1. Introduction to
Microsoft Excel

2. What is Excel used for? What are your ideas?
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3. How can it be used in everyday life?
Here are some ideas:
Keep track of bills
Making lists
Graphing data
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4. Vocabulary Excel has a special vocabulary
Let us look at the words it uses
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5. Cell Cell – a box in which you can enter a single piece of data.
I cell type in a cell.
Definition from
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6. Formula Bar
Formula Bar – a toolbar you can enter data in Excel (just look for the cursor)
You can type in
the formula bar
or the cell!
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7. Data
Data – The information you type in the formula bar or the cell. (Alabama is data)
You can type data
either place.
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8. Row Row – Rows move across the Excel spreadsheet This is a row.
Rows use numbers
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9. Column Column – Columns move up and down the Excel spreadsheet
This is a column.
Columns use letters.
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10. So…what can Excel be used for?
What are your ideas?