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TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION Excel 2013 Essentials Please log in to your workstation with your KU Online ID and password.

COURSE INSTRUCTOR Tennille Fincham Microsoft Certified Trainer Technology Instructor & Learning Enthusiast

COURSE OVERVIEW Overview: Introduction | Tour | Terminology | Navigation | Selection Activity 1: Open Excel Workbook Resize Rows/Columns Insert Rows/Columns Fill Cells Copy & Paste Data Format Worksheet Format Page Activity 2: Create a Table Format a Table Insert a Total Column Create Formulas Filter and Sort Activity 3: Flash-fill Min, Max, Average Relative and Absolute References Conditional Formatting If/Then Statements Macros Activity 4: Charts Formatting Charts Sparkline Pictures SmartArt

COURSE OBJECTIVES Manage and create workbooks and worksheets. Navigate through the Excel environment to find specific data or formulas. Format worksheets and workbooks using themes, page setup, headers and footers, and images. Manipulate views of the workbooks/sheets. Understand how to use Auto-fill and Flash-Fill. Format cells and ranges. Create and manage tables, formulas, and functions. Use conditional logic to format cells. Create and format Charts.

WHAT IS EXCEL? Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that allows you to calculate and graph data sets. Excel can be used to create a number of items including: Work Orders Budgets To-do lists Timesheets Financial/Account Reports Sales Reports

OPENING EXCEL

TERMINOLOGY Workbook – comprised of one or many worksheets containing data Worksheet – contains a series of rows/columns containing data, charts, tables, etc. Column – comprised of vertical cells Row – comprised of cells running horizontally Cell – individual space that contains formatted data, formulas, functions, etc. Cell address – the location of particular cells within a Workbook/Worksheet. A cell’s address may be relative or absolute.

WHAT WE LEARNED

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