1. Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School March 28, 2011
Microsoft excel 2002

2. Preliminaries
Pre-class (10 classwork points): look at the spreadsheet below. Name at least 5 things you might change in order to make it easier to read.
Flash drive
9.95
Laptop
500.00

3. Excel Review Common Interface Controls Spreadsheet basics:
Menus
Toolbars
Task panes
Spreadsheet basics:
Rows (numbered horizontally)
Columns (lettered vertically)
Addresses (row and column intersections)
File Basics: document naming, storage and retrieval

4. Focus Lesson: Formatting Data Lists
Objective: be able to evaluate a document layout in order to optimize visual appeal by being able to change the following:
Justification: left, right or center
Column widths and titles
Formatting values: date and currency
Fonts: type, size and style

5. Exit Ticket: Spreadsheets
On the slip, write one sentence explaining the main idea of today’s lesson.