DAY 3:EXCEL CHAPTER 1

Tazin Afrintaafrin@mix.wvu.eduAugust 27, 2013

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RECORD ATTENDANCE

• http://cs101.wvu.edu/tools/record-attendance/

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ENTERING DATA

• Enter four types of data–Text–Values–Dates–Formulas

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ENTERING DATA• Text

– Includes letters, numbers, symbols and spaces• Values

– Can be any number• Dates

– Long form and short form– Current date (ctrl + ;)– Current time (ctrl + shift + ;)

• Formulas=A1+A2

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ENTERING DATA

Text Date Values Formula (=C5*D5+C5)

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ARITHMETIC OPERATION

• Addition (+)• Subtraction (-)• Multiplication (*)• Division ( / )• Exponentiation ( ^ )

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CELL REFERENCE IN FORMULAS

• Use cell reference instead of actual data– Let A1 = 5– And B1 = 10– Then C1 =A1+B1 instead of 5+10

• If A1 and B1 changes then C1 will automatically change.

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ORDER OF PRECEDENCE

• Controls the sequence in which excel performs – Parenthesis ()– Exponentiation ^– Multiplication *– Division /– Addition +– Subtraction -

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ORDER OF PRECEDENCE

Value changed for parenthesis

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AUTO FILL

• Enables you to copy the contents of a cell or cell range or to continue a series using the fill handle

• Fill handle is the small black square in the bottom right corner of a cell– Copy formulas with auto fill– Complete sequence with auto fill

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DISPLAYING CELL FORMULAS

• The result of a formula appears in a cell.• Formula itself appears in the Formula bar.• See formulas -

– Formulas ribbon → show formulas– Press the Ctrl+` key combination to display

formulas in the worksheet, acts as a toggle– ` key is on top left corner of keyboard.

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MANAGE WORKSHEETS

• Rename worksheets• Change tab color• Insert• Delete • Move• Copy

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MANAGE COLUMNS AND ROWS

• Insert cells, columns and rows• Delete cells, columns and rows• Adjust column width• Adjust row height• Hide• Unhide

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SELECT A RANGE

• Click and drag.• Select adjacent cells – shift.• Select non-adjacent cells - ctrl.• To select an entire column select the column

heading.• To select an entire row select the row heading.• Select current range of data – select+ctrl + A• Selects entire worksheets.

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MOVE RANGE

• Cut and paste or drag selected range.• Copy then paste to destination.• Copy as picture.• Press Esc to deselect copied range.

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