MS-EXCEL PART 2

Workbook A workbook is another word for your Excel file. Excel automatically creates a blank workbook when you open it. Open an Existing Workbook To open a workbook you've created in the past, execute the following steps. 1. Click on the green File tab.

What you see next is called the backstage view and it contains all the workbook related commands. 3. Click Open to open a workbook that is not on the list.

Close a Workbook If you are new to Excel, it's good to know the difference between closing a workbook and closing Excel. This can be confusing in the beginning. 1. To close an Excel workbook, click the lower X.

Open/close a workbook 2. If you have multiple workbooks open, clicking the upper right X closes the active workbook. If you have one workbook open, clicking the upper right X closes Excel. Create a New Workbook Although Excel creates a blank workbook when you open it, sometimes you want to start all over again. 1. To create a new workbook, click New and then click Create.

Move a Worksheet To move a worksheet, click on the sheet tab of the worksheet you want to move and drag it into the new position. 1. For example, click on the sheet tab of Sheet4 and drag it before Sheet2. Result:

Delete a Worksheet To delete a worksheet, right click on a sheet tab and choose Delete. 1. For example, delete Sheet4, Sheet2 and Sheet3. Result:

Copy a Worksheet Imagine, you have got the sales for 2010 ready and want to create the exact same sheet for 2011, but with different data. You can recreate the worksheet, but this is time-consuming. It's a lot easier to copy the entire worksheet and only change the numbers. 1. Right click on the sheet tab of Sales 2010.

The 'Move or Copy' dialog box appears. 3 The 'Move or Copy' dialog box appears. 3. Select (move to end) and check Create a copy. 4. Click OK. Note: you can even copy a worksheet to another Excel workbook by selecting the specific workbook from the drop-down list (see the dialog box shown earlier).

Format Cells When we format cells in Excel, we change the appearance of a number without changing the number itself. We can apply a number format (0.8, $0.80, 80%, etc) or other formatting (alignment, font, border, etc). 1. Enter the value 0.8 into cell B2. By default, Excel uses the General format (no specific number format) for numbers. To apply a number format, use the 'Format Cells' dialog box.

2. Select cell B2. 3. Right click, and then click Format Cells (or press CTRL + 1).

The 'Format Cells' dialog box appears. 4 The 'Format Cells' dialog box appears. 4. For example, on the Number tab, select Currency. Note: Excel gives you a life preview of how the number will be formatted (under Sample).

Cell B2 still contains the number 0. 8 Cell B2 still contains the number 0.8. We only changed the appearance of this number, not the number itself. The most frequently used formatting commands are available on the Home tab. On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, center the number.

On the Home tab, in the Font group, change the Font color.

On the Home tab, in the Font group, add borders.

Find & Select You can use Excel's Find and Replace feature to quickly find specific text and replace it with other text. You can use Excel's Go To Special feature to quickly select all cells with formulas, comments, conditional formatting, constants, data validation, etc. Find To quickly find specific text, execute the following steps. 1. On the Home tab, click Find & Select, Find...

The 'Find and Replace' dialog box appears. 2 The 'Find and Replace' dialog box appears. 2. Type the text you want to find. For example, type Ferrari. 3. Click 'Find Next'. Excel selects the first occurrence.

Click 'Find Next' to select the second occurrence. 5. To get a list of all the occurrences, click 'Find All'.

You can use Excel's Go To Special feature to quickly select all cells with formulas, comments, conditional formatting, constants, data validation, etc. For example, to select all cells with formulas, execute the following steps. 1. Select a single cell. 2. On the Home tab, click Find & Select, Go To Special... Go To Special

3. Select Formulas and click OK. Note: Formulas, Comments, Conditional formatting, Constants and Data Validation are shortcuts. They can also be found under Go To Special. 3. Select Formulas and click OK.

These check boxes are also available if you select Constants. Note: you can search for cells with formulas that return Numbers, Text, Logicals (TRUE and FALSE) and Errors. These check boxes are also available if you select Constants. Excel selects all cells with formulas. General note: if you select a single cell before you click Find, Replace or Go To Special, Excel searches the entire worksheet. To search a range of cells, first select a range of cells.

Templates Instead of creating an Excel workbook from scratch, you can create a workbook based on a template. There are many free templates available, waiting to be used. Existing Templates To create a workbook based on an existing template, execute the following steps. 1. On the green File tab, click New. 2. To choose a template from one of the sample templates (these are already installed on your computer), click on Sample templates.

3. To choose a template from the Office 3. To choose a template from the Office.com Templates, click a category. For example, click Calendars.

To download a template, select a template and then click Download.

Excel creates a workbook (UniversalCalendar1 Excel creates a workbook (UniversalCalendar1.xlsx) based on this template. Excel also stores the template (UniversalCalendar.xltx) in the Templates folder. You can access this folder by clicking on My templates (see first picture). Read on for more information about the Templates folder. Create a Template If you create your own template, you can safely store it in the Templates folder. As a result, you can create new workbooks based on this template without worrying that you overwrite the original file. To create a template, execute the following steps. 1. Create a workbook. 2. On the green File tab, click Save As. 3. Enter a file name. 4. Select Excel Template (*.xltx) from the drop-down list.

Template Excel automatically activates the Templates folder. Notice the location of the Templates folder on your computer. It's usually located here: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates 5. Click Save.

8. Select WeddingBudget. 9. Click OK.

Excel creates a workbook (WeddingBudget1.xlsx) based on this template. Note: to edit a template, on the green File tab, click Open to open the template. Edit the file and save the file to its original location.