1. Building a Budget In Excel

2. Introduction
When a patron asks you for help with Excel do you feel like hitting the panic button?
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3. Objective
Learn and apply the beginning concepts of Excel by creating a budget

4. Let’s Review

5. Merge & Center

6. Entering Expenses

7. Assessment-Matching
Pointer that allows you to copy values, formulas, or items in a series across cells
Range
Button that enables you to make one large cell out of two or more small cells
Cell reference
AutoFill
Pointer with arrow going from left to right or up and down performs this function
Resize
Merge & Center
Term used to describe a group of cells
The column letter and row number designation for a cell

8. Totaling Expenses

9. Sort and Filter

10. Review-Fill in the Blank
The inserts an addition formula and intuitively figures out the intended range you want to calculate.
All formulas must begin with an
Highlight the row where you want to insert a border.
Use instead of numbers when creating a formula.
Use button to put your expense items in alphabetical order.
The command enables you to view only those expense items you want to see.

11. Finding Net Income

12. Formatting the Numbers

13. Adjusting Cell Height and Width

14. Other Ways These Concepts Can Be Used
Monthly Statistics
Sales Figures
Preparing Invoices
Can you think of any more?

15. Review-True/False
Excel will revise your totals automatically if you have to change a figure in your budget.
Budgets created in Excel must be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
The AutoFit feature resizes cells to just fit the data that is entered there.
Excel spreadsheets are only used for creating budgets.

16. Sources for Help “Tell me what you want to do” or “?”
Exercise for further practice

17. Final Review What are two time saving tools for creating a budget?
What operators are used for creating the addition and subtraction formulas?
How do you ask for help if you are having difficulty working in your spreadsheet?
How do you personally plan to apply these skills to your work and/or daily life?

18. Good Job and Good Luck!