Post on 18-Jan-2016
Lesson 1: Exploring Excel 2013
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Learning Objectives
After studying this lesson, you will be able to:
Explain ways Excel can help your productivity
Navigate around the Excel window and issue
commands
Enter text and numbers into cells
Distinguish between a text and a number entry in a cell
Save, “Save As,” and close workbooks
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Presenting Excel 2013
Ways to use Excel
Budgets
Lists
Tables
Tracking information
Charting data
Exploring the Excel Window
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Mousing Around in Excel
The mouse pointer shape determines function
Can you find all eight different mouse pointers in this figure?
Note! The active cell in
this figure is A1.
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Navigating with the Scroll Bar
Arrows let you scroll
line by line.
Drag the scroll box
to control your
scroll.
Click the scroll bar to
move one screen view
at a time.
Tip! Remember that when you navigate with the scroll bar, the
active cell does not change.
The vertical and horizontal
scroll bars both work the same
way.
Tabs, Ribbons, and Toolbars
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Ribbon
Tabs
Quick Access Toolbar
Note! Notice that you can add icons to the Quick Access Toolbar. You
can also add custom tabs to the Ribbon.
The File Tab
The File tab gives you access
to commands that allow you to:
Perform file
management
tasks
Choose options
to control how
you work with
Excel
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Contextual Tabs
Contextual Tabs appear in context
with the task being performed
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Dialog Box Launcher
When you click the dialog box launcher in the Font group,
the Format Cells dialog box will open with the Font tab
displayed.
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Hide the Ribbon
Create more room on the screen to work . . .
Expanded view
Collapsed view
Entering Data
Types of data
Constant values or formulas
Completing cell entries
Press the Enter or tab keys
One of the four arrow keys
Enter and Cancel buttons
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Entering Data
Deleting and replacing entries
Click a cell and press the delete key.
Type new data in a cell and complete data entry.
Long text entries
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All of the text is contained in cell A1
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Working with Numbers
The Number group on the Home tab allows you to
choose how numbers in selected cells will appear.
The dialog box launcher opens a
window where you can choose from
additional options to format your
numbers.
Decimals and Negative Numbers
Always type a decimal point if the number you are
entering requires one.
Precede a negative number entry with a minus (–) sign
or enclose it in parentheses ( ).
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Saving Workbooks
Save: Used for files that have already been saved,
replaces a copy in the same place with the same name
Save As: Used to save a file for the first time, save a file
with a new name or in a new location
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These commands are accessed
via the File tab of the Ribbon.
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Closing Documents
The File Tab menu contains the Close command
Close command closes a workbook window but leaves
Excel open.
Note! If changes were made since the last
Save, Excel asks to save before closing.
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Exiting From Excel
The Close button can be found at the top-right corner of
the Excel window.
Closes the Excel program
and all open workbooks
Prompts you to save if
you have unsaved editsThe Close button
Lesson 1: Exploring Excel 2013