1. Changing properties & printing worksheets
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3.4
Microsoft Excel
Changing properties & printing worksheets
CHANGING PROPERTIES & PRINTING WORKSHEETS
In addition to completing the labs in Section 3.3 before coming to class, students should have watched the two videos for this section (3.4.1 and 3.4.2) and completed the Skills Lab (3.4.4).

2. Common printing mistakes
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Common printing mistakes
Spreadsheet not scaled to page
Related information split onto multiple pages
Row/column headings only show up on first page
Rows and columns hard to distinguish
“ATTENTION” SLIDE: COMMON PRINTING MISTAKES
Show the students a spreadsheet that was printed using Excel’s default settings and ask them why it isn’t effective. This can be used as an introduction to the printing features you’ll teach in class.

3. Section Skill Overview
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Section Skill Overview
Lock and unlock cells
Protect worksheets and workbooks
Set the print area
Change worksheet margins
Create a header or footer
Change page orientation
Scale a worksheet for printing on a single page
Add print titles
Prevent cells from being modified
Print a section of a worksheet
SECTION SKILLS OVERVIEW
If students have completed the Skills lab (3.4.4), use this slide to prompt them for questions on specific tasks.
For students who have not completed the Skills lab, use this slide to introduce the tasks they will be learning in the section.

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KEY TERMS
Print Area
Lock/Unlock Cells
Protect Worksheet
Page Orientation
Print Titles
KEY TERMS
Introduce key terms for this section. Ask students if they have questions about particular terms.
If students have not watched the videos in this section, you may choose to play a video to introduce features. Videos include:
Data Protection (3:04)
Excel Printing Tips (3:18)

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KEY DEFINITIONS
Lock/Unlock Cells: By default, locked cells cannot be edited when a worksheet is protected. Unlocked cells can still be edited.
Page Orientation: There are two page orientation options: Portrait, where the long edge of the paper is vertical; and Landscape, where the long edge of the paper is horizontal.
Print Area: Designates a section of a worksheet to be printed. Information outside the print area will not be printed.
KEY DEFINITIONS
As needed, define key terms that students do not understand.
It may help your students to emphasize that all cells are locked by default, but the locked status doesn’t mean anything until protection is applied to the worksheet.

6. KEY DEFINITIONS (continued)
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KEY DEFINITIONS (continued)
Print Titles: These allow you to designate rows or columns to be repeated on each printed page. They are especially useful for printing labels and row/column headers.
Protect Worksheet: This option prevents locked cells from being edited. You also have the option of adding password protection to a worksheet.
KEY DEFINITIONS CONTINUED
As needed, provide more definitions for key terms.

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Why protect workbooks?
Keeps information confidential
Prevents others from messing up formulas
Makes it easier for others to correctly use the spreadsheet
OPTIONAL SLIDE: WHY PROTECT WORKBOOKS?
This slide can be used to start a discussion on why it is important to protect worksheets and workbooks.

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In-class Practice
Do Challenge Lab and aim for the best possible time.
The lab can be attempted multiple times, with the task set changing each time.
Let me know if you need help on a task.
OPTIONAL SLIDE: PRACTICE
Use this slide if you want students to spend time during class completing the labs. Possible ways of using the labs include:
Complete the Skills lab in class as a group (everyone working together on the same task at the same time).
Tasks are presented in the same order for everyone, allowing students to follow along with the teacher.
Following the teacher demonstration, students can restart the lab to complete any tasks not passed off.
Give students time to work on the Challenge lab during class.
Provide enough time for students to improve their times by working through the lab multiple times.
If desired, give students a target time to beat, or recognize the fastest times at the end of the practice session.
Time permitting, students can work through the Applied lab(s) instead of doing them as homework.

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Class Discussion
Why is it important for a spreadsheet to look good when printed?
When would it be appropriate to add a password to a worksheet or workbook?
Why is it important to remember passwords in Excel?
CLASS DISCUSSION
Possible answers to the discussion questions include the following:
Spreadsheet Appearance:
Clean and well-organized printouts are easier to understand and are more professional than disorganized and unattractive ones.
Password Protection:
Workbooks or worksheets should have passwords when they contain sensitive or confidential information.
Passwords in Excel:
It is impossible to recover a forgotten password in Excel.

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Class Activities
Print a copy of cookieSales.xlsx using the default settings. Then use Excel’s print options to fix the problems you find in your printout.
Using jokeShop.xlsx, experiment with worksheet protection options that are not supported in the lab. When might these options be useful?
Practice using Page Break Preview, which is taught in a video but not simulated in the lab.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Time permitting, assign students to participate in one or more of these classroom activities.
Encourage your students to explore Excel’s options on their own. Feel free to teach any features you feel they should learn but are not covered in the course.

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Summary
By default, Excel does not take worksheet structure into account when printing documents.
Most printing options, such as Print Titles and Print Area, are found on the Page Layout tab.
Protection can be applied to a workbook and/or to individual worksheets.
OPTIONAL SLIDE: SUMMARY
Use this slide to highlight some of the more important points covered during class.

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Homework Assignments
Complete the labs in this section:
Challenge Lab – Change Properties and Print Worksheets
Applied Lab – Prepare and Print Sales Data
Applied Lab – Protect a Budget Worksheet
Prepare for the next class:
Video – Number Formats
Video – Cell Formats
Video – Cell Styles and Colors
Video – Cell Borders
Skills Lab – Format Cells
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS