Excel I 2007 – Course Overview A six week course to learn how to use MS Office Excel 2007. Week Topic You will learn 1 Worksheet Basics When to use a spreadsheet. Open and save a Spreadsheet. Enter, select, and delete data. 2 Editing Fundamentals Rearrange and copy cells, add formulas, automatically fill cells. 3 Formatting and Printing Format data on a spreadsheet for viewing and printing. 4 Formulas and functions Use basic Mathematics, find data in a spreadsheet, and check for spelling errors. 5 Create Lists Selecting and sorting data, split and freeze columns, print selected portions of spreadsheet. 6 Protecting the Spreadsheet & review Protect the spreadsheet from changes and course review. Steve Jackson (630) 750-1233 Christopher Culp steven_w_jackson@prodigy.net

Student Prerequisites Find and save files within the Computer’s file system. Search for a file and/or folder. Locate a file or folder. Save and Save As a document. Basic understanding of arithmetic principles: Familiar with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. Understand the order of operations (which operations are evaluated first). Willing to practice, practice, and practice!

Where to find the Excel I 2007 Files Desktop C: Libraries student Documents My Documents Excel I 2007 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6

Week 1 - Excel Ribbon and Controls Office Button Quick Access Bar Workbook Name Ribbon Tabs Name Box Tools Formula Bar Cell Column Letter Ribbon Group Row Number Formula Button

Week 1 - Excel Status Bar and Controls Worksheet Name Status Bar Zoom Control

Week 1 - Mouse Pointer Symbols Meaning When mouse placed on Ribbon When placed over cell border When on column or row heading default Excel pointer shape When on fill corner of a cell When on a row divider When on a column divider When on the horizontal of a window When on the vertical border When editing cell contents

Week 1 - Cell Selection Options To Select.. Action Single Cell Click once on cell Multiple Cells Click once and drag Entire Row Click once in row heading Entire Column Click one in column heading Entire Spreadsheet Click once on Select-All Extend the current Selection Hold shift key and click once in new cell

Week 1 - Delete and Insert Cell Options To Delete Contents.. Action Selected Cells Click Clear Contents in Home Click Clear Contents in menu Click delete key on keyboard To Insert Contents Click Insert drop down in Home Click insert… in Menu

Week 4 – Algebraic Operations and Precedence Symbol Precedence Parentheses ( ) 1 Exponent n² 2 Multiply & Divide * , / 3 Addition & Subtraction + , -- 4 Examples: 4 + 2 * 3 – 10 / 5 = 8 (4 + 2) * 3 – 10 / 5 = 16 ((4 + 2) * 3 – 10) / 5 = 1.6

Week 4 – Built-in Functions Individual Cell Values Built-In Function Cell Range Values Single value Numbers = built-In-Function(value1, value2, value2, etc) Single value Examples Built-In Example Result Sum =sum(1,2,3) 6 Average =average(4,5,6) 5 Minimum =min(4,6) 4 Maximum =max(4,6)

Week 5 – Data in Lists Simple List Multi-column List City Los Angeles New York Moscow Frankfurt Rome Barcelona Zurich City Country Population Los Angeles USA 4,200,000 New York 5,400,000 Moscow Russia 3,500,000 Frankfurt Germany 1,670,000 Rome Italy 1,850,000 Barcelona Spain 1,200,000 Zurich Switzerland 2,500,000