1. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Worksheets Project 7 Data file: Exploring Elements from the Periodic Table elements Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 1

2. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) OUR EXPLORATION ASSIGNMENT Organize Data About Elements and Their Properties OBJECTIVES: In this project, you will: ►open, name and save a workbook ►navigate and select in a worksheet ►enter text and numbers ►format a worksheet ►sort data ►preview a worksheet and change page setup options Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 2

3. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Starting Out! Start the Excel application and open a new blank workbook. ►Click the Start button on the task bar. ►Point to All Programs. ►Click the Microsoft Office folder. ►Click Microsoft Excel 2010 or Microsoft Excel 2007 to open the application. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 3

4. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 1 Opening, Renaming and Saving a New Workbook KEYWORDS ►active cell ►cell ►cell reference ►column ►column heading ►formula bar ►Name Box ►range ►row ►row heading ►sheet tab ►workbook ►worksheet Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 4

5. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange)Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 5 Blank Worksheet Quick Access Toolbar Column headings Active cell Name Box Row headings Formula Bar Three worksheets Ribbon

6. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Open a workbook, rename a tab, and save the workbook. ►Click the File tab or Office Button and click Open. ►Switch to your data files folder; double-click the elements workbook filename. ►Click the File tab or Office Button and click Save As. ►Switch to your solution files folder and save the workbook as elements7. ►Double-click the Sheet1 sheet tab. Key Elements and tap the ENTER key. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 6 TRAIL MARKER 1 Opening, Renaming and Saving a New Workbook

7. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 2 Navigating and Selecting in a Worksheet KEYWORDS ►home cell Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 7

8. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 2 Navigating and Selecting in a Worksheet Activate cellClick cell Activate the next cell to right.Tap the TAB key or Right arrow key Activate the previous cell to left Tap the SHIFT + TAB keys or tap the Left arrow key Activate next cell in same column Tap the ENTER key Activate previous cell in same column Tap the Up arrow key Make first cell at top of worksheet the active cell Tap CTRL + HOME keys Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 8

9. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 2 Navigating and Selecting in a Worksheet Select the contents of a cell Click a single cell, row heading, or column heading Select the contents of a row Click row heading Select the contents of a column Click column heading Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 9

10. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 2 Navigating and Selecting in a Worksheet Select the contents of one or more ranges, multiple rows, or multiple columns Drag across the cells, row headings, or column headings with the mouse pointer Select adjacent cells, rows, or columns Use the SHIFT + CLICK method Select nonadjacent cells, rows, or columns Use the CTRL + CLICK method Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 10

11. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 11 TRAIL MARKER 2 Navigating and Selecting in a Worksheet Practice activating cells and selecting ranges. ►Move the large white plus sign mouse pointer to cell C5; then click cell C5 to make it the active cell. ►Move the large white plus sign mouse pointer to cell A9. Press and hold the mouse button and drag across the row to cell G9, and then release the mouse button to select the range A9:G9. (continued)

12. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 12 TRAIL MARKER 2 Navigating and Selecting in a Worksheet Practice activating cells and selecting ranges. ►Click cell A4, press and hold down the mouse button, and drag down and across to cell D11. Release the mouse button to select the range A4:D11. (continued)

13. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 13 TRAIL MARKER 2 Navigating and Selecting in a Worksheet Practice activating cells and selecting ranges. ►Press the CTRL + HOME keys to activate cell A1. Press and hold the SHIFT key and click cell I13 to select the adjacent cells in the range A1:I13. (continued) ►Tap the Down arrow to deselect the range. Select the range B5:B12. Press and hold the CTRL key and select the range D5:D12 to select two nonadjacent ranges.

14. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 14 TRAIL MARKER 2 Navigating and Selecting in a Worksheet Practice activating cells and selecting ranges. ►Click the row 6 heading to select the entire row; then click the column H heading to select the entire column. ►Drag across the column headings D:F to select multiple columns. ►Drag across the row headings 5:9 to select multiple rows. ►Tap an arrow key or click a cell to deselect the rows.

15. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 3 Entering Text and Numbers KEYWORDS ►enter data ►numeric keypad Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 15

16. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 3 Entering Text and Numbers Enter data. ►Tap the NUM LOCK key to turn on the numeric keypad. ►Click cell A13, key 9, and tap the TAB key to activate cell B13. ►Key hydrogen and tap the ENTER key and the Left arrow key to activate cell A14. ►Key 10, and tap the TAB key. Key helium, tap the Right arrow key, and tap the Up arrow to activate cell C13. Key H and tap the Right arrow key. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 16 (continued)

17. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 3 Entering Text and Numbers Enter data. ►Key 1 using the numeric keypad and tap the ENTER key on the numeric keypad to activate cell D14. ►Tap the Left arrow key to activate cell C14 and key He. Click cell E13 to activate it. ►Use the numeric keypad and the ENTER key, TAB key, or arrow keys to enter the remaining data for the two elements. ►Save the workbook by clicking the Save button on the Quick Access Toolbar. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 17

18. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 3 Entering Text and Numbers CHECKPOINT Your rows 13 and 14 should look like this. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 18

19. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 4 Formatting a Worksheet Format the title text. ►Click the Home tab, if necessary, and locate the Clipboard, Font, and Alignment groups. ►Select the range A1:J1 and click the Merge & Center button in the Alignment group. Click the Bold button in the Font group. ►The individual cells in the range are merged into one cell and the worksheet title is bolded and centered in the cell. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 19

20. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 4 Formatting a Worksheet Continue to format cells. ►Click cell A1 and click the Format Painter button in the Clipboard group. Click cell A2 to paste the formatting. ►Select the range B5:B14 and tap the CTRL + I keys to apply the Italic font style. ►Select the range C5:G14 and click the Center button in the Alignment group. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 20

21. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 4 Formatting a Worksheet Format the column labels. ►Select the range A4:J4 and click the Wrap Text button in the Alignment group. Click the Center button. ►Now click the Bold button in the Font group. ►Tap the CTRL + HOME keys and save the workbook. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 21

22. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 4 Formatting a Worksheet Let Excel automatically resize columns A–J to fit the cell contents. ►Drag across the column headings A:J to select all ten columns. Move the mouse pointer to the column J right boundary. ►Double-click the column J boundary to have Excel automatically resize the columns. ►Click anywhere in the worksheet to deselect the columns. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 22

23. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 4 Formatting a Worksheet Manually resize columns. ►Place the mouse pointer on the boundary between columns H and I. Tap and hold down the mouse button to see the ScreenTip. ►Slowly drag the column boundary to the right until the ScreenTip indicates a 10.0 column width. ►Place the mouse pointer on the boundary between rows 4 and 5. Slowly drag up until the ScreenTip shows 45.0. ►Tap the CTRL + HOME keys and save the workbook. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 23

24. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 4 Formatting a Worksheet CHECKPOINT Your worksheet should look like this. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 24

25. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 5 Sorting Data KEYWORDS ►ascending order ►data range ►descending order Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 25

26. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 5 Sorting Data Sort the data range in ascending order. ►Click cell I5 to active a cell within the data range boundaries and inside the column to be sorted. ►Click the Sort & Filter button in the Editing group on the Home tab. ►Click Sort A to Z. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 26

27. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 5 Sorting Data Return the data range to its original order. ►Click cell A6 and click the Sort & Filter button in the Editing group. ►Because column A contains numeric data, the numeric sorting options appear. ►Click Sort Smallest to Largest. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 27

28. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 5 Sorting Data Sort data using multiple sort criteria. ►Click any cell within the data range boundaries. ►Click the Sort & Filter button in the Editing group. ►Click Custom Sort. Click the dialog box Sort by arrow and click Period. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 28

29. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 5 Sorting Data Sort data using multiple sort criteria. ►Click the dialog box Add Level button. ►Click the Then by arrow and click Element Name. ►Click OK. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 29

30. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 5 Sorting Data CHECKPOINT Your sorted data should look like this. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 30

31. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 6 Previewing a Worksheet and Changing Page Setup Options Open the Page Setup dialog box. ►Click the File tab and click the Print tab to preview your worksheet and view print options. ►Click the Page Setup link. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 31

32. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) TRAIL MARKER 6 Previewing a Worksheet and Changing Page Setup Options Open the Page Setup dialog box. ►Click the Office Button, point to Print, and click Print Preview. ►Click the Page Setup button. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 32

33. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Change page settings in the Page Setup dialog box. ►Click the Page tab in the dialog box, if necessary. ►Click the Landscape option and the Fit to option. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 33 TRAIL MARKER 6 Previewing a Worksheet and Changing Page Setup Options

34. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Change page settings in the Page Setup dialog box. ►Click the Margins tab in the dialog box and click the Center on page Horizontally and Vertically check boxes to center the data between the margins. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 34 TRAIL MARKER 6 Previewing a Worksheet and Changing Page Setup Options

35. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Create a custom header and insert a predefined footer. ►Click the Header/Footer tab in the dialog box. ►Click the Custom Header button. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 35 TRAIL MARKER 6 Previewing a Worksheet and Changing Page Setup Options (continued)

36. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Create a custom header and insert a predefined footer. ►Key your name in the left-aligned header area. Tap the TAB key twice. Click the Insert Date button above the header area. Click OK. ►Click the Footer arrow and click the elements7 filename. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 36 TRAIL MARKER 6 Previewing a Worksheet and Changing Page Setup Options (continued)

37. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Create a custom header and insert a predefined footer. ►Click OK to add the header and footer to the worksheet. Print the worksheet as instructed by your teacher. ►Save and close the workbook and close the Excel application. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 37 TRAIL MARKER 6 Previewing a Worksheet and Changing Page Setup Options

38. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Project Skills Review Activate the home cellTap CTRL + HOME. Save a workbookClick the File tab or Office Button and click Save As or Save. Click the Save button on the Quick Access Toolbar. Activate a cellTap the ENTER, TAB, SHIFT + TAB, or arrow keys Merge a range of cells and center the first cell’s contents across the range Click the Merge & Center button face in the Alignment group on the Home tab. Print a worksheet while previewing it Click the Print button in the Print tab on the Print Preview tab on the Ribbon Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 38 (continued)

39. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Project Skills Review Rename a sheet tabDouble-click a sheet tab and key a new name. Apply the Bold or Italic font styles Click the Bold or Italic button in the Font group on the Home tab. Center cell contents within the cell Click the Center button in the Alignment group on the Home tab. Wrap text in the cellClick the Wrap Text button in the Alignment group on the Home tab. Sort worksheet dataClick the Sort & Filter button in the Editing group on the Home tab; click Sort A to Z or Sort Smallest to Largest or click Sort Z to A or Sort Largest to Smallest. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 39 (continued)

40. ©2012 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Learning With Computers II (Level Orange) Project Skills Review Resize column widthsDouble-click the column heading boundary with the resizing pointer. Drag a column boundary with the resizing pointer. Create a custom sortClick the Sort & Filter button in the Editing group on the Home tab and then click Custom Sort. Preview and print a worksheet Click the File tab and click Print. Click the Office Button, point to Print, and click Print Preview. Change page setup options while previewing a worksheet. Click the Page Setup link in the Print tab or the Page Setup button in the Print group on the Print Preview tab. Unit 2 Project 7 Slide 40