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Revision as of 15:37, 22 February 2011
Contents
Excel Workshop
The Environment
- Menu, toolbar, formatting palette
- Workbook/worksheet
- Creating, moving renaming worksheets
- Selecting Rows | columns | cells
Modifying the Worksheet
- Inserting a row/column: Insert > Row ...
- Resizing rows/columns:
- mouse over column/row header and drag border to resize
- or select row/colum and right click to set width or height
- The more you work with Excel you may want to customize the toolbar for those commands you use frequently: View > Customize Toolbars/menus
- Column Headers, page headers
- Split View
Cell Formatting
- Text
- Numbers, (decimals, scientific notation)
- Formulas (the formula bar) View > Formula bar
- Borders and shading
Adding, Selecting and Moving data
- Creating a series
- Different cursors for different operations
- Keyboard Shortcuts (control-shift-arrow, control home, control end)
Sorting data
- What to Sort and Not to Sort
- Rows vs. Columns
- Ascending/descending
Formulas
- Functions: Functions are predefined formulas that perform calculations by using specific values, called arguments, in a particular order, or structure.
- Arguments: Values that a function uses to perform operations or calculations Common arguments Include numeric values, text, cell references, etc.
- Operators: +-/*
Printing
- Page Break view
- File > Page Setup
- Repeat headers across multiple pages
- Gridlines
