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2. TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION
Excel 2013
Basics
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3. COURSE INSTRUCTOR Tennille Fincham Microsoft Certified Trainer
Technology Instructor
& Learning Enthusiast

4. COURSE OVERVIEW Overview:
Introduction | Tour | Terminology | Navigation | Selection
Activity 1:
Cell Basics
Row and Column Basics
Page Layout
Entering Content
Formatting Content
Activity 2:
Autofill
Flashfill
Activity 3:
Introduction to formulas
Introduction to functions
Relative, absolute, and mixed references

5. WHAT IS EXCEL?
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that allows you to calculate and graph data sets.
Excel can be used to create a number of items including:
Work Orders
Budgets
To-do lists
Timesheets
Financial/Account Reports
Sales Reports

6. OPENING EXCEL

7. TERMINOLOGY
Workbook – comprised of one or many worksheets containing data
Worksheet – contains a series of rows/columns containing data, charts, tables, etc.
Column – comprised of vertical cells
Row – comprised of cells running horizontally
Cell – individual space that contains formatted data, formulas, functions, etc.
Cell address – the location of particular cells within a Workbook/Worksheet. A cell’s address may be relative or absolute.

8. ON YOUR OWN Course 223 is scheduled to run from 8:00 – 11:20
Use the merge tool, the alignment tools, and the Alt + Enter keyboard shortcut to style the cell(s) like we did for course 123.

9. ON YOUR OWN Continue to practice the following: Merge Cells
Working with the alignment tools
Changing the cell’s format (color, alignment, borders, etc.)
Changing the font
Using the Format Painter

10. INTRO TO FORMULAS What are formulas?
A statement written by the user to be calculated
Can contain values, cell references, named ranges, and functions
Start with the equals sign, for example =1+2+3
Order of operations:
Operations enclosed in parentheses
Exponential calculations (3^2, for example)
Multiplication and division, whichever comes first
Addition and subtraction, whichever comes first
*A mnemonic that can help you remember the order is PEMDAS, or Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.

11. INTRO TO FUNCTIONS WHAT ARE FUNCTIONS?
Functions are preprogram operations in Excel
Common ones include SUM, AVERAGE,
Always start with equals sign and have parenthesize where arguments are listed
For example:
=SUM(1, 2, 3)
=SUM(A2:A15)
=SUM(1, 2, 3)*2

12. RELATIVE, ABSOLUTE, AND MIXED REFERENCES
CELL REFERENCES
RELATIVE, ABSOLUTE, AND MIXED REFERENCES
Affects your formulas and functions if you use auto fill or copy/paste to reuse the statement
Reference
Type
Description A4
Relative
This is the default cell reference. When used in a formula that is copied, pasted, or auto filled, it will change to be relative to the new position.
$A$4
Absolute
When used in a formula, it will never move or change.
$A4
Mixed
When used in a formula, the row will change, but the column never will.
A$4
When used in a formula, the column will change but the row never will.
Caveats:
Named ranges are always absolute
Tables are absolute when referring to the entire table

13. WHAT WE LEARNED

14. ? WRAP UP/QUESTIONS Instructor follow-up
After the workshop, the instructor will send an to all users that have attended. The may include:
Additional learning resources
Answers to outstanding questions

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