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Next What is Microsoft Excel? Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application developed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. It has been a very widely applied spreadsheet for these platforms, especially since version 5 in 1993, and it has replaced Lotus as the industry standard for spreadsheets. Excel forms part of Microsoft Office ( Back

Next Uses for Microsoft Excel Personal monthly budget Sales report Time cards Charts Checklists Flowcharts Back

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Label a Spreadsheet Back Practice labeling a spreadsheet. Check your understanding of the parts of an Excel Spreadsheet. Use the link below to correctly label the parts of an Excel spreadsheet. Parts of a Spreadsheet

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Label a Spreadsheet Back Practice labeling a spreadsheet. Check your understanding of the parts of an Excel Spreadsheet. Use the link below to correctly label the parts of an Excel spreadsheet. Parts of a Spreadsheet

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Course summary 8 Help Press F5 to start, Esc to stop Summary Feedback Help Pie, bar, & line Customize Combo charts 3:355:361:513:171:04 Create a crt 1/5 videos Charts provide a visual representation of your data, making it easier to analyze.For example, I want to create a chart for sales, to see if there’s a pattern.I select the cells I want to use for the chart, click the Quick Analysis button, and click the Charts tab. Excel displays recommended charts based on the data in the cells selected.You can hover over each one to see what looks good for your data.Clustered Column is great for comparing data, so I click it.And now I have an eye catching chart of the data. It looks like the summer months are slower and the winter months are busier. Up next, Create pie, bar and line charts. Next Back

NextBack Practice Making a Graph 1.Open Microsoft Excel 2.Enter the data to the right in the spreadsheet 3.Highlight the information you want represented in the graph 4.Click Insert ˃ Chart 5.Choose the graph you want to use 6.Click on Chart Tools ˃ Layout ˃ Chart Titles – Name it Daily Totals 7.Click on Chart Tools ˃ Layout ˃ Axis Titles—Title the horizontal axis Area and the vertical axis Totals per Day Click the Next button to check your work

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Question 1 Excel Spreadsheets can be used to: A.Create charts B.Create brochures C.Edit pictures

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Question 2 Which of the following is a part of a spreadsheet? A.Videos B.Sound Effects C.Columns

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Question 3 There is only one type of graph available in Microsoft Excel. True False

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