2. Objectives: Upon completion of this lesson the trainee should be able to: -Identify the basic components of a spread sheet -Utilize the help dialogue -Develop an “IF” statement -Utilize the drag feature

3. Headings Formula (Cell Data) Help Dialogue A brief review from lesson 1

4. Opening the Help dialogue Window

5. Enter your keyword “IF” Click on search, then choose the Topic IF Worksheet Function

6. Help information for writing an “IF” statement

7. We will be using example three. Please read carefully!

9. We will be placing the “IF” statement in cell K4 Insure the Blank column has no data in its cells. If there is delete it.

10. Type in the “IF” statement as you see above in cell K4. Data needs to be entered very carefully or the formula won’t work. Excel will run a logical test on the statement to determine its validity.

11. Another way to enter a formula or function statement is to click on the insert Function “fx”. Make sure the cell the function is to be placed in is selected

12. The above dialogue box will show up if your statement has errors. Excel is somewhat intuitive and may make a suggestion for correcting the error.

13. The letter “B” should be displayed in cell K4 if your statement is correct. You can know use the drag function to place the formula into the remaining cells

14. Lovely job. See you next session. When we will meet Mean, Median and Mode

15. Review Questions 1.What are the two ways to enter a function statement? 2.Upon completing a function statement what process does Excel perform? 3.Sum, Average, and Count are examples of? 4.Will the drag function sequence an inserted function command such as: “IF”? Why? 5.Why is there a blank column in the grade book prior to the average column?