Microsoft Excel

The Basics

What is Excel?

Excel is a Microsoft Office program commonly

used in corporations
Numerous versions available (1997, 2007,
2013)
Used for clerical purposes like database,
vouchers, etc

Parts of an Excel sheet

CELL

Parts of an Excel sheet

COLUM
Columns
N
are
represented
by letters

Parts of an Excel sheet

ROW
Rows are
represented
by numbers

Parts of an Excel sheet

What
cell is
this?

Parts of an Excel Screen

MENU
BAR

Parts of an Excel Screen

WORKSHEE
TS

WORKSHEETS Sheet1, Sheet2, Sheet3

WORKBOOK The entire file, comprised of
sheets

First Exercise

First Exercise

CELL A2 type Receipt

CELL A4 type Apple
CELL A5 type Orange
CELL A6 type
Strawberries

First Exercise
RESIZING COLUMNS AND
ROWS

Either click-anddrag or double

click

First Exercise
RESIZING COLUMNS AND
ROWS

Either click-anddrag or double

click

First Exercise

First Exercise
SELECTING CELLS

Select CELL
A2 then
click-anddrag to D7

First Exercise
PLACING BORDERS

Go to Menu
Bar and
under home
click this
then this

First Exercise
SELECTING CELLS

1) Select row
(1)
- click on the
number

First Exercise
SELECTING CELLS

2) Select row
(3)
- press and hold
CTRL then
click on the
number

First Exercise
FORMATTING CELLS

Select cells A1
to D1

First Exercise
FORMATTING CELLS

The click these

two

First Exercise

EQUATION

On cell B5 type =B2+B3+B4

Or on cell B5 type = then click cell B2 then
type + then click cell B3 then type + then
click cell B4 then press enter

EQUATION

On cell D2 type =B2*C2

Or on cell D2 type = then click cell B2 then
type * then click cell C2

EQUATION

Click-and-drag the corner of cell D2 then drag to

C5

Do the same thing for cell B5 but drag it to C5

FUNCTIONS

Functions are pre-determined equations in

excel
Format is

Functions to learn

=function_name(******)

Sum
Average
Min
Max