Student Exercises
1.
Open Excel and create a new workbook.
(a) Save the workbook as Exercise.xls. to the Desktop of your computer
(b) Rename Sheet 1 as ‘Chapter 1’
Answer Guidelines
(a) Using the file menu, choose the ‘Save As’ option and then complete the box ‘file name’
with ‘Exercise.xls’. Make sure the box labelled ‘Save in’ at the top of the dialogue box reads
‘Desktop’. If not, use the arrow buttons until Desktop is selected. Note: this might vary
depending on the version of Windows your computer operates.
(b) With the Workbook open at Sheet 1, double click the tab and then type in Chapter 1
2.
Enter the following data and text into Exercise.xls and print the table. This table relates to the
travel patterns of an individual where journey is the destination of their visit.
Journey
Number of visits
per week (x)
2
3
1
2
1
Park
Gym
Cinema
Shops
Grandma
Fare
(p)
20p
35p
50p
15p
25p
Answer Guidelines
After entering the text and numbers, highlight the cells in turn and choose appropriate centre
text options from the buttons on the toolbar. When satisfied that the text and numbers are
properly formatted, all the cells need to be highlighted and chosen with the drop down File
Menu, then Print Area and select Print Area. If the heading cells have not ‘wrapped’ the text
to fit as shown below, then the cell needs to be highlighted, choose the drop down Format
menu, Cells option and then the alignment tab. Under the alignment tab, choose the wrap
text option. The output should look like this.
Journey
Number
of visits
per week
(x)
Park
2
Gym
3
Cinema
1
Shops
2
Grandma
1
Fare
(p)
20p
35p
50p
15p
25p
3.
Using the text entered in 2 above:
(a) Change the text and numbers to be in italic font
(b) Change the text and numbers to be in normal Arial font, size 10
(c) Retaining the Arial font, produce the output with a single border and all
number cells lightly shaded
Answer Guidelines
(a) The output should look like:
Journey
Number
Fare
of visits
per week
(x)
(p)
Park
2
20p
Gym
3
35p
Cinema
1
50p
Shops
2
15p
Grandma
1
25p
This is achieved by highlighting the cells and clicking the Italic button on the button bar. If
there is no button bar, after highlighting the cells, use the format drop down menu and select
font and then select italic from this menu. You may need to widen the first column to make the
text fit on one line.
(b) The output should look like:
Journey
Park
Gym
Cinema
Shops
Grandma
Number of
visits per
week (x)
2
3
1
2
1
Fare
(p)
20p
35p
50p
15p
25p
This is achieved by highlighting the cells and clicking the font size button to 10 on the button
bar. Retaining the highlighting on the cells, select the Arial font from the font bar. (If working
from (a) you will need to deselect the italic button). If there is no button bar, after
highlighting the cells, use the Format drop down menu and select font and then choose the
Arial font and the 10 font size from this menu.
(c)
Journey
Park
Gym
Cinema
Shops
Grandma
Number of
visits per
week (x)
2
3
1
2
1
Fare
(p)
20p
35p
50p
15p
25p
This is achieved by highlighting the cells and selecting the appropriate border and shading
from the toolbar. Whilst border buttons are frequently installed, shading buttons are not.
Both formatting aspects can be achieved after highlighting the cells by using the Format drop
down menu, select Cells and then use the border and pattern tabs respectively.
4.
Using the text entered in 2 and formatted as in 3 above, create a table which has a double line
border around the whole table and a double lined border between the text and around the
shaded area. Save the file with the filename ‘Question4.xls’ and print the output.
Answer Guidelines
The output should look like:
Journey
Number
of visits
per
week
(x)
Fare
Park
2
20p
Gym
3
35p
Cinema
1
50p
Shops
2
15p
Grandma
1
25p
(p)
The cells for the border need to be highlighted. Whilst it is possible that the button on the
toolbar might have the appropriate options, when using a mixture of border options, it is
easier to go to the Format menu and select cell by cell. Whilst the cells are highlighted,
using the drop down Format menu, Cells and then border option allows the selection of
border attributes choosing the line style to fit.
5.
Using the text entered in 2, use the spreadsheet to work out the total spent on travel in a week
and then print the output. You should do this without using any of Excel’s pre-loaded
functions.
Answer Guidelines
The output should look like this:
Journey
Number
of visits
per week
(x)
Park
2
Gym
3
Cinema
1
Shops
2
Grandma
1
Fare
Weekly
Spend
(p)
20
35
50
15
25
Total
(p)
40
105
50
30
25
250
This is achieved by creating an additional column for weekly spend (the title cell will need to
be text wrapped as in question 1). In the number cells, the number of visits need to be
multiplied by the fare (notice that the ‘p’ has been removed from the numbers in the fare
column as Excel does not recognise 20p as a number). The total is achieved by summing the
weekly spend cells. The formulae used are shown in the following output and can be seen in
the formula bar by clicking the relevant cells of the spreadsheet. The print area selection will
need to be changed to include the extra cells before printing.
Journey
Number of visits
per week (x)
Fare
(p)
Park
Gym
Cinema
Shops
Grandma
2
3
1
2
1
20
35
50
15
25
Total
Weekly Spend
(p)
=B3*C3
=B4*C4
=B5*C5
=B6*C6
=B7*C7
=D3+D4+D5+D6+D7