DAY 2:MICROSOFT EXCEL – CHAPTER 1

Madhuri Siddula

Madhuri.Siddula@mail.wvu.edu

January 14, 2014

ENTERING DATA

• Text• Values• Date – Excel auto formats the date• Formulas

ENTERING DATA CTD…

• Edit the data – F2• Clear the data – Delete• Line break – Alt + Enter

ENTERING DATA CTD.. Start Excel. Save the new workbook as

lastname_firstname.xlsx Type OK Office Systems Pricing Information in cell A1,

and press Enter. Enter the following values in the corresponding cells:

A4 Product

A5 Computer System

A6 Color Laser Printer

A7 Filling Cabinet

A8 Desk Chair

A9 Computer Desk

A10 28” Monitor

ENTERING DATA CTD..

C4 Markup Rate

D4 Retail Price

E4 Percent Off

F4 Sale Price

G4 Profit Margin

FORMULA

• Two ways – Manual and Selection• Use auto fill• Display cell formulas – Ctrl + `

FORMULAClick cell D5, the cell where you will enter

the formula to calculate the retail selling price of the first item.

Type =B5*(1+C5) and view the formula and colored cell borders on the screen.

Click Enter to the left of Formula Bar and view the formula.

Similarly click F5, enter formula =D5-D5*E5 and click G5, enter formula =(F5-B5)/F5.

ENTER THE FORMULA AND RELATED CELLS HIGHLIGHTED

DRAG AND DROP TO AUTO FILL OTHER CELLS IN THE COLUMN

ADD OTHER FORMULAS

WORKSHEETS

• Create new – Shift +F11• Rename• Change color• move

ADDING NEW SHEET

RENAMING A SHEET

ADD COLOR

WORKSHEETS CTD..

• Insert columns, rows• Delete• Hide / unhide rows/columns• Adjust row height• Adjust column width

INSERT

DELETE

HIDE /UNHIDE

ROW HEIGHT / COLUMN WIDTH

DATA

• Selection• Move• Copy• Paste• Paste special

SELECTION - COPY

PASTE SPECIAL

FORMATTING DATA

• Merge and center labels• Applying alignment and font options• Wrap text• Apply borders• Fill colors• Applying number formats• Increase/decrease decimal places

MERGE AND CENTER

ALIGNMENT AND FONT

WRAP DATA

APPLY BORDERS

APPLY BORDERS

FILL COLORS

NUMBER FORMAT

NUMBERFORMAT

PAGE OPTIONS

• Margins• Orientation• Size• Print area• Breaks• Background• Print titles• Headers/footers

PAGE OPTIONS

SET PRINT AREA

HEADERS / FOOTERS

Thank you