Training Tasks
MS Excel 2010
TaskName
Task ID
Task Instruction
1. E-mail a workbook
EX2992
To e-mail the current workbook, click the Save & Send tab in Backstage view, and then, in the Send Using
E-mail section, click the Send as Attachment button. Type ace2h@cengage.com in the To text box, and
then click the Send button.
2. Rename a worksheet
EX2043
Double-click the Sheet1 worksheet tab, type 2015 Projects on the tab, and then press ENTER to rename
the worksheet.
EX2173
In the current workbook, right-click the Commissions tab, and on the shortcut menu that opens, point to
Tab Color. Then, in the Standard Colors section of the gallery, click Red (the second color from the left) to
change the color of the active tab.
4. Reorder worksheets
EX2179
Point to the Sales worksheet tab, and press and hold the left mouse button as you drag the tab to the left
until a small black triangle appears above the left side of the Sales Chart tab. Then, release the mouse
button to move the Sales worksheet.
5. Navigate between worksheets
EX2389
6. Insert a new worksheet
EX2418
To insert a new worksheet in the workbook, click the Insert Worksheet tab to the right of the current
worksheet tab.
7. Copy a worksheet
EX2821
To copy the Sales worksheet, right-click the Sales worksheet tab, and on the shortcut menu, click Move or
Copy. In the Move or Copy dialog box, click the Create a copy check box to select it, and click OK.
8. Modify column width
EX2041
Double-click the right boundary of the column A heading to set the column width to fit the widest contents
of the column.
9. Modify row height
EX2105
Point to the boundary at the bottom of the row selector for the selected row until the pointer changes to a
crosshair shape, then press and hold the left mouse button as you drag the boundary upward until the
screen tip indicates 18.75 points (25 pixels), and release the mouse button.
10. Use the Format Painter
EX2185
3. Format worksheet tabs
To open the 2014 Sales worksheet, click the 2014 Sales worksheet tab.
In the Clipboard group on the Ribbon, click the Format Painter button to copy the formatting of the
selected cell, and then click cell B2 to apply the formatting to cell B2.
EX2029
In the Font group on the Ribbon, click the Font arrow and then click Arial to apply the Arial font face to the
cells A2:I2.
12. Change the font size
EX2031
In the Font group on the Ribbon, click the Font Size arrow to display a list of available font sizes. Then
click 10 in the list.
13. Apply bold
EX2026
In the Font group on the Ribbon, click the Bold button to apply bold formatting to the text in the selected
cells.
14. Italicize text
EX2177
15. Add borders
EX2095
In the Font group on the Ribbon, click the Borders arrow, and then click the Thick Box Border option on
the menu to apply a border around the selected cells.
16. Change the font color
EX2030
In the Font group on the Home tab on the Ribbon, click the Font Color arrow. Under Theme Colors, click
the Olive Green, Accent 3, Darker 50% color (the seventh color in the sixth row in the Theme Colors
section).
17. Change fill color
EX2098
In the Font group on the Ribbon, click the Fill Color arrow. In the Fill Color gallery, click the Olive Green,
Accent 3 color. This green is displayed in the first row of colors below Theme Colors.
18. Rotate text
EX2182
In the Alignment group on the Ribbon, click the Dialog Box Launcher. In the Orientation area of the Format
Cells dialog box, click the 45-degree point, and then click OK to rotate the text in the selected cell 45
degrees counterclockwise.
19. Merge cells and center their content
EX2040
In the Alignment group on the Ribbon, click the Merge & Center button to merge cells B1:D1 and center
the contents of cell B1 across the range.
20. Align cell contents
EX2391
In the Alignment group on the Ribbon, click the Align Text Right button to right-align the content in the
selected cells.
21. Indent cell contents
EX2392
In the Alignment group on the Ribbon, click the Increase Indent button to indent the content of the selected
cells to the first indent position.
22. Apply the accounting number format
EX2028
11. Change the font
In the Font group on the Ribbon, click the Italic button to apply italic formatting to the selected cells.
In the Number group on the Ribbon, click the Accounting Number Format button to apply the Accounting
number format to the values in the range E4:H9.
23. Apply the date number format
EX2097
In the Number group on the Ribbon, click the Format Cells: Number Dialog Box Launcher to display the
Format Cells dialog box. On the Number tab in the dialog box, click the Date format 14-Mar-01, and then
click OK to apply the change.
24. Apply the percent style to a range
EX2421
To format the values in a range of cells as percentages, click and drag to select cells D4:D7, and in the
Number group on the Home tab, click the Percent Style button.
EX2385
In the Number Group on the Ribbon, click the Increase Decimal button once to increase the number of
decimal points shown in cell D4 from one to two decimal places.
25. Increase the number of decimal places
26. Apply conditional formatting to a range of
EX2287
cells
27. Add a conditional formatting rule
28. Edit a conditional formatting rule
29. Create data bars
30. Apply a Table Style
31. Apply styles
EX2811
EX2299
EX2423
EX2393
EX2027
In the Styles group on the Ribbon, click the Conditional Formatting arrow. On the Conditional Formatting
menu, point to Icon Sets, and in the Ratings section of the Icon Sets submenu, click the 3 Stars icon set to
apply it to the selected cells.
In the Styles group on the Home tab, click the Conditional Formatting button. On the Conditional
Formatting list, click New Rule and then, in the New Formatting Rule dialog box, click the Format Style
arrow. Click Icon Sets. In the Display each icon according to these rules section, in the top row, doubleclick the value in the Value text box, and type 40 as the new value. In the yellow icon row, double-click the
value in the Value text box, type 20 as the new value, and click OK.
In the Styles group on the Ribbon, click the Conditional Formatting button, point to Icon Sets, and click the
More Rules option to open the New Formatting Rule dialog box. In the Icon section of the dialog box, click
the when < 33 list arrow, click the No Cell Icon option, and then click OK.
To create data bars in the current worksheet, click and drag to select the range I4:I7. Then, in the Styles
group on the Ribbon, click the Conditional Formatting button, and point to Data Bars. In the Gradient Fill
section of the Data Bars gallery, click the Red Data Bar option (third icon on the first row), and then click
the white space outside the table to view the change.
To format a selected cell range into a pre-formatted table, in the Styles group, click the Format as Table
button, and select Table Style Light 15 (the first icon in the third row) from the Format as Table gallery. In
the Format As Table dialog box, click the My table has headers check box, and click OK. Click the
worksheet outside of the table cells to deselect and view the table.
In the Styles group on the Ribbon, click the Cell Styles button, and then click Accent3 under Themed Cell
Styles to apply the Accent3 style to the selected range.
EX2033
In the Styles group on the Ribbon, click the Cell Styles button to open the Cell Styles gallery, and then
click the Normal style to clear the formatting from the selected cells in the current workbook.
33. Insert rows
EX2176
In the Cells group on the Ribbon, click the Insert arrow, and on the Insert menu, click Insert Sheet Rows to
insert two rows in the current worksheet.
34. Delete rows
EX2169
In the Cells group on the Ribbon, click the Delete arrow, and then click Delete Sheet Rows to delete the
selected rows from the worksheet.
35. Delete a worksheet
EX2230
To delete the current worksheet, click the Delete arrow in the Cells group on the Ribbon, click Delete
Sheet on the menu that opens, and click Delete in the Microsoft Excel dialog box to confirm the deletion.
32. Clear formatting
36. Hide and unhide columns
EX2232
In the Cells group on the Ribbon, click the Format button, and in the Visibility section on the Format menu,
point to Hide & Unhide. On the submenu, click Hide Columns to hide columns F through I. Then, point to
column heading E, press and hold down the left mouse button as you drag to include column heading J,
and release the mouse button. In the Cells group on the Ribbon, click the Format button, point to Hide &
Unhide, and click Unhide Columns to unhide columns F through I.
EX2231
In the Editing group on the Ribbon, click the Find & Select button, and then click Replace. In the Find and
Replace dialog box, type Commission in the Find what text box, click the Replace with text box, and type
Bonus in it. Then, click Replace All to replace all instances of the word Commission with the word Bonus.
EX2426
In the Illustrations group on the Insert tab, click the Clip Art button to open the Clip Art task pane. Type
phone in the Search for text box, and then click Go. Click the image of the man on the phone to insert it
into the worksheet.
EX2096
On the Page Layout tab on the Ribbon, in the Themes group, click the Themes button to display the
Themes gallery, and then click the Apothecary theme (first theme in the second row of the Built-In section)
to apply it to the current workbook.
40. Check spelling
EX2100
On the Review tab on the Ribbon, in the Proofing group, click the Spelling button to check the spelling in
the current worksheet. In the Spelling dialog box, click Change to accept the suggested correction. Click
OK to close the message box stating that the spelling check is complete.
41. Add a comment
EX2810
To add a new comment, in the Comments group on the Review tab, click the New Comment button. Type
Reviewed in the blank comment, and then click cell A9 to commit it.
42. Delete a comment
EX3182
In the Comments group on the Review tab, click the Delete button.
37. Find and replace text
38. Insert clip art
39. Apply a theme to a worksheet
43. Edit a comment
EX2847
In the Comments group on the Review tab, click the Edit Comment button. Double-click "212" in the
comment box, and then type 211 to overwrite the highlighted comment text. Click cell E9 to close the
comment box.