CANOSSA ACADEMY

San Carlos, Lipa City 4217

PAASCU ACCREDITED
SY 2018 – 2019

COMPUTER 3
FIRST QUARTER – TOPIC 1
(TK ENTREPRENEUR)

TOPIC: MS Excel Interface and Renaming Worksheets

TARGET SKILLS: 

► Opening an Excel file

► Knowing the Interface of MS Excel
► Identifying Parts of the Workbook
► Identifying Parts of a Worksheet
► Renaming Worksheets

OBJECTIVES: 
At the end of the activity, students should be able to:
► Identify the different parts of the workbook and worksheet
► Navigate through the whole worksheet
► Identify the purpose of workbooks

VALUES INTEGRATION: 
► Be creative in thinking of a new business. 

 MOTIVATE
TITLE: THE BOAT IS SINKING!
DESCRIPTION: 
Each member should have a piece of paper with their name written on it. After each category has been
said, they just have to arrange the papers according to the given category.
MATERIALS: 
► A sheet of paper ► Pen or pencil

 TEACH
Teaching Tips: 
Before the start of the lecture, let the students open the Microsoft Excel and let them explore it. Then,
ask them to close the application and call them one by one and ask what they can recall.
Lecture: 
Microsoft Excel is an application that has a lot of features which allows the user to calculate and graph.
This is composed of a worksheet that has thousands of cells that has a specific name to help the user find a
specific cell easily.

A. OPENING AN EXCEL FILE

Click on Start ►All Programs ► Microsoft Office► Microsoft
Excel or double-click on the Microsoft Excelshortcut on the desktop. This will
open a blank workbook in Microsoft Excel.
B. IDENTIFYING PARTS OF THE WORKBOOK
First, let’s go through the different parts of workbook. The first bar highlighted in yellow is the Title
Bar. The second bar highlighted in red is the Menu Bar. The third bar highlighted in blue is the Tool Bar.
And the last bar highlighted in green is the Formula Bar.

Title Bar, is the part where you could see the file name of your workbook. When you open a
workbook, it will display Book1 automatically. But after saving, the default file name which is Book1
would then be changed into your chosen file name.

Menu Bar, allows you to access the various functions of the worksheet.

Tool Bar, allows you to access the main functions of the worksheet. This includes changing of
fonts, attaching images, including charts, etc.

Formula Bar, allows you to view the current content of the selected cell. This also allows data to
be entered on a specific cell.

Name Box, located at the left side of the Formula Bar, this helps you to identify which cell
you’ve selected.
 C. IDENTIFYING PARTS OF THE WORKSHEET
 
After going through all the parts of the workbook, we will now identify and familiarize ourselves with
the different parts of the worksheet. But let us first define worksheet.
Worksheet is the table that contains all the cells.

Column Header, is located under the Formula Bar and the Name Box. Columns are labeled as letters.

Row Header, is located at the left side of the worksheet. Rows are labeled as numbers.

Cells, are the boxes that you could see on the entire worksheet. Each cell has a specific name based on
the Column Header and Row Header. You can check the name of the cell in the Name Box.
 Sheets, are located on the lower left side of the worksheet. It has a default of 3 sheets. You can add
as many sheets as you want by clicking on the Insert Worksheet. You can also rename each sheet and switch
from one after the other by clicking each sheet tab.

Navigation Buttons, are located at the left side of the sheet tabs. It is used when you have a lot of
sheets to navigate from.

D. RENAMING WORKSHEETS
Each worksheet can be renamed with anything you want. You can do this by double-clicking the
sheet tab. After that, type in the name of the new sheet and press Enter.

 LEARN
STEPS: 
1. Open Microsoft Excel.

Click on Start ► All Programs ► Microsoft Office ► Microsoft Excel or double-click on the Microsoft Excel
shortcut on the desktop. This will open a blank workbook in Microsoft Excel.

This will automatically take you to a blank document.

2. Save file.

Before you start navigating through the workbook, it’s best to save your work now so you’ll just hit the Ctrl + S
keys once you’re done.

To save the document, go to File then click Save As.

 
 Upon clicking Save, the Save As window will show. Locate where you want to save your file then type the
name of file in the File Name box. Click Save. Your file is now saved
3. Let’s Start.

First, think of a new business. For example, a Bake Shop. Then, think of the different needs of your business.

 
4. Rename the Sheets.

Rename each sheet tab according to the needs of your business. Use “Location” for sheet 1, “Money” for sheet
2, and “Baking Materials” for sheet 3. Double-click each sheet tab and type in the name and press Enter.

 
 5. Add sheets in your current Microsoft Excel file

To add another sheet, click the Insert Worksheetbutton beside Sheet 3 or just use Shift+F11. Add “Ingredients”
and “Labor”.

6. Lastly, save your file.

After renaming all your sheet tabs, save your file. And that’s it! 

 RUBRICS: 
 OBJECTIVE TEST
Directions: Identify each part of MS Excel.