COMPUTER 3

SECOND QUARTER – TOPIC 2

(TK ENTREPRENEUR)

TOPIC: Editing Excel File

TARGET SKILLS: 

► Renaming Cells
► Adding Contents to Cells
► Editing Contents of Cells
► Deleting Contents of Cells

OBJECTIVES: 
At the end of the activity, students should be able to:
► Select, edit, rename and delete cells.
► Add contents to cells.
► Go to different cells quickly.

VALUES INTEGRATION: 
► Being considerate towards people. Everyone makes mistakes.

I. MOTIVATE

TITLE: Brain Teaser (A Short Guessing Game)

DESCRIPTION:
1. To start, download the file Riddles.txt.
2. Call out one student for one riddle, if the student answered it correctly, let him/her choose one box by saying
the coordinates of the box. If the student wasn’t able to answer it correctly, then call out another student to
answer.
3. Repeat step 2 until all the boxes are already opened

II. TEACH

Teaching Tips: 
First, open Microsoft Excel. Call out each student in front. Recite different cells and let them locate it by
clicking on the specific cell that you have stated. (The faster, the better)

LECTURE: 
The thousands of boxes that you can see on the worksheet are called cells. You can rename, delete, and
edit each cell. This is where you insert contents and data. 

A. RENAMING CELLS
Cells can be renamed. This helps you to locate the specific cell that you are looking for. To do this, click
on a cell that you want to rename (1), then go to Name Box which is located at the left side of the Formula Bar
(2) , and type in the new name of the cell (2). Press Enter to save changes.
B. ADDING CONTENTS TO CELLS
You can put anything you want in a cell. Some of which are numbers, letters, and dates. To add content
to a cell, click on a specific cell, then type in any word or number you want. For example, you can type in the
word “Hello” and press Enter. Repeat the above steps to add more contents to different cells.

C. EDITING CONTENTS OF CELLS

If you want to change the content of a specific cell, do this by double-clicking on the cell that you want
to edit/change, then type in the new content and press Enter. Another way of editing content is to use the
Formula Bar. Click on the cell you want to edit. Go to the Formula Bar and highlight the current content in it if
you want to edit the whole content, then type in the new content and press Enter.

D. DELETING CONTENTS OF CELLS

If you want to delete the content of a cell, click on the cell that you want to delete, then press Backspace
or Delete.
III. 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.

2. Input Contents.
Click on the first cell, which is A1, and type in “Jewelry Store”. Then click on cells A3, B3, and C3.
Type in “Item Name”, “Date Delivered” and “Number of Stocks”, respectively.

Under Item Name, type in “Beads”, “Strings”, “Stones”, “Diamonds”, and “Rocks” respectively. One
word per cell only.

Under Date Delivered, type in “3/11/2012”, “3/20/2012”, “4/1/2012”, “4/10/2012”, respectively. (One
word per cell only)
Stocks, type in “100”, “250”, “80”, “300”, respectively. (One word per cell only)

3. Rename a cell. 
Click on cell A1, go to Name Box and type in “business”. Press Enter.

4. Edit a cell.
Click on cell B4 which is “3/11/2012”. Edit it by double-clicking the cell and typing in the new date
which is “3/1/2012”. Press Enter.

5. Delete a cell.
Click on cell A8 which is “Rocks”, and press Backspace or Delete
 
6. Save File.
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.

IV. EVALUATE

A. PERFORMANCE TASK

HANDS O N – PERFO RMANC E TEST

APO LO G Y AC C EPTED
• FILL ME UP!

O n e o f yo u r g ro u p m a te s ju st c a lle d to a p o lo g ize b e c a u se
th e Exc e l file th a t sh e su b m itte d to yo u c o n ta in s e rro rs th a t sh o u ld
b e c o rre c te d rig h t a w a y. Sh e sta te d th e c e ll a d d re sse s th a t
sh o u ld b e re na me d , a d d e d , e d ite d , o r de le te d . Yo u a c c e p te d
h e r a p o lo g y a n d sa id th a t yo u w ill ju st e d it th e Exc e l file yo u rse lf.
Yo u c a n u se th e d iffe re n t e xa m p le s o f n o u n fo r th e c o n te n ts o f
th e c e lls. Use th e c a te g o rie s o f n o u n a n d its e xa m p le s.
RUBRICS:
CRITERIA SUPERIOR EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR POOR SCORE
5 4 3 2 1
QUALITY OF Output was Output was Output was Output Output
OUTPUT done as done as what somewhat was was not
what was was expected, done as somewhat correct and
expected, cell was what was done as cell was
renamed the renamed but expected what was renamed.
cell and there were 1-2 but cell expected
there were parts that are was but cell
no mistakes. wrong renamed. was not
renamed.

INSTRUCUTION Correctly Followed Followed Only one Did not

COMPLIANCE followed all mostly all of instructions instruction follow the
of the given the instructions correctly was given
instructions. correctly. but not all followed. instruction
were .
followed.

ADDING Content is Content is 80% Content is Content is Content is

CONTENT 100% complete. 60% 400% 20%
complete. complete. complete. complete.

COMPLETENES All the All the Not all Most Nothing

S required required parts required required was done.
parts are are present but parts are parts are
present and some of their present. not
all of their contents seem present.
contents are incomplete or
completed. lacking details.

B. OBJECTIVE TEST

I. TRUE OR FALSE: Write True if the statement is correct and write False if the statement is incorrect.
_________ 1 Formula Bar is where you can rename the cell.
_________ 2 You can put a combination of letters and numbers as a content inside a cell.
_________ 3 Once you input a content to a cell, there is no way to edit it.
_________ 4 There are two ways of editing the content of the cell --– through the Formula Bar
and Name Box.
_________ 5 Deleting the content of a cell is as easy as pressing the Delete or Backspace key.

II. FILL IN THE BLANKS: Write the correct answer on the blank space provided.
1. Locating a specific cell for future use can easily be done by _______________ the cells.
2. Editing the content of the cell is done by ____________________ the cell.
3. _____________ is where you edit the name of the cell.
4. You can add, edit, and __________ content of the cell.
5. Letters and ____________ are accepted as contents of the cell.

Answer Key:
TRUE OR FALSE: FILL IN THE BLANKS:
1. False 1. renaming
2. True 2. double-clicking
3. False 3. Name Box
4. False 4. Delete
5. True 5. Numbers