ExcelGetting Started

Formatting

Editing

Formulas

Functions

Printing (2)

What is a Spreadsheet?

• Essential Questions:• Discuss, what is a spreadsheet?• Identify, what makes a spreadsheet, a

spreadsheet?• Explain, why Formatting is necessary?• Name what a spreadsheet needs to function?• Where do formulas and functions go in a

spreadsheet and why is this critical?

EXCEL DESKTOP

EXCEL 2007: LESSON 1, EXERCISE 1

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Viewbuttons

Status bar

Ribbon

Help

Vertical scroll bar

Quick Access Toolbar

Tabs Group

Horizontal scroll bar

Sheet tabs

Zoomslider

Tab scrolling buttons

Formatting

• Enhance Font and Size

• Align, $, %, .00, Bold, Column Width

• Borders

• Print Preview– Page Set Up

Formulas ( = )

• Mathematical Operators

• Add +• Subtract -• Multiple *• Divide /

• Use Fill down/across

Show formulas:Use the Formulas Tab

The Formula Auditing Ribbon and Click Show Formulas

Check screen – go to Home Tab, select columns and click on Column width

in Cell Ribbon, usually 4 character spaces works

Then Undo for width, unclick show formulas and back to Home tab

Absolute Cell Reference

Use the $ as the symbol to set the constant

Example $C$R or $F$12 Cell location not to

changeUse this for calculating a

Percentageparts of the whole

Function

Click Answer

Functions

Chose

Functions

• Check the range

• Click

PREVIEW AND PRINT

PRINT DIALOG BOX

Default printer

Print Preview button

Set print range

Select what to print

Set number of copies to

print