Excel 2007 ® Business and Personal Finances How can Microsoft Excel 2007 help you to be more productive?

Lesson 1: Excel Basics 1.__________ _____ in Excel can help you organize and track inventory and sales in business, course schedules and budgets at school, and personal finances at home.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics What are the parts of the Excel screen? How can I create and close workbooks? How do I name and save a workbook? How can I insert and edit cell contents? How do I calculate a sum? How can I print a worksheet? What vocabulary words should I review? View This Presentation to Answer the Following Questions:

2.________________ are used to maintain schedules, track expenses, and manage large- scale projects in a variety of careers. Lesson 1: Excel Basics

Credit analysts and financial managers use a wide range of spreadsheet functions to input and assess credit histories, financial portfolios, and budgets. Credit analysts and financial managers use a wide range of spreadsheet functions to input and assess credit histories, financial portfolios, and budgets. Computer software engineers and programmers use spreadsheets to analyze problems, write programs, and create software.

The Excel screen contains Lesson 1: Excel Basics

The 9.______ contains tabs and buttons. The 9.______ contains tabs and buttons. Lesson 1: Excel Basics At the top of the screen is the Ribbon.

The tabs display 10._______________also known as commands. Lesson 1: Excel Basics Buttons are organized into 11.___________ that relate to a specific activity, such as formatting and editing text. Pointing your cursor at a button makes 12.___________ appear, showing you the button’s name.

Use the 13._______ _________ to open a group’s dialog box. Lesson 1: Excel Basics More commands are available in dialog boxes located within the groups.

There are several ways to change the appearance of the screen. Lesson 1: Excel Basics 14. ______________ the zoom percentage to make everything appear larger. 15._____________ the zoom percentage to see more of a worksheet at once. Another way to see more of the screen is to minimize the Ribbon.

An Excel file is called a 16.__________________. Lesson 1: Excel Basics A workbook contains one or more sheets called 17._____________ ____, also known as 18._____________. A worksheet contains data such as 19._______________ and formulas.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics When you launch Excel, a new workbook appears 20.___________ __. To create a new workbook, start Excel.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics Click the 22.________________ to move from one worksheet to another. When you create a new workbook, it contains 21._____ worksheets.

A 23._______ helps you organize your files so you can find them quickly. Lesson 1: Excel Basics One way to create a new folder is to use the 24.___________ dialog box.

To save a file, click the 25._____________ and choose 26._______________. Lesson 1: Excel Basics In the dialog box that opens, key in the file name and click 27._____________. Name your file in the 28.________ ______.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics To open an existing workbook, you need to know the name of the file and in which folder it was saved. When working with others, give your files appropriate names—your files should be logical to everyone you work with.

How can you reveal the name of a button or command? Tech Check Answer: 29. Lesson 1: Excel Basics

How can you create a new folder? Tech Check Answer: 30. Lesson 1: Excel Basics

How do you move up and down or left and right in a document? Tech Check Answer: 31. Lesson 1: Excel Basics

How could spreadsheet skills improve your chances of obtaining a higher salary? Academic Skills Check Answer: 32. Many high-paying jobs in the computer industry, including _________ programmers and computer software engineers, use spreadsheet skills in their work. Lesson 1: Excel Basics

How can you make it easier for others to find files you’re working on together? Academic Skills Check Answer: 33. Lesson 1: Excel Basics

You can insert or edit data directly into the cell or by using the 35.______bar. Worksheets are made up of boxes called 34.______ that are organized into horizontal rows and vertical columns. Cell

A cell is named by its 35._________ reference, or its column letter and row number. Lesson 1: Excel Basics For example, cell_____________is in column A, row 1.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics If you change your mind or make a mistake while working with Excel, choose 36.______. This will undo, or reverse, your last action. To revert to the original choice, choose 37._______.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics To calculate a sum in Excel 2007, use a 38.________. A formula is an equation that begins with an equal sign (=) and includes 39._________ or ________ references.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics Formulas allow you to perform different actions, such as adding a column of numbers. The 40.____________ displays the formulas and contents of selected cells.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics The 42.__________ _____ dialog box allows choose the printer, the number of copies that will print, and where the document will print. To print your worksheet, click the Print button to open 41.______________ dialog box.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics Use 43._______ to find answers to any questions you have about using Excel. Click the Help button to open Help window, and search for a topic.

How can you make everything in a worksheet appear larger or smaller? Answer: To change the size of things in a worksheet, choose the 44. __________option. Lesson 1: Excel Basics Tech Check

How can you reverse your last action in Excel if you make a mistake? Answer: To reverse your last action, choose 45.______. Lesson 1: Excel Basics Tech Check

Lesson 1: Excel Basics Vocabulary Review workbook An Excel file that contains one or more 46._______________.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics Vocabulary Review worksheet A sheet of cells organized into 47.________ and __________, sometimes also called a spreadsheet.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics Vocabulary Review sheet tab A small tab at the bottom of a worksheet that allows you to move from one worksheet to another within the same 48.__________.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics Vocabulary Review ScreenTip A description that appears when you point to a 49.___________.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics Vocabulary Review cell The intersection of a 50._____ and a ____________ in a table or worksheet.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics Vocabulary Review cell reference 51. The column ________ and row _____________ of a cell.

52. An equation containing values, cell references, or ________. Lesson 1: Excel Basics Vocabulary Review formula

Lesson 1: Excel Basics Vocabulary Review group 53. An organized set of ___________ that relates to a specific activity.

Lesson 1: Excel Basics Vocabulary Review 54._________________ Toolbar An organized set of commands that relates to a specific activity.