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Joseph High School

Assignment: # 1
Name: Jada Arthur
Teacher: Angelica Humphrey
Grade: 10 Science
Date: 19 September 2022
 Questions and Answers

1. List the various types of cursers found in Microsoft excel.

Answer: They are many types of cursers found in Microsoft excel.They are:

 General Select
 Fill Data
 I-Beam Cursor
 Arrow Mouse Pointer
 Column Resize Mouse Pointer
 Row Resize Mouse Pointer
 Move Selected cells Mouse Pointer
 Copy Selected Cells Mouse Pointer

2. Provide the meaning and usage of each type of curser listed in Question 1
Answer:

Name Definitions


When Excel's mouse pointer is at "General Select" shape as
General Select
marked in below image, it is ready to select a cell or a range of
cells within in Excel worksheet.

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Fill Data Filling refers to the process of filling cells with data. It is very
much like copying the contents of one cell to another, and in some
cases does exactly that. In other situations, filling can create a
series of data items in consecutive cells.
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I-Beam Cursor The I-beam - indicates that you may type text in this area. The
fill handle - used for copying formula or extending a data series.
Used to select a whole row/column when positioned on the row
number or column letter.
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Arrow. Resizes columns or rows. Double-clicking the mouse will
Arrow Mouse
automatically fit the column or row to the widest contents for the
column or to the tallest contents for the row. Black Arrow. Selects a
 whole column (vertical arrow) or row (horizontal arrow).

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 Fill data mouse pointer shape appears when you hover the
Pointer mouse pointer over the small square at the bottom right
corner of the cell. When Excel's mouse pointer is at "Fill Data"
shape as marked in below image, it can fill data or extend a data
series.


Column Resize This lets you drag a column edge left or right, or a row edge up
or down, to resize the space.
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Move Selected cells Mouse Pointer appears when mouse hover
Mouse Pointer
at border of a cell or range of cells

Row Resize Mouse Row Resize Mouse Pointer appears when mouse hover at the
Pointer border between Row numbers. When Row Resize Mouse Pointer
appear, you need to click and drag to increase or decrease the
height of a row.
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Move Selected cells Excel lets you move information from one cell into another cell,
which means you do not have to type the data into the new cell

and then erase the data in the old location. You might want to
 move data in a worksheet because the layout of the worksheet has
 changed. Click to view larger image.
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Move Selected cells Mouse Pointer appears when mouse hover
Mouse Pointer
at border of a cell or range of cells.

Copy Selected Cells When you copy a cell, the selected cell data remains in its
original location and is added in a temporary storage area
called the Clipboard. Select the cell or cell range you want to copy

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 2. Provide a picture of each of the types of cursers listed in Question 1
Answer:

Name Picture

General Select

Fill Data

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I-Beam Cursor
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Arrow Mouse Pointer

Column Resize Mouse

Pointer

Row Resize Mouse

Pointer
Move Selected cells
Mouse Pointer

Copy Selected Cells

Mouse Pointer