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Internet & Computing Fundamentals
(ICF)
Learner’s Module
Internet & Computing
Fundamentals 9
Working with Microsoft Excel
Quarter 1- Week 2
Elements of the Excel Window
(TLE_ICF9ESA-Ib-2)
Target
This module will assist you in facilitating the lesson to the
learners, particularly the Elements of the Excel window and worksheet.
At the end of this module, you are expected to attain the following objectives:
1. Recognize the elements of the Excel window
2. Navigate through the worksheet
Sub Task
A. Describe the worksheet
B. Identify the different command and options
A. Navigate through the different command and options
Jumpstart
Directions: Read and analyze the items carefully. Choose the
letter of the best answer then write on your answer sheet.
_____1. What window element gives you various options for saving, opening a
file, printing, and sharing your workbooks?
A. Tab
C. Quick access tool bar
B. Ribbon
D. Back stage view
_____2. What worksheet view is the default view for all worksheets in Excel?
A. Normal view
C. Page Layout view
B. Back stage view
D. Page break view
_____3. Which of the following tab where you can find the clipboard?
A. Formulas tab
C. Insert tab
B. Page Layout tab
D. Home tab
_____4. Which of the following tab where you can insert tables?
A. Formulas tab
C. Insert tab
B. Page Layout tab
D. Home tab
_____5. Which of the following tab where you can insert functions?
A. Formulas tab
C. Insert tab
B. Page Layout tab
D. Home tab
_____6. Which of the following is designed to respond to your current task?
A. Tab
C. Quick access tool bar
B. Ribbon
D. Back stage view
_____7. What will you choose if you find that your ribbon takes up too much
screen space?
A. Maximize
B. Minimize
C. Close
D. Delete
_____8. What window element contains multiple tabs?
A. Tab
C. Quick access tool bar
B. Ribbon
D. Back stage view
_____9. What window element contains several groups of commands?
A. Tab
C. Quick access tool bar
B. Ribbon
D. Back stage view
_____10. What tab gives you access to some of the most commonly used
commands including copying and pasting, formatting, and number
styles?
A. File tab
C. Insert tab
B. Page Layout tab
D. Home tab
Discover
Elements of the Excel Window
The Excel Interface
When you open Excel for the first time, the Excel Start Screen will
appear. From here, you'll be able to create a new workbook, choose
a template, and access your recently edited workbooks
1. From the Excel Start Screen, locate and select Blank workbook to access
the Excel interface.
Working with the Excel environment
If you've previously used Excel 2010 or 2007, Excel 2013 will feel
familiar. It continues to use features like the Ribbon and Quick Access
toolbar, where you will find commands to perform common tasks in Excel, as
well as Backstage view.
The Ribbon
Excel 2013 uses a tabbed Ribbon system instead of traditional
menus. The Ribbon contains multiple tabs, each with several groups of
commands. You will use these tabs to perform the most common
tasks in Excel.
The Home tab gives you access to some of the most commonly
used commands for working with data in Excel 2013, including copying
and pasting, formatting, and number styles. The Home tab is selected
by default whenever you open Excel.
Other commands available within each tab on the Ribbon.
Certain programs, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, may install
additional tabs to the Ribbon. These tabs are called add-ins.
The Quick Access toolbar
Located just above the Ribbon, the Quick Access toolbar lets you
access common commands no matter which tab is selected. By default,
it includes the Save, Undo, and Repeat commands. You can add other
commands depending on your preference.
To add commands to the Quick Access toolbar
1. Click
the drop-down
arrow to the right of
the Quick
Access
toolbar.
2. Select
the command you want
to add from the dropdown menu. To choose
from more commands,
select More
Commands.
3. The command will be added to the Quick Access toolbar.
Backstage view
Backstage view gives you various options for saving, opening a
file, printing, and sharing your workbooks.
To access Backstage view
1. Click the File tab on the Ribbon. Backstage view will appear.
2. Click the buttons in the interactive below to learn more about using
Backstage view.
Worksheet views
To change
worksheet
views, locate and select the
desired worksheet
view
command in the bottomright corner of the Excel
window.
1. Click the arrows in the slideshow below to review the different
worksheet view options.

Normal view: This is the default view for all worksheets in Excel.

Page lay-out view

Page break view
Navigate through the Worksheet
Minimize and Maximize the Ribbon
The Ribbon is designed to respond to your current task, but you can
choose to minimize it if you find that it takes up too much screen space.
1. Click the Ribbon Display Options arrow in the upper-right corner of
the Ribbon.
2. Select the desired minimizing option from the drop-down menu:
- Auto-hide Ribbon: Auto-hide displays your workbook in full-screen
mode and completely hides the Ribbon. To show the Ribbon, click
the Expand Ribbon command at the top of screen.

Show Tabs: This option hides all command groups when they're not in
use, but tabs will remain visible. To show the Ribbon, simply click a tab.
Show Tabs and Commands: This option maximizes the Ribbon. All
of the tabs and commands will be visible. This option is selected by
default when you open Excel for the first time.
Explore
Direction: Name the following tabs than can be found in the
ribbon base on the illustration given bellow.
Deepen
Arrange the illustration in order to come up with the correct
steps in minimizing and maximizing the Ribbon; Write letter A,
B, or C.
1.
2.
3.
Gauge
Directions: Read and analyze the items carefully. Choose the
letter of the best answer then write on your answer sheet.
_____1. What will appear when you open Excel for the first time?
A. Excel end screen
C. Excel start screen
B. Excel web screen
D. Excel print screen
_____2. What window element contains multiple tabs?
A. Tab
C. Quick access tool bar
B. Ribbon
D. Back stage view
_____3. What window element contains several groups of commands?
A. Tab
C. Quick access tool bar
B. Ribbon
D. Back stage view
_____4. What tab gives you access to some of the most commonly used
commands?
A. File tab B. Page Layout tab
C. Insert tab
D. Home
tab
_____5. What window element let’s you access common commands no matter
which tab is selected?
A. Tab
C. Quick access tool bar
B. Ribbon
D. Back stage view
_____6. What window element gives you various options like saving.
A. Tab
C. Quick access tool bar
B. Ribbon
D. Back stage view.
_____7. What worksheet view is the default view for all worksheets in Excel?
A. Normal view
C. Page Layout view
B. Back stage view
D. Page break view
_____8. Which of the following tab where you can find the clipboard?
A. Formulas
B. Page Layout
C. Insert
D. Home
_____9. Which of the following tab where you can insert tables?
A. Formulas
B. Page Layout
C. Insert
D. Home
_____10. Which of the following tab where you can insert functions?
A. Formulas
B. Page Layout
C. Insert
D. Home
_____11. Which of the following is designed to respond to your current task?
A. Tab
C. Quick access tool bar
B. Ribbon
D. Back stage view
_____12. What will you choose if you find that your ribbon takes up too much
screen space?
A. Maximize
B. Minimize
C. Close
D. Delete
_____13. Which of the following is the icon for ribbon display option?
A.
C.
B.
D.
_____14. Which command displays your workbook in full-screen mode and
completely hides the Ribbon
A. Show Tabs
C. Insert tab
B. Show Commands
D. Auto-hide
_____15. What option hides all command groups when they're not in use but
tabs will remain visible.
A. Show Tabs
C. Insert tab
B. Show Commands
D. Auto-hide