Computer Applications Final Exam – 2012 – 2013 Academic Year
Excel Capstone Project
Analyzing and Presenting Fundraising Data
Problem: The teachers at Wee ones Care have been running fundraisers throughout the year so that the
day care can fund the many field trips that the children take. Over the last year, money has come in
from different events, including bake sales, car washes, community book sales, and similar activities. In
addition, cash donations were received from individuals and business groups, and grants were received
from several governmental agencies in the city. The owner of the daycare has asked you to organize the
information about the money that has flowed from these events and prepare a basic spreadsheet, as
shown in figure 1-5, for use by the administration team.
Instructions Part 1: Start Excel and enter the text from Table 1-1 on pg. CAP 7. Place the text, Events,
from the top-left of the table in cell A1. Place the remainder of the table in adjacent rows and columns
in the worksheet. Format the range B2:E2 with Currency formatting (Number Group | Home Tab) with
floating dollar signs, and format the range B3:E7 with Accounting Number Format (Number group |
Home Tab). Change the column width of column A to 115 pixels. Change the width of columns B, C, D,
and E to 109 pixels.
Double-click the Sheet 1 tab, and rename the tab to Fundraising Overview. Change the tab color
to Red (column 2, row 1 in the Standard Colors area).
Insert two new rows above row 1. Enter the text Fundraising at Wee Ones Daycare in cell A1 and
the text A Year in Review in cell A2. Merge and center the cell A1 across columns A through, and do the
same for the cell A2 text. Format cells A1:E2 with the Title style; change the font size of the text in row 2
to a size of 16. Format cells A3:E3 with a Heading 3 style. Apply the Equity theme to the workbook.
To align the column widths to their best fit, double-click the left column border for column B
and then for columns C through F. At this point save your work as Excel Final in your final Exam folder.
Instructions Part 2: In cell A10, enter Total and apply the Total cell style to the range A10:E10. In cell
A11, enter Lowest Funding Amount. In cell A12, enter Highest Funding Amount, and in cell A13 enter
Average Funding Amount. Bold the text in cells A10, A11, A12, A13, and change the font in those cells to
Arial Narrow, size 10 font. Increase the width of column A to 147 pixels. Change cells B4:E10 to font size
14.
In cell B10, use the SUM function to sum the values in the range B4:B9. Copy the formula in cell
B10 to the range C10:E10 and apply the Currency format with fixed dollar signs to the numbers in the
range B10:E10.
In cell B11, use the Insert Function button (Formulas tab | Function Library Group) to insert the
MIN function for the range B4:B9. Use the fill handle to copy the formula from cell B11 to the range
C11:E11.
In cell B12, enter =(max(B4:B9)) . Copy the formula in cell B12 to the range C12:E12.
In cell B13, use the Insert function button (Formulas tab | Function Libraries group) to insert the
AVERAGE function for the range B4:B9. Use the fill handle to copy the formula from cell B13 to the range
C13:E13.
Select the range B11:E13. Format the range with Accounting Number format (Number group |
Home tab). Use the Decrease Decimal button (Home tab | Number group) to remove all decimal places
from the values in the cells.
If necessary, select the range B11:E13. Change the font color of the text to dark Red, Accent 2,
Darker 50%; change the font to times New Roman; and change the font size to 12 point.
One of the school’s instructors reviews the entries in the spreadsheet and asks you to change
cell C8 to 350 to reflect updated records and to change the header text in range B3:E3 to make the
header text clearer. Using the Find & Select button (Home tab | Editing Group) to find all cells
containing the word Quarter and replace all instances with the words Fiscal Quarter, and then use the
Wrap button (Home tab |Alignment Group) to wrap the text.
To create a chart to make your spreadsheet more effective, use the range A3:E9 and the Bar
button (Insert Tab | Charts group) to create a clustered 3-D chart. Style the chart with a Gradient line,
Mahogany Border color; a Border Style of 6 pts; and a #-D Format of Bevel Top Slope. Double-click the
Horizontal 9Value) Axis of the chart, and then change the Major Unit to 1000 (Format Axis dialog box).
Select the chart, make sure that the snap to Grid command is selected (Align gallery | Format tab), and
size and position the chart as shown in Figure 1-5.
Save your workbook.