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Excel
Getting Started with Excel

FIRST COURSE

Objectives
       

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Basics-Creating Folders Applications of Excel Overview of Excel Screen Entering Data Creating Workbook Editing and Renaming Worksheets Saving and Deleting Workbooks Assignment
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Creating Folders

Select Places menu from Taskbar Click on Computer option Select the Destination Folder Click File>Create Folder or Right Click and select Create Folder from pop-up menu

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Introducing Excel

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Excel is a computer program used to enter, analyze, and present quantitative data A spreadsheet is a collection of text and numbers laid out in a rectangular grid.
Often used in business for budgeting, inventory management, and decision making

What-if analysis lets you change one or more values in a spreadsheet and then assess the effect those changes have on the calculated values

Applications of Excel
     

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Sales and Cost Analysis Financial reports Sales Forecasting Stock/Inventory control Budgeting Any kind of reports

Introducing Excel

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Exploring Excel

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Exploring Excel

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Navigating a Worksheet
Excel provides several ways to navigate a worksheet

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Planning a Workbook

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Before you begin to enter data into a workbook, you should develop a plan
Planning analysis sheet

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Entering Text, Numbers, and Dates in Cells

The formula bar displays the content of the active cell Text data is a combination of letters, numbers, and some symbols Number data is any numerical value that can be used in a mathematical calculation Date and time data are commonly recognized formats for date and time values

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Entering Data


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Text
includes numbers, alphabets or symbols

Numbers
Includes 0 to 9 and special chars. i.e. + - ( ) , / $ %

Date and Time

Date format can be MM/DD/YY, MMM-YY, DD-MMM-YY, DDMMM Time format can be HH:MM, HH:MM:SS, HH:MM AM/PM, HH:MM, MM/DD/YY HH:MM,HH:MM MM/SS/YY

Creating Workbook
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By default, New workbook will be created or Select File>New Spreadsheet or Click on new button on toolbar

Editing Cell Contents

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By Double click on Cell Content or Select the cell and edit contents in Formula bar or Press F2
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Saving workbook
Click on Save button on the Standard toolbar or Press Ctrl + S Keys or Select Save or Save As from File Menu

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Closing workbook
Click on Close button or Press Ctrl + Q Keys or Select Exit from File Menu

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Open an existing workbook

Click on Open button on the Standard toolbar or Press Ctrl + O Keys or Select Open from File Menu

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Deleting workbook
Select the workbook Press Delete key or Right click on workbook Select Move to Trash

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ASSIGNMENT

Summary
Basics-Creating Folders Applications of Excel Overview of Excel Screen Entering Data Creating Workbook Editing and Renaming Worksheets Saving and Deleting Workbooks

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