1. Microsoft Excel
Unit 1

2. Objectives Open Microsoft Excel Navigate within a spreadsheet
Create and save a new worksheet
Enter data into cells
Edit and delete data

3. Microsoft Excel Online spreadsheet program
Produce professional-looking documents
Perform numeric calculations quickly and accurately
Financial calculations
Scientific calculations
List management tasks
Show charts

4. Spreadsheets Enter data quickly and accurately Recalculate data easily
Perform what-if analysis
Change the appearance of information
Create charts
Share information with other users
Create new worksheets from existing ones

5. Common Business Uses Maintain values Represent values graphically
Create reports to summarize data
Organize data
Analyze data
Create what-if data scenarios

6. Starting Microsoft Excel
Your Turn
Starting Microsoft Excel
Double-Click Microsoft Office on your desktop.
Double-Click

7. Identifying Parts of Microsoft Excel

8. Menu Bar
Address Bar
Toolbar
Formula Bar
Active Cell
Column Headings
Scroll Bars
Row Headings
Cell
Sheet Tabs
Task Bar

9. Workbook File created to store your data
May contain up to 255 worksheets

10. Worksheet Grid that defines rows and columns
Rows are numbered from 1 to 65,536
Columns are labeled from A to Z, then AA to AZ, BA to BZ, and so on (up to column IV)
Cell – intersection of row and column

11. Cell Each has a unique cell reference
A1 is the intersection of column A and row 1
Active cell – cell that appears outlined with a thick border

12. Exercise 1-1 Open and Edit a Workbook
Your Turn
Exercise 1-1 Open and Edit a Workbook
Start Microsoft Excel by clicking the Microsoft Office folder on your desktop.
Double-click the Excel icon.
Click on the file in Canvas to open the file.
Click the File menu (Office button) in the top left of your screen.

13. Exercise 1-1 Open and Edit a Workbook
Your Turn
Exercise 1-1 Open and Edit a Workbook
Save the worksheet as Computer Systems 1.1.
Click Cell A5.
Press the right arrow key to move to cell D5.
Press the down arrow key to move to cell D6.
Press the HOME key and the cell pointer moves to the beginning of row 6.
Press the END key and press the right arrow key .

14. Exercise 1-1 Open and Edit a Workbook
Your Turn
Exercise 1-1 Open and Edit a Workbook
Press and hold the END key and press the down arrow key. The cell pointer moves to the last row that contains data
Press and hold the CTRL key and press the HOME key. The pointer moves to cell A1.
Press and hold the CTRL key and press the END key. The pointer moves to the last cell that contains data (H8)
Close the workbook.