worksheet appears on the
screen, choose a different percentage from the Zoom menu.
To enter data into your worksheet you must first have a cell or range selected. When
you open an Excel worksheet, cell A1 is already active. An active cell will appear to
have a darker border around it than other cells on the worksheet. The simplest
way to select a cell is with your mouse pointer. Move your mouse to the desired cell
and click on it with right button. Whatever you type goes into the cell. To select a
range of cells, click on one cell, hold down the left mouse button and drag the
mouse pointer to the last cell of the range you want to select. You can also use
keyboard shortcuts given at the end of this lesson for selecting cells.
DATA ENTRY
You can enter various kinds of data in a cell.
Numbers: Your numbers can be from the entire range of numeric values: whole
numbers (example, 25), decimals (example, 25.67) and scientific notation (example,
0.2567E+2). Excel displays scientific notation automatically if you enter a number that
is too long to be viewed in its entirety in a cell. You may also see number signs (# # # #
# #) when a cell entry is too long. Widening the column that contains the cell with the
above signs will allow you to read the number.
Text: First select the cell in which data has to be entered and type the text. Press
ENTER key to finish your text entry.
The text will be displayed in the active cell as well as in the Formula bar. If
you have numbers to be treated as text use an apostrophe (‘) as the first
character. You cannot do calculations with these kind of data entry.
1. Date and Time: When you enter dates and times, Excel converts these
entries into serial numbers and kept as background information. However,
the dates and times will be displayed to you on the worksheet in a format
opted by you. You will learn about date and time formats later in lesson
10.
2. Data in Series: You can fill a range of cells either with the same value or
with a series of values with the help of AutoFill.
EDITING DATA
Editing your Excel worksheet data is very easy. You can edit your data by
any of the following ways:
1. Select the cell containing data to be edited. Press F2. Use Backspace key
and erase the wrong entry. Retype the correct entry.
2. Select the cell and simply retype the correct entry.
3. If you want only to clear the contents of the cell, select the cell and press
Delete key.
4. To bring back the previous entry, either click on Undo button on standard
Toolbar or select Edit->Undo command or use keyboard shortcuts CTRL+Z.
CELL REFERENCES
Each worksheet contains a number of columns and rows. Each cell of the
worksheet has a unique reference. For example, D5, refers to the cell
containing column number D and row number 5.
1. Moving Cells
To cut cell contents that will be moved to another cell select Edit-
>Cut from the menu bar or click the Cut button on the standard
toolbar.
2. Copying Cells
To copy the cell contents, select Edit->Copy from the menu bar or
click the Copy button on the standard toolbar.
Highlight the cell you want to paste the cut or copied content into and
select Edit->Paste from the menu bar or click the Paste button on
the standard toolbar.
If you are moving the cell contents only a short distance, the drag-and-
drop method may be easier. Simply drag the highlighted border of the
selected cell to the destination cell with the mouse.
5. Freeze Panes
If you have a large worksheet with column and row headings, those
headings will disappear as the worksheet is scrolled. By using the
Freeze Panes feature, the headings can be visible at all times.
1. Click the label of the row below the row that should re- main frozen
at the top of the worksheet.
2. Select Window->Freeze Panes from the menu bar.
3. To remove the frozen panes, select Window->Unfreeze Panes.
Fig. 12.4
Freeze panes has been added to row 2 in the image above. No- tice that
the row numbers skip from 3 to 8. As the worksheet is scrolled, rows 1
and 2 will remain stationary while the remain- ing rows will move.
Following similar steps you can Freeze or Unfreeze selected columns.
Fig. 12.5
2. Margins Change the top, bottom, left, and right margins under the
Margins tab. Enter values in the header and footer fields to indicate
how far from the edge of the page this text should appear. Check the
boxes for centering horizontally or vertically on the page.
Fig. 12.6
3. Header/Footer tab gives you the option to set the Header (which
will be displayed on the top of every page) and the Footer (which
will be displayed on the bottom of every page). Add preset headers
and footers to the page by clicking the drop-down menus under
the Header/Footer tab.
Fig. 12.7
Fig. 12.8
Format Text - Click this button after highlighting the text to change
the font, size, and style.
Page Number - Insert the page number of each page.
Total Number of Pages - Use this feature along with the page
number to create strings such as “page 5 of 10”.
Date - Add the current date.
Time - Add the current time.
File Name - Add the name of the workbook file.
Tab Name - Add the name of the worksheet’s tab.
4. Sheet tab has the option to select the area to be printed (that is,
range of cells). Check Gridlines if you want the gridlines dividing the cells
to be printed on the page. If the worksheet is several pages long and only
the first page in- cludes titles for the columns, select Rows to repeat at top
to choose a title row that will be printed at the top of each page.
Fig. 12.9
INTEXT QUESTIONS
1. Write True or False for the following statements
(a) To modify a preset header or footer click the custom header and
custom footer buttons.
(c) Charts features help you in presenting a graphical
representation of data.
(d) Click the edit button to print the worksheet.
(e) Pivot table allows you to perform data analysis.
PRINT PREVIEW
Select File Print Preview from the menu bar to view how the
worksheet will print. Click the Next and Previous buttons at the top
of the window to display the pages and click the Zoom button to view
the pages closer. Make page layout modifications needed by clicking
the Page Setup button. Click Close to return to the worksheet or
Print to continue printing.
PRINT
To print the worksheet, select File Print from the menu bar.
Fig. 12.10
WORKBOOK PROTECTION
You have learned how to save your workbook as a file. Sometimes your
data can be very confidential which you would like to protect from
unauthorized people. Protection prevents changes to all or part of a
document. You can also assign a password so that other users can be
limited in accessing protected informa- tion. A password is case sensitive,
can be up to 255 characters long, and can contain any combination of
letters, numbers, and symbols. When a document is protected, this
command changes to Unprotect Document.
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Keyboard shortcuts can save time and the effort of switching from the
keyboard to the mouse to execute simple commands. Print this list of Excel
keyboard shortcuts and keep it at your computer desk for a quick
reference.
Action Keystroke
Document Actions
Cursor Movement
Spelling F7
Help F1
Macros ALT+F8
Selecting Cells
Text Style
Bold CTRL+B
Italics CTRL+I
Underline CTRL+U
Strikethrough CTRL+5
CTRL+X Cut
CTRL+C Copy
CTRL+V Paste
CTRL+Z Undo
CTRL+Y Redo
Note: A plus sign in the above list indicates that the keys need to be
pressed at the same time.
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