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COMPUTER APPLICATIONSMS® EXCEL FOR ENGINEERS

Walid Ahmed DaoudSeptember 2016

LECTURE 1INTRODUCTION

CourseTitleComputerApplications:MSExcelforEngineers

Lecturers• Taha A.Ibrahim• Walid A.Dawoud

UsedSoftwareMicrosoftEXCEL2010

References• MasteringExcel2010(Author:BillJelen)• Excel2013forScientistsandEngineers(Author:GerardVerschuuren)

• ExcelScientificandEngineeringCookbook(Author:DavidM.Bourg)

COURSE INFORMATION

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• PART1• Lecture1:Introduction

• Lecture2:EnteringData

• Lecture3:UsingExcelFormula

• Lecture4:WorkingwithGraphs

• Lecture5:UsingBuilt‐inFunctions

• Lecture6:WorkingwithMatrices

• Lecture7:Excelproject

• PART2Dr.Taha A.Ibrahim

COURSE CONTENTS

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• CourseOutlineThis course will cover spreadsheet based analysis for general purposeengineering use. It will focus on using basic calculations, formula, andgraphs withinMicrosoftExcel™.Severalsampleproblemswillbemodeled,accompaniedbysamplespreadsheetswhichmaybedownloadedandusedforunderstandingtheexamples.

• CoursePerquisiteBasicknowledgeofPCs

• CourseBenefitsThe students will obtain the basics required for setting up a spreadsheetbasedanalysis,andbeintroducedtosomefeaturestheymightnotordinarilyuse,suchasdatafiltering,logicaltests,andgoalseeking solutions.

LECTURE 1:INTRODUCTION

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Attheendofthiscourse,thestudentwill:• Understand the basic elements of a spreadsheet;• Know the difference between a workbook and a worksheet;• Be able to enter a simple formula;• Understand basic operators and the order of operations;• Learn what a function is, and the syntax of a function;• Learn to apply basic math functions like sin, cosine, and square root;• Be able to apply basic logical operations;• Learn what goal seeking is and how to use it to solve for the optimal 

answer to a problem;

COURSE OBJECTIVES

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Continue,• Learn how to set up a data table;• Understand how to sort data;• Comprehend basic filtering of data;• Understand basic chart functionality;• Know how to format cells;• Learn about formatting charts;• Be able to set up a problem with multiple variables and solve for the best 

solution;

COURSE OBJECTIVES

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Intherestofthislecture,youshouldlearn:• Open and interact with Excel• Close Excel• Create new workbooks• Open and close existing workbooks• Save workbooks• Recognize the different Excel file types• Recognize and work with the active cell• Select multiple cells• Explore worksheets and workbooks• Zoom in and out of a worksheet• Open and use the Help interface

EXCEL 2010OVERVIEW

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Menu Bar Tools Bar

Info Bar

Formula Bar

Sheets Bar

Name Box

Rows  Header (from 1 to 216 for .xls file and from 1 to 220 )

Columns Header (from 1 to 28 for .xls file and from 1 to 214 )

• CreatingNewWorkbook

• Savingaworkbook(.XLSX,.XLSX,.XLSM)

• Openingaworkbook

• Addinganewworksheet

• Deletingaworksheet

• Renamingaworksheet

• Navigationwithinaworksheet

• UsingExcelHelp

WORKING WITHWORKBOOKS ANDWORKSHEETS

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• Sample1:DesignofMultipleGroundAnchors

• Sample2:DrawinginAutoCAD

• Sample3:ModellinginSTAADPro.

SAMPLE APPLICATIONS

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• Sample1:DesignofMultipleGroundAnchors

• Sample2:DrawinginAutoCAD

• Sample3:ModellinginSTAADPro.

SAMPLE APPLICATIONS

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