MODULE 6 Excel
Chapter 1
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Skill 1
Tip The active cell is highlighted with a black
border and the cell name appears in the Name
box next to the Formula bar.
Tip Click a cell and look at the Formula bar to
confirm that the entire entry is retained in a cell
even when it is only partially displayed.
Skill 4
Shortcut Step 5: Make A1 the Active cell Ctrl +
Home
Tip Ctrl + Enter finishes an entry without
moving your cursor to another cell.
Tip Click any cell that is visible on-screen to
select and make it the active cell.
Tip Click the Auto Fill Options button that
appears after a fill if you want to change the fill,
for example, if you want to fill formatting only or
if you want to copy cells rather than fill a series.
Tip Notice that scrolling does not change the
selected cell.
Another Way Step 10: To select a range, press
the left mouse button and drag over the range or
click the upper left cell and Shift + click the lower
right cell.
Skill 2
Tip The entire content of a data cell will be
displayed in the worksheet even if it is too long
to fit in the cell, as long as the next cell is empty.
Tip When you are selecting cells, the mouse
pointer is a thick white cross.
Tip Excel will not fill all times correctly. It fills 12
p.m. and then 13 p.m., an obvious error.
Tip You can type some number formats, such
as dollar signs and percent signs, when entering
the numbers, or you can apply number
formatting later.
Skill 5
Tip The spelling check starts from the current
cell, and Excel displays a message when it
needs to return to the beginning of the sheet.
Shortcut Step 4: Spell Check F7
Tip All Excel formulas begin with an equals
sign.
Skill 6
Tip You can use capital or lowercase letters for
cell names.
Tip Before deleting rows and columns, save
your worksheet. Make sure to check the rows
and columns before you delete them to be sure
you will not be losing important data.
Skill 3
Another Way Step 4: Press the Down Arrow to
finish a cell entry and move one cell down, the
Right or Left Arrow to move one column to the
right or left, or the Up Arrow to move up one
row.
Tip Excel automatically reformats the date.
Tip The entire content of a data cell will be
displayed in the worksheet even if it is too long
to fit in the cell, as long as the next cell is empty.
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Tip If you accidentally delete the wrong row or
column, immediately click the Undo button on
the Quick Access toolbar to restore the deleted
content.
Another Way Step 5: Right-click a column or
row heading and use the Insert or Delete
commands.
Tip Each Excel worksheet always has the same
number of rows and columns. When you insert
and delete rows and columns, you are simply
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changing where the blank rows and columns
appear in the sheet.
Skill 7
Tip The Ctrl key allows you to select multiple
items.
Another Way Step 4: You can right-click a
sheet tab and click Delete in the pop-up menu.
Shortcut Step 16 : Add a New Sheet Shift +
F11
Skill 8
Skill 9
Tip You should select a range of cells when you
want to print only a portion of data that is on the
worksheet.
Tip You could instead click other options to
print only the active sheets or the entire
workbook.
Tip The Page Layout tab also offers settings for
orientation and margins. Click the Page Setup
dialog box launcher to open the Page Setup
dialog box, where you can work with additional
settings, such as page scaling.
Another Way Step 3: You also can doubleclick the sheet tab to start the renaming process.
Guidelines for Office 2010
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