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Getting Started with Microsoft

Office Excel 2016

 Navigate the Excel User Interface


 Use Excel Commands
 Create and Save a Basic Workbook
 Enter Cell Data
 Use Excel Help

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Microsoft Office Excel 2016

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Office 365 Portal

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Spreadsheets, Worksheets, and Workbooks

Worksheets in the
workbook Worksheet

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Cells and Ranges

Cell

Range

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Cell and Range References

Column headers

Row headers Cell B6 Range D2:F6

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The Excel User Interface Outer Elements

Quick Access Toolbar


Ribbon
Title bar

Name Box Formula Bar

Status bar View and zoom


controls

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The Excel User Interface Inner Elements

Select All button

Column headers

Scroll bars

Worksheet tab
navigation controls
New sheet button

Row headers Worksheet tabs

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Excel Window Commands

Minimize button Maximize/Restore


Down button
Ribbon Display
Options button Close button

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The Backstage View

Left pane

Tabs and commands Right pane

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Mouse Cursor Icons

Icon Cursor Context/Location Description


Placed on ribbon tabs or commands, Select an element to perform the
Backstage tabs or commands, Quick associated action.
Access Toolbar commands, scroll
bars, sheet tabs and navigation
commands, and view and zoom
controls.
Placed at any edge of a cell or range Drag a cell or range of cells to move
of cells. the data inside to another cell or
range.
Placed over a cell in a worksheet. Select an individual cell, or drag to
select a range of cells.
Placed between worksheet column Resize the column to the left of the
headers. cursor, or double-click to AutoFit the
column to the left of the cursor.
Placed between worksheet row Resize the row above the cursor, or
headers. double-click to AutoFit the column
above the cursor.
Placed inside an active cell, the Select inside a text box or the
Formula Bar, or various text boxes. Formula Bar to begin typing data
into it. Or, double-click an active cell
to do likewise.
Placed at the bottom-right corner of a Drag vertically or horizontally to copy
cell or range of cells. or AutoFill data into adjacent cells.

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Basic Data Entry

Name Box Formula Bar

Data being entered

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The Ribbon

Tabs Tell Me

Dialog box launcher Commands


Groups

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Tell Me

Search term

Search results

Last five commands


executed from searches

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ScreenTips and KeyTips

ScreenTip

KeyTips

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The Quick Access Toolbar

Undo/Redo buttons Customize Quick Access


Toolbar menu button

Save button

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The Mini Toolbar and Context Menus

Mini toolbars

Context menus

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The New Tab

Start searching button

Template tiles

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The Save and Save As Commands

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The Save As Screen

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Compatibility Mode

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The Convert Option

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The Compatibility Checker

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Microsoft OneDrive for Business

File-management commands

Folders
list

Files list

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Excel Online

Ribbon tabs
and
commands
Switch to Excel desktop
Formula bar

Worksheet

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Data Types

What’s actually in
the cell

What appears in
the cell

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The Cut, Copy, and Paste Commands

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The Undo and Redo Commands

Redo command

Undo command

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The AutoFill Feature

Fill handle

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AutoFill Options

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Flash Fill

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The Excel 2016 Help Window

Search field Search button

Content section

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Reflective Questions

1. Do you think you’ll prefer to use the mouse or the keyboard navigation options
as you develop your workbooks?

2. Compared to other desktop apps you've worked with, what is your impression
of Excel 2016's UI?

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