1. Test Review: Intro to Excel Test date Monday 11/27
Please study all the slides through out your long weekend and have a happy Thanksgiving! – Ms. Forero

2. Few questions to ask yourself…
What is Excel used for?
What careers use Excel?
What are some things you can create with Excel?

3. What is Excel and what is it used for?
A Microsoft Office Application
More than just a grid of rows and columns
Used for:
calculations
graphing tools
pivot tables
macro programming language called Visual Basic

4. What kinds of careers might use Excel?

5. Excel is a… AutoSum is one way you can solve calculations.
Ask yourself:
What is AutoSum?
How do you use AutoSum?

6. GREECE

7. That last slide was totally random right?!
It’s important you know the AutoSum Symbol comes from Greece and why the Greeks play an important role in what we learn in class.

8. Some of their inventions
Alarm Clock
Water Mill
Olympics
Cartography

9. AutoSum The ∑ symbol means sum. ∑ is the Greek capital sigma symbol.
Used commonly in algebraic functions

10. Vocabulary terms:
Row- Rows run horizontally in an Excel worksheet and are identified by a number in the row header
Column-A column is vertical in a chart, table, or spreadsheet identified by the letters in the header
AutoSum- Found under the Formula tab, function automatically Sums numbers selected
Merge and Center- Brings cells that are near each other to create on big cell
Ribbon- the strip of buttons and icons located above the work area
Insert- A tab on the Ribbon that allows to add tables, pictures, and shapes
Cell- One unit or square that stores information or data
Sheet- One sheet in the entire document, the title may be found at the bottom
Workbook- The entire document and any sheets found within, title may be found at the top after saving it
Format- To change the appearance, change the value, or arrange in a different way

11. Sample slides
The following slides are all examples of tools we used and clicked on
YES YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS TOO

12. Name of what you name the
entire document, the Workbooks name.
Click to add picture or shape
This entire tool bar is also known as The Ribbon
AutoSum is found under
the Formulas Tab as well
Columns run vertically
Click Merge and Center to turn
more than one cell into one big one
Row runs horizontals
Click Paint Bucket to add color or fill
A cell is one box
Click to add a new Sheet

13. To select an entire column just select the columns letter
To select an entire row just click the rows number

14. Notice when you type a negative sign in front of a dollar sign, the negative price turns red.
All Sums calculated
Using AutoSum

15. Click here to add or remove border styles for table
Click between any columns or rows to drag and fix width

16. Want to practice? Open a blank workbook through Excel
In a new sheet, place the following prices: $1.00 in A1, -$1.00 in A2
Click A3 and go to Formulas on the ribbon
Click AutoSum
And your answer should pop up: $0.00
Then select from A1 TO A3, go to the ribbon, click home, pick the all borders option

17. What it should look like: