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MS Excel Basics
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What is MS Excel? It is a computerized worksheet.
It is a spreadsheet application program
created by Microsoft Corporation.
It has the standard feature of an electronic
spreadsheet which uses cells that are
represented in rows and in columns designed
to perform basic arithmetic operations.
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What is a WORKSHEET?
It is an on-screen spreadsheet that contains
various cells in columns and in rows.
By entering information, in the form of labels,
values, and formulas into the worksheet cell,
you create tables of spreadsheets, useful for
summarizing, tabulating, and analyzing data.
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What is a WORKBOOK?
It contains one or more worksheets which are
automatically named in the sheet tabs as
Sheet 1, Sheet 2, Sheet 3 and so on. You can
add, delete, color and rearrange the sheet
tabs.
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HOW TO START THE EXCEL
SPREADSHEETPROGRAM???
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The Ribbon It is the panel at the top portion of the document. It
has seven tabs. These tabs contain commands and
tools which are grouped according to their function.
GROUP -----TOOL BUTTON/ICON-----GROUP NAME----TOOL NAME AND FUNCTION
To minimize the ribbon, double click the tab name. To restore, doubleclick again the tab name.
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THE FILE MENU
ANDTHE SEVEN TABS
FILE
MENUHOME
TAB
INSERT
TAB
PAGE
LAYOUT
TAB
FORMULASTAB DATA
TAB
REVIEW
TAB
VIEW
TAB
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FILE MENU
It containsmenus suchas Save,Save As,
Open,Close, Info,Recent,Print, Save
& Send,Help, Add-Ins, Optionsand Exit.
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HOME TAB
Displays the related commands
which are grouped as Clipboard,
Font, Alignment, Number, Styles,Cells, Editing
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HOME TAB COMMANDS
GROUP
NAME
NAME FUNCTION
FONT
Font Changes the font type.
Size Changes the font size.
Increase
Font Size
Increases font size.
DecreaseFont Size
Decreases font size
Bold Changes font style to bold.
Italic Changes font style to italic
Underline Places underline on text.
Border Places border on the document.
Fill Color Places highlight color on the text.
Font Color Places color on the font.
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HOME TAB COMMANDS
GROUP NAME NAME FUNCTION
ALIGNM
ENT
Top Align Aligns text at the top of the cell.
Middle Align Aligns text at the middle of the cell.
Bottom Align Aligns text at the bottom of the cell.
Orientation Changes the orientation of the text.
Align Left Aligns text to the left of the cell.
Align Center Aligns text to the center of the cell.
Align Right Aligns text to the right of the cell.
Decrease
Indent
Decreases the indention of the text.
Increase
Indent
Increases the indention of the text.
Wrap Text Wraps the text on a group of selected cells.
Merge &
Center
Merges the cells and arranges text at the center of
the merged cells
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HOME TAB COMMANDS
GROUP
NAME
NAME FUNCTION
NUMBER
Number
Format
Show a list of format options.
Accounting
Number
Places currency and other number
formats.
Percent
Style
Changes number to percentage.
Comma
Style
Adds comma separator to numbers.
IncreaseDecimal
Increases the decimal numbers.
Decrease
Decimal
Decreases the decimal numbers.
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INSERT TAB
Displays the related commands
which are grouped as Tables,
Illustrations, Charts, Links Text.