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Excel Lesson 1

Microsoft Excel Basics


Microsoft Office 2010 Introductory

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Objectives

Define the terms spreadsheet and worksheet.


Identify the parts of a worksheet.
Start Excel, open an existing workbook, and
save a workbook.
Move the active cell in a worksheet.

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Introduction to Spreadsheets
Microsoft Excel 2010 is the spreadsheet
program in Microsoft Office 2010.
A spreadsheet is a grid of rows and
columns in which you enter text,
numbers, and the results of calculations.
In Excel, a computerized spreadsheet is
called a worksheet. The file used to store
worksheets is called a workbook.

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Starting Excel
You start Excel from the Start menu in
Windows. Click the Start button, click All
Programs, click Microsoft Office, and
then click Microsoft Excel 2010.
The Excel program window has the same
basic parts as all Office programs: the title
bar, the Quick Access Toolbar, the
Ribbon, Backstage view, and the status
bar

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Starting Excel (continued)

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Exploring the Parts of the Workbook
Each workbook contains three worksheets
by default. The worksheet displayed in the
work area is the active worksheet.
Columns appear vertically and are
identified by letters. Rows appear
horizontally and are identified by numbers.
 A cell is the intersection of a row and a
column. Each cell is identified by a unique
cell reference.

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Exploring the Parts of the Workbook
(continued)
The cell in the worksheet in which you can
type data is called the active cell.
The Name Box, or cell reference area,
displays the cell reference of the active cell.
The Formula Bar displays a formula when a
worksheet cell contains a calculated value.
A formula is an equation that calculates a new
value from values currently in a worksheet.

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Opening an Existing Workbook
Opening a workbook means loading an
existing workbook file from a drive into
the program window.
To open an existing workbook, you click
the File tab on the Ribbon to display
Backstage view, and then click Open in
the navigation bar. The Open dialog box
appears.

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Saving a Workbook
 The Save command saves an existing
workbook, using its current name and
save location.
 The Save As command lets you save a
workbook with a new name or to a new
location.

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Moving the Active Cell in a Worksheet
 The easiest way to change the active cell in
a worksheet is to move the pointer to the
cell you want to make active and click.
 You can display different parts of the
worksheet by using the mouse to drag the
scroll box in the scroll bar to another
position.
 You can also move the active cell to
different parts of the worksheet using the
keyboard.
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Selecting a Group of Cells
A group of selected cells is called a
range. The range is identified by its range
reference, for example, A3:C5.
In an adjacent range, all cells touch each
other and form a rectangle.
◦ To select an adjacent range, click the cell in a
corner of the range, drag the pointer to the cell
in the opposite corner of the range, and release
the mouse button.

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Selecting a Group of Cells (continued)
A nonadjacent range includes two or
more adjacent ranges and selected cells.
◦ To select a nonadjacent range, select the first
adjacent range or cell, press the Ctrl key as
you select the other cells or ranges you want
to include, and then release the Ctrl key and
the mouse button.

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Setting Up a Workbook
Inthis chapter, you will learn how to
✔ Create workbooks.
✔ Modify workbooks.
✔ Modify worksheets.
✔ Customize the Excel 2010 program
window.

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Thank

NOW WE CAN START IN OUR LAB.

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