THE BAHRAIN BAYAN SCHOOL

Elementary School

P.O Box 32411, Isa Town, Kingdom of Bahrain

Tel.No. 77122265 Fax.

No. 17780019

FORMATTING CELLS IN EXCEL

LESSON 1
1. Open Microsoft Excel.
2. Change the width (thickness) of Column A.
a. Click Column A
b. Click FORMAT Menu, COLUMN and the WIDTH.

c. Enter the value in inches and press the OK button.

3. Now type the following information.

Note: Some letters or numbers will occupy the next box; ignore them because we will format
the cells later.
4. Now save your worksheet. Use the following format (YOURNAME)(CLASS)ACT3
EX: YARA3P ACT3

Ms. Joybe A. Mendoza

Computer Teacher

THE BAHRAIN BAYAN SCHOOL

Elementary School

P.O Box 32411, Isa Town, Kingdom of Bahrain

Tel.No. 77122265 Fax.

No. 17780019

LESSON 2
1. Open Microsoft Excel.
2. Open your saved file by clicking on FILE, OPEN RECENT then choose the filename of your
saved worksheet.
3. Now start formatting your worksheet. Click on Column B and drag the pointer until Column
I. Notice that the columns are highlighted.

4. Now to make sure that the information fit the cells, click FORMAT, COLUMN, and AUTOFIT
SELECTION. Notice that the cells became wider and the information fit the cells now.

5. Your next step is to put the heading at the center of the columns you are using. Click on
Column A1 and highlight until Column I1.

6. Then click on the FORMAT Menu, choose CELLS to display the Format Cells window.

7. In the Format Cells window,

a. Click the ALIGNMENT tab.
b. In the Vertical Text Alignment,
choose Center.

c. Now click the Merge Cells option.

d. Then press the OK button.
Ms. Joybe A. Mendoza
Computer Teacher