MICROSOFT EXCEL 2010

EXCEL Is a powerful __________ program that allows users to organize data, complete ______________, make decisions, graph data, develop professional-looking __________, publish organized data to the Web, and access real-time data from Web sites.

4 MAJOR PARTS Worksheets ___________ Lists Web support

STEP ONE The first step in creating an effective worksheet is to make sure you understand what is ________. You should be supplied with a ____________ _________ that includes a needs statement, a source of data, a summary of calculation s, and any other special requirements.

ENTERING TEXT _______ is used to place titles, such as worksheet titles, column titles, and row titles, on the worksheet.

WORKBOOK When Excel starts, it creates a new blank workbook called __________ A _______________ is like a notebook Inside a workbook are _____________ Each workbook opens with _ worksheets You can add up to ________ sheets Excel automatically adds a ________ extension to the file name

WORKSHEET Organized into ______ (1, 2, 3, etc.) and ___________ (A, B, C, etc.) A _______ is the intersection of a row and column A cell is referred to by its unique address or ___________ – A1 or C12

WORKSHEET CONTINUED ___________ are the horizontal and vertical lines When text is longer than the width of a column, the overflow characters are displayed in _________ cells to the right as long as these cells contain no data

FORMULA BAR Is the last line before the document window. It displays information entered or about to be entered in a cell & gives the __________ _____________ of that cell. Cell editing can be done here.

AUTOCALCULATE Located on the ________ bar Can be used in place of a ______________ or formula to view the sum, average, or other types of totals

AUTOCALCULATE CommandFunction Average Average of the numbers in selected range ________ Number of nonblank cells in selected range Count nums Number of cells containing numbers in selected range ________ Highest value in selected range Min Lowest value in selected range ________ Adds the numbers in the selected range

CORRECTING A MISTAKE While keying the entry press delete or backspace Before pressing enter, click the ________ box in the formula bar After pressing enter, rekey the data Press ______

ENTERING NUMBERS ( ), /. $ % ____ e For numbers to be treated as text put an apostrophe (‘) in front of them A ________ is a series of two or more adjacent cells in a column or row separated by a _________

FUNCTION Excel’s _____ function add all of the numbers in a range of cells AutoSum

FILL HANDLE Small black square located in the _____________ corner of the heavy border around the _________ cell

FORMATTING A WORKSHEET To emphasize certain entries and make the worksheet easier to ________ and understand In general, use no more than ______ font types in a worksheet Merging cells involves creating single cell by _____________ two or more selected cells

FORMATTING A WORKSHEET ___________ and center button – merges selected cells into one and centers the contents To spilt merged cells just click the ________ and center button again Select the entire worksheet by clicking the select ______ button

FORMATTING A WORKSHEET _______________ is a built-in collection of formats On the _________ ribbon

PRINTING Excel automatically prints the cells that contain ________ You can select a specific ______ to print To print the chart only – select the ________ and then click print

CHARTS Use the ______ ribbon to create professional looking charts _________ chart is drawn on the same worksheet as the data When data is changed in a worksheet Excel will automatically _________ the chart

CHARTS CONTINUED Holding the _______ key while dragging a chart snaps the edge of the chart area to the worksheet gridlines