1. Microsoft Excel 101

2. Microsoft Excel: The Basics
Unit
Microsoft Excel: The Basics
Key Terms
Active Cell
Cells
Column
File Tab
Formula Box
Name Box
Microsoft Office Button
Quick Access Tool bar
Ribbon
Row
Sheet Tab
Split Screen
Status Bar
Title Bar
View Buttons
Workbook
Worksheet
Zoom Controls
Spreadsheets
OBJECTIVES:
Identify and label the parts of an Excel Workbook
Use spreadsheets (Excel) to input, compare, and evaluate date using formulas, functions, sorts, filters, and charts.
Spreadsheets

3. Microsoft Excel: The Basics
Part I
Identify the parts of the Excel window
Move between cells in a worksheet
Part II
Create and save a new worksheet
Enter data into cells
Edit and delete data
Add a title to a worksheet
Change worksheet page title
Part III
Format cells
Define and use ranges
Insert and delete columns and rows
Change column width and row height
Sort Data
Filter Data
Part IV
Set print area
Print a worksheet
Objectives:

4. Microsoft Excel: The Basics – Part III1
Microsoft Excel: The Basics – Part III
Format a Worksheet
Group Names
A cluster of command buttons that are displayed once a tab is selected.
Ribbon
Contains a band of tabs and commands used to complete a task.
Worksheet Tabs
Used to display the worksheet that a user is currently editing. 
Microsoft Office Button
In Office 2007, the Office Button is located at the top left corner of all applications. Clicking it opens a menu containing frequently used file-level commands (e.g., Open, Print, and Save) previously available in the File menu.
There are many ways to change the appearance and function of a spreadsheet. Some of the common editing tasks you can perform in Excel are:
Changing the font format in a cell or range of cells
Using AutoFit to adjust the size of columns and rows.
Adding or deleting rows, columns, cells, and worksheets.
Spreadsheets

5. Microsoft Excel: The Basics – Part III
Insert and Delete Columns and Rows
Scroll Bar
Allows users to scroll through a range of values when you click the scroll arrows or when you drag the scroll box. 
Split Screen
A divided window with multiple resizable panes to view all parts of a document.
Status Bar
The area that displays information about the current document at the bottom of a program window.
Title Bar
Displays the title of the box, or the name of the file, and the application.
To Delete a Row:
Select a cell in the row that you wish to delete.
2. Right-click and select "Delete" from the popup menu.
3. When the Delete window appears, click on the "Entire row" selection and click on the OK button.
To Insert a Rows:
Select the row heading below where you want the new row to appear.
Click the Insert command on the Home tab.
3. Click the Insert command. (The new row will appear above the selected row.)

6. Microsoft Excel: The Basics – Part III
Define and Select a Cell or Cell Range
To select a range of cells by dragging the mouse:
1. Click in a cell.
2. Press and hold down the left mouse button.
3. Move the mouse pointer around the screen.
4. Once the desired block of cells is highlighted, release the left mouse button.

7. Adjust and Change Column Width
Microsoft Excel: The Basics – Part III
Adjust and Change Column Width
View Button
Buttons that allow a user to change the file display or program tool.
Zoom Controls
Feature used to magnify or reduce the size of the document on screen.
Spreadsheets

8. Microsoft Excel: The Basics – Part III
Sort Data
Once you have entered data into a worksheet, you may want to organize it to be more useful. You can arrange data by criteria, using a sort:
ascending sort - lowest to highest
descending sort - highest to lowest

9. Microsoft Excel: The Basics – Part III
Filter Data
You will use filters to display the systems that meet your criteria and hide data that you do not need to see.
To see just the data you want, you can:
Use a filter
Hide columns or rows
Filtering and hiding are particularly useful when a worksheet has many rows or columns, and the screen becomes distracting with too much information.

10. You are now able to:
Format cells
Define and use ranges
Insert and delete columns and rows
Change column width and row height
Sort Data
Filter Data