EXCEL TUTORIAL
 Create a new workbook.
File->New->Workbook
 Enter the following data, measured in an experiment in the form of a table:
1. Temperatures: 25.547, 30.982, 90.650 126.431, 158.943, 82.002,
45.819, 13.762. (°C)
2. Times : 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (sec).
Time
Temperature
0
25.547
1
30.982
2
90.650
3
126.431
4
158.943
5
82.002
6
45.819
7
13.762
 Create a chart, as a separate excel object, showing the variation of temperature
with time.
 Make the temperature values appear on the chart and add a title, axes names,
and a legent that you find appropriate.
Select the table, by highlighting the cells.
Press the Chart Wizzard button.
Select X_Y scatter and an appropriate chart subtype.
Next. Next.
Add title, and axes labels.
Next.
As new sheet.
Finish.
 Make the time axis grid divisions visible for every 0.5 seconds and the
temperature scale have a major division of 20 and a minor division of 10 oC,
but make only the major divisions visible.
Click on the axis.
Format -> Selected Axis-> Scale, and set the appropriate values.
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 Switch back to worksheet 1 and make a new table showing the temperatures in
(°F). Do not calculate the values yourselves, but use an excel function instead.
Eg. Enter in the cell: =32+B2*9/5
if the corresponding temperature in
°C is in cell B2.
 Create a new chart (separate object), of the new values vs time.
 Add a 3rd order polynomial trend line, and display the equation on the chart.
Select chart.
Chart -> Add trendline -> polynomial -> order 3.
 Make the time axis grid divisions visible for every 0.5 seconds and the
temperature scale have a major division of 20 and a minor division of 10 °C,
but make only the major divisions visible.
 Go back to sheet 1 and change the formatting of all the numbers so that they
appear with a 2 decimal digit format.
Select cells.
Format->Cells->Number->Decimal places 2
 Format the two tables so that they have a 2 pt thick outline and the internal
lines are 1pt thick. The rest of the sheet should have invisible grid.
Format->Cells->Border->Outline->Line style
Format->Cells->Border->Inside->Line style
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 What happens in the second table if you change one value of temperature, say
make 30.982 ->130.982 °C?
 What happens in the first and second charts?
 Below the second table, write the summarized experimental data:
1. The time span as a function of initial and final time.
2. The mean value of temperature in (°C), as a function of all the
temperatures measured.
function :
=average(top_left_cell : bottom_right_cell)
3. The current date in a data format.
4. Your name.
Additional work.
 We made a series of temperature measurements on the surface of a flat, metal
piece, and obtained the following data:
1. Point (0,0) : 46.82
9. Point (4,0) : 61.002
2. Point (0,2) : 97.543
10.Point (4,2) : 98.76
3. Point (0,4) : 75.291
11.Point (4,4) : 169.5
4. Point (0,6) : 176.201
12.Point (4,6) : 190.862
5. Point (2,0) : 35.987
13.Point (6,0) : 56.921
6. Point (2,2) : 100.72
14.Point (6,2) : 101.392
7. Point (2,4) : 167.531
15.Point (6,4) : 170.502
8. Point (2,6) : 201.989
16.Point (6,6) : 210.8
 Make a contour plot of the temperature field on the surface of the metal.
 Make a plot of the variation of the temperature on the surface.
TIP : You can use the Help->Contents & Index->Index utility, in order to
get help related to specific keywords. Some of the instructions have been
intentionally ommitted in order to make you use this tool.
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