Excel Exercise 7-Formatting
NYAMU OGAKHAN
Microsoft Excel Exercise 6: Formatting
1. Open an Excel workbook.
2. Type: January 1, 2011 into a cell. Press ENTER. See how it is
automatically changed to 1-Jan-11?
3. Go to the Home tab and click on the drop down arrow next to
General in the Number group. Choose More Number Formats from the
bottom of the list
4. Select the number tab.
5. Select Date from the category box and choose a different
format in the type box. Click OK.
6. Type: January 1, 2011 in the highlighted cell. Press ENTER.
Is it a different format than 1-Jan-11?
7. Select a new cell. Type the number 5467.896 and press
ENTER.
8. Select Cell Styles from the Styles group in the Home tab.
9. A drop-down menu will appear
10. At the bottom, there is a section called Number Format
Select COMMA.
11. Type 5467.896 again. Press ENTER. See how a comma was added?
See how the number was rounded so there are only two digits past
the decimal point?
CLOSE THE EXCEL WORKBOOK. DO NOT SAVE.
Task: Imagine you have been asked to create a spreadsheet for
Mikes Mail Order Company.
OPEN a new Excel Workbook
Enter the raw data below. Apply as many formatting features
(font, size, color, etc.) as you wish.
Item PriceDelivery Charge Ordered This Month
Bath Towels 6.95 5.00 3019
Bathroom Radio 24.95 8.00 1500
Bathroom Scales 99.95 10.00 603
BBQ 199.95 20.00 308
Beach Towels 9.95 5.00 4112
Board Games 39.95 8.00 915
Book Ends 29.95 10.00 2141
Book Shelf 49.95 15.00 1628
Camera 69.95 10.00 1212
Card Games 14.95 5.00 2423
Carving Fork 17.95 5.00 1737
Clothes Hanger 4.95 5.00 5838
1. Highlight the numbers in the Price and Delivery Charge
columns and apply the $ format.
2. Highlight the numbers in the Ordered this Month column. Go to
Cell Styles, under the Home tab, then change the style to Comma(0)
found under Number Format.
3. Give your spreadsheet an appropriate title and center it
across your spreadsheet (Remember, you will have to insert a sheet
row across the top).
4. Adjust the column width as needed.5. In Column E, type a new
column title: Total Cost6. Calculate total cost for each item
(price + delivery charge). Try a few options:
a. Click in cell E3. Type exactly: =B3+C3 and Press Enter.
b. Click in cell E4. Type: =
c. Click on cell B4. Type: + d. Click on cell C4. Press Enter.e.
Click in cell E5. Type =SUM(B5:C5)7. After you have tried all three
methods, you can use Autofill for the rest of the answers.
8. In Column F, type a new column title: Monthly Income9. Create
formulas and calculate the monthly income for each item (total
cost* ordered this month). Remember, you can use Autofill.
10. Make sure the numbers under Total Cost and Monthly Income
are all in $ format.11. Check your work. Go to FILE and PRINT to
see the preview. How does it look?
***Save this as Exercise 6 when done***
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