MICROSOFT EXCEL

SPREADSHEET PROGRAM THAT CAN HELP YOU CREATE WORKSHEETS AND INVOICES

IT IS DESIGN TO HELP YOU CALCULATE THE RESULTS OF FORMULAS

HELP YOU ORGANIZE AND ANALYZE NUMERICAL DATA

THE MICROSOFT EXCEL WINDOW

16,384 COLUMNS A to XFD1,048,576 ROWS

ELEMENTS OF MICROSOFT EXCELWINDOW

CELL ADDRESS / NAME BOX The Address Of The Active Cell.

FORMULA BAR YOU CAN USE THE FORMULA BAR TO EDIT THE DATA LATER. THIS ALSO USED TO CREATE FORMULA.

COLUMN HEADINGS THE LETTERS ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WORKSHEET, WHICH IDENTIFY THE COLUMN IN THE WORKSHEET.

ROW HEADINGS THE NUMBERS DOWN THE SIDE OF THE WORKSHEET, WHICH IDENTIFY THE ROWS IN THE WORKSHEET

CELL SELECTOR THE DARK OUTLINE THAT INDICATES THE ACTIVE CELL.

WORKSHEET TABS HELPS YOU MOVE FROM WORKSHEET TO WORKSHEET WITHIN THE WORKBOOK.

UNDERSTANDING EXCEL DATA TYPES LABEL - IS A TEXT ENTRY; IT TYPICALLY PROVIDES DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION SUCH AS THE NAME OF A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING. A LABEL HAS NO SIGNIFICANCE IN EXCEL; ITS JUST THERE TO DESCRIBE ACCOMPANYING VALUES. LABEL IS LEFT ALIGN BY DEFAULT.

VALUES - ENTRIES, SUCH AS NUMBERS AND DATES THAT HAVE NUMERICAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND CAN BE ACTED UPON BY FORMULAS OR FUNCTIONS. VALUE IS RIGHT ALIGN BY DEFAULT.

UNDERSTANDING EXCEL FORMULAS FORMULAS ARE TYPICALLY USED TO PERFORM CALCULATIONS SUCH AS ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION, AND DIVISION

FORMULA BEGINS WITH THE EQUAL SIGN (=). THIS LETS EXCEL KNOW THAT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ARE PLACING IN THE CELL IS MEANT TO DO A CALCULATION.

FORMULAS ALSO CONSIST OF MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS:

OPERATORPERFORMSSAMPLE FORMULARESULT^EXPONENTIATION=A1^3ENTERS THE RESULT RAISING THE VALUE IN CELL A1 TO THE THIRD POWER.+ADDITION=A1+A2ENTERS THE TOTAL OF THE VALUES IN CELLS A1 AND A2-SUBTRACTION=A1-A2SUBTRACTS THE VALUE IN CELL A2 FROM THE VALUE IN CELL A1*MULTIPLICATION=A2*A3MULTIPLIES THE VALUE IN A2 BY CELL A3/DIVISION=A1/B1DIVIDES THE VALUE IN CELL A1 BY THE VALUE IN CELL B1

USING RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE CELL REFERENCE A RELATIVE REFERENCE IS A CELL REFERENCE IN A FORMULA THAT IS ADJUSTED WHEN THE FORMULA IS COPIED.

AN ABSOLUTE REFERENCE IS A CELL REFERENCE IN A FORMULA THAT DOES NOT CHANGE WHEN COPIED TO A NEW LOCATION.

WHAT ARE FUNCTIONS? FUNCTIONS ARE READY-MADE FORMULAS THAT PERFORM A SERIES OF OPERATIONS ON A SPECIFIED RANGE OF VALUES.

=SUM(A1:HI) EVERY FUNCTION CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING THREE ELEMENTS: THE = SIGN, WHICH INDICATES THAT WHAT FOLLOWS IS A FUNCTION (FORMULA). THE FUNCTION NAME, SUCH AS SUM; THAT INDICATES WHICH OPERATION WILL BE PERFORMED.A LIST OF CELL ADDRESSES, SUCH AS (A1:H1), WHICH ARE TO BE ACTED UPON BY THE FUNCTION. SOME FUNCTIONS CAN INCLUDE MORE THAN ONE SET OF CELL ADDRESSES, WHICH ARE SEPARATED BY COMMAS (SUCH AS A1,B3:H3).

SUM =SUM(A1:A10) CALCULATES THE TOTAL IN A RANGE OF CELLS.

AVERAGE =AVERAGE(B4:B9) CALCULATES THE MEAN OR AVERAGE OF A GROUP OF CELL VALUES.

COUNT =COUNT(A3:A7) COUNTS THE NUMBER OF CELLS THAT HOLD VALUES IN THE SELECTED RANGE OR GROUP OF CELLS.

MAX =MAX(B4:B10) RETURNS THE MAXIMUM VALUE IN A RANGE OF CELLS.

MIN =MIN(B4:B10) RETURNS THE MINIMUM VALUE IN A RANGE OF CELLS.

IF =IF(A3>=1000,BONUS,NO BONUS) ALLOWS YOU TO PLACE A CONDITIONAL FUNCTION IN A CELL. IN THIS EXAMPLE, IF A3 IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 1000, THE TRUE VALUE, BONUS, IS USED. IF A3 IS LESS THAN 1000, THE FALSE VALUE, NO BONUS, IS PLACED IN THE CELL.

COMBINING CELLS - USE MERGE AND CENTER ICON

ADDING BORDERS TO CELLS - YOU CAN USE THE BORDERS BUTTON IN HOME TAB.

MANAGING WORKSHEETSINSERTING WORKSHEETS

DELETING WORKSHEETS

RENAMING WORKSHEETS

RIGHT CLICK ON WORKSHEET TAB

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