Microsoft Excel 2016

Lesson 2
Working with Microsoft Excel 2016

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Objectives

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Software Orientation
• The ribbon in Excel 2016 is made up of a series of tabs, each
related to specific kinds of tasks that you perform in Excel. The
Home tab (below) contains the commands that people use
the most when creating Excel documents.
• Each tab contains groups of commands related to specific
tasks or functions.

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Entering and Editing Basic Data in a
Worksheet
• You can type data directly into a worksheet cell.
• You can also copy and paste information from another worksheet or
from other programs.
• Copy takes the information from one location and duplicates it.
• Paste puts this information into another location.
• To enter data in a cell in a worksheet, the cell must be active then
you the data. To move to the next column, press Tab.
• When you finish typing the entries in a row, press Enter to move to
the beginning of the next row.

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Using Data Types to Populate a Worksheet
• You can enter three types of data into Excel:
• 1) text, 2) numbers, and 3) formulas.

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Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Data
• Excel’s Cut, Copy, and Paste commands are used to copy or
move entire cells with their contents, formats, and formulas.
• You can copy specific contents or attributes from the cells.
• You can copy the value from the original cell but retain the
formatting of the destination cell.
• You can perform cut, copy, and paste functions using:
• The mouse
• Ribbon commands
• Shortcut commands, such as Ctrl+C (copy), Ctrl+X (cut), and
Ctrl+V (paste)
• The Office Clipboard pane

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• There are three ways to create a new Microsoft Excel
workbook.
• Open a new, blank workbook when you launch Excel or use
the File tab to access Backstage view.
• Open an existing Excel workbook, enter new or additional
data, and save the file with a new name.
• Use a template to create a new workbook. (A template is a
model that has already been set up to display certain kinds of
data, such as sales reports, invoices, and so on.)

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• Excel gives you 3 ways to delete worksheet
• 1. On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click the arrow
next to Delete, and then click Delete Sheet
• 2. You can also right-click the sheet tab of a worksheet or a
sheet tab of any selected worksheets that you want to
delete, and then click Delete Sheet.
• 3. Delete a Sheet with the Navigation Pane.

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• How many sheets are in Excel 2016 by default?
1. By default, any new workbook you create in Excel will
contain one worksheet, called Sheet1.

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Skill Summary

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