Lesson 5: Deleting and Clearing Cells Unit 1: Introduction Lesson 5: Deleting and Clearing Cells

Lesson 5: Deleting and Clearing Cells Objectives: Deleting cell content Clearing cell formatting Insert and delete rows and columns

A Cell’s Content and Format Attributes Remember, a cells content and format attributes are independent. This means you can delete a cells content, and leave its format attributes. Or, you can clear a cells format and leave its content.

Delete a Cell’s Content Deleting the selected cell’s content use the keyboard shortcut or Edit tab.

Clear a Cell’s Format Deleting the selected cell’s content use the keyboard shortcut or Edit tab.

Insert or Delete a Row Select the row Right click on the row In the pop-up menu, the desire command

Insert or Delete a Column Similar process as a row. Select the column Right click on the column In the pop-up menu, the desire command

Summary In this lesson, you successfully deleted cell content and cleared cell formatting. Additionally, you inserted and deleted rows and columns .