EDITING WORKSHEET

DATA

EDITING CELL CONTENTS

1. Double-click the cell with the text that you want to edit.

2. Highlight the text that you want to change, or type in the text you want to add.

You can also edit text in a cell using the formula bar.

1. Click the cell that you want to edit.

2. Click on the Formula bar and type in the changes that you want to make.3. Press Enter to apply the changes, or press Escape (Esc) to cancel editing.

CLEARING CONTENTS, FORMAT OR COMMENTS

1. Right-click the cell you want to clear.2. Click Clear Contents.

Or you can do it this way:3. Click the cell which you want to clear.4. Click the Clear Tool on the Editing Group.

Click Clear All.

• If you click a cell and press Delete or Backspace, Microsoft Excel removes the cell contents but does not remove any comments or cell formats.

• If you Clear All a cell, Microsoft Excel removes all contents, formats and comments in one click. The value of cleared cell is 0, and a formula that refers to that cell will receive a value of 0.

COPYING A CELL WITHIN A ROW OR COLUMN

1. Click the cell containing the data you want to copy.

2. Position the mouse pointer at the lower right corner of the selected cell.

3. When the mouse pointer turns into a cross, drag the Fill Handle across the cells you want to fill.

COPYING CELL CONTENTS TO DIFFERENT CELLS

1. Right-click the cell you want to copy and click Copy.

2. Select the cells where you want to copy the data.

3. Click Paste on the Clipboard group.