What is Microsoft Excel?Microsoft Excel is a powerful Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program that allows spreadsheet program that allows you to:you to:

Organize dataOrganize dataComplete calculationsComplete calculationsMake decisionsMake decisionsGraph data Graph data Develop professional-looking Develop professional-looking

reportsreportsPublish organized data to the Web Publish organized data to the Web Access real-time data from web Access real-time data from web

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4 major parts of Excel4 major parts of Excel

WorksheetWorksheet

ChartsCharts

DatabaseDatabase

Web supportWeb support

The four major parts of excel are: Worksheets

Worksheets Worksheets (spreadsheet) allow you (spreadsheet) allow you to enter, calculate, to enter, calculate, manipulate, and manipulate, and analyze data such as analyze data such as numbers and text.numbers and text.

Charts Charts pictorially Charts pictorially

represent data. Excel represent data. Excel can draw a variety of can draw a variety of two-dimensional (plain) two-dimensional (plain) and three-dimensional and three-dimensional (solid) charts.(solid) charts.

Databases

Databases manages data. For example, once you enter data onto a worksheet, Excel can sort the data, search for specific data and select data that meets a criteria.

Web Support

Support allows Excel to save workbooks or parts of a workbook in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format so that they can be viewed and manipulated using a browser

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The Excel Worksheet. When excel starts, it creates a When excel starts, it creates a

new workbook, called Book 1. The new workbook, called Book 1. The workbook is like a workbook is like a notebooknotebook. . Inside the workbook are sheets, Inside the workbook are sheets, called worksheets. called worksheets.

Each sheet name displays on a Each sheet name displays on a sheet tab at the bottom of the sheet tab at the bottom of the workbook. A new workbook opens workbook. A new workbook opens with 3 worksheets. If necessary, with 3 worksheets. If necessary, you can add additional worksheets you can add additional worksheets to a maximum of to a maximum of 255 worksheet255 worksheetss

The Worksheet.

The worksheet is organized into a rectangular grid containing columns (vertical) and rows (horizontal).

A column letter above the A column letter above the

grid, also called the grid, also called the column column

headingheading, identifies each , identifies each

column. A row number on the column. A row number on the

left side of the grid, also left side of the grid, also

called the called the row headingrow heading, ,

identifies each row.identifies each row.

The intersection of each row and column is a cell.

A cell is the basic unit of the worksheet into which you enter data. Each worksheet in a workbook has 256 columns and 65,536 rows for a total of 16,777,216 cells.

Only a small fraction of the active worksheet displays on the screen at one time.

A cell is referred to by its unique address, or cell reference, which is the coordinate of the intersection of a row and a column. To identify a cell, specify the column letter first, followed by the row number.

One cell on the worksheet designated the active cell, is the one in which you can enter data. The active cell is identified in three ways.

First, a heavy black border surrounds the cell;

second, the active cell reference displays in the Name box;

and third, the column and row heading light up.

The horizontal and vertical lines on the worksheet itself are called gridlines.

Worksheet Window

You view the portion of the worksheet displayed on the screen through a worksheet window. Below and to the right of the worksheet window are, scroll bars, scroll arrows, and scroll boxes that you can use to move the window around to view different parts of the active worksheet.

Summary

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program

A spreadsheet is a collection of rows and columns

Excel can be used to:

organize data complete calculations make decisions Create graphs/charts

The four major parts of excel are: Worksheets

Charts

Databases

Web Support

The Excel Worksheet.

The workbook is like a notebook. It has sheets called worksheet.

Sheet tabs are used to display sheet names

A workbook opens with 3 sheets, if desired 252 more can be added.

There are 256 columns in a spreadsheet. Each column is represented by a LETTER (A – IV)

There are 65,536 rows in a spreadsheet. Each row is represented by a NUMBER. (1 – 65,536)

A CELL is formed where a row and a column intersects (cross).

There are 16,777,216 cells in a worksheet. Each cell is identified by its unique CELL ADDRESS or CELL REFERENCE. (A1 – IV65,536)

The Active cell can be identified as followings:

1. Heavy black border surrounds the cell

2. The cell name is displayed in the name box

3. The row and column heading light up

Name box – identifies the worksheet for the computer

Part 2: Understanding Formulas

In excel, formulas are used to perform all kinds of calculations on your Excel data. You can build formulas using mathematical operators, values, and cell references.

Formula Structure In Excel, formula structure works a bit

different from the ordinary mathematical formula. All Excel formulas begin with an equal sign (=), such as = 2+2. The equal sign immediately tells Excel to recognize any subsequent data as a formula rather than as a regular cell entry.

Cont’d Referencing Cells

Although you can enter specific values in your Excel formulas, you can also easily reference data in specific cells. For e.g., you can add 2 cells together or multiply the contents of one cell by a value.

Every cell in a worksheet has a unique address, also called a CELL REFERENCE.

By default, cells are identified by their specific column letter and then by their row number, i.e. cell D5 identifies the fifth cell down in column D.

Cont’d. Cell Ranges A group of related cells in a worksheet is

called a range. Excel identifies a cell range by the anchor points in the upper-left and lower-right corners of the range.

The range reference includes both anchor points separated by a colon. E.g., the range name A1:B3 includes cells A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3. Can also assign unique names to your ranges to make it easier to identify their contents. Spaces are NOT allowed in range names

Cont’d – Mathematical Operators to build formulas

Operator Operation Operator Operation

+ Addition = Equal to

- Subtraction < Less than

* Multiplication ≤ Less than or equal to

/ Division > Greater than

% Percentage ≥ Greater than or equal to

^ Exponentiation < > Not equal to

Home-Work1. Find the meaning of the

following as it pertains to Excel: Range, label, formula and value

2. Identify THREE purposes for which a spreadsheet can be used.

Cell address

Cell

ColumnRow

Formula

Value

Label

Worksheet

Class work

Complete the following calculations

• A9 = 4 B14 = 2 A3 = 7• B5 = 0 C4 = 6

1. In cell A14: 8+4+5

2. In cell B9: 16+94+1

3. In cell C10: 88+42+62

4. In cell D4: 45+63+111

5. In cell E1: A9*C4-B5

6. In cell F1: C10-B9

7. In cell G1: A3+D4

8. In cell H1: C10+B14-C4/B14

9. In cell I1: A9/B14*C4

10 In cell J1: D4-C10-A14

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