Computers and Literacy

Microsoft Office Excel Unit

What is Microsoft? A computer company Makes the Windows™ Operating System

and many other programs

What is Microsoft Office?Microsoft Office™ is a collection of computer programs. It includes: Word Excel PowerPoint

Excel is for Spreadsheets

In this class you will learn about: Reading & making spreadsheets with Excel Reading & making graphs Making inferences (guesses) from known information Scanning (reading quickly for specific information) Home budgets

How Students Get to Class

Walk

DriveTake Bus

Take TrainRide Bike

Carpool

You will also learn how to: Use a computer with Windows™ Use a computer program to improve your

keyboarding skills

Getting StartedYour Computer

Types of Computers

Desktops Laptops

Hardware & Software Hardware: All the parts of the computer

that you can touch. Software: Instructions in the computer

that help it do different tasks = Programs.

Hardware we use in class:Laptop’s keyboard and

monitor

Hardware we use in class:MouseTouch Pad

Mouse

Click vs. Right-click

Right click opens menus

Hardware we use in class:Headset

Hardware we use in class:Battery

Hardware we use in class:USB Flash Drive

Software we use in class: Microsoft Office Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

Operating System

Collection of Software Windows

Thank You!What questions do you have?

DO NOT START NEXT PORTION UNTIL AFTER YOU COMPLETE THE INTRO TO COMPUTER EXERCISE.

Introduction to Excel These slides serve as a Dictionary for

important Excel vocabulary words Will not get to see all of these words in

action today, simply showing you what we will be getting to during class time.

PART 2: Intro to Excel

Spreadsheets Organize data into

columns and rows Made up of cells

Cells Intersection of

columns and rows

Excel Introduction Column Row

What holds the spreadsheet UP

Like you are rowing across the water

Excel Introduction Columns are

labeled by letters Rows are labeled

by numbers

When addressing specific cells in a spreadsheet, we

name them by their Column Letter and

then their Row Number.

A7

B2

C12-D17

Excel Introduction Formula Bar

Click in a cell, information will

also be displayed in formula bar

Excel Introduction Excel Cursors- what do they help you do?

SelectYou can click to select one cell or click and drag to highlight many cells.

Change SizeYou can click and drag to make the columns and rows bigger or smaller.

Auto FillYou can click and drag to complete a list.

Drag CellYou can click and drag the whole cell to a different place on the sheet.

Excel Introduction Ribbon

Toolbar Menu Tabs

The way in which something is arranged or set out.

Format

Any questions?

Let’s open up Excel!