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The workbook window contains a grid thats used to enter data into a

worksheet. Vertical and horizontal scroll bars are used to move

around within the worksheet.

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Active Cell

Select All Button

Row

Numbers

Column Letters

Horizontal Splitter

Vertical Scroll Bar

Sheet TabsHorizontal Scroll Bar

Vertical Splitter

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Worksheet is a grid made up of columns and rows. The rectangle, or

box, created when a column and row intersect is called a cell. A cell

is identified by its location that is, the column letter and row number.

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Column

Letter

Row Number

Rows and Columns

There are 256 columns and 65,536 rows available in a worksheet. Columns

are labeled using letters of the alphabet. Starting with letter A.

After Column Z, the column letters are labeled AA, AB, AC, AD, etc. After

AZ, the columns start again with BA, BB, BC, BD, to BZ. The last column ina worksheet is column IV.

Rows are numbered from 1 to 65,536, starting with the number 1 at the top

of the worksheet.

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The Active Cell

The active cell is the cell into which information orformulas will be entered when you begin to type. A

selection border around the cell identifies it as the

active cell.

The active cell is C3

The small square inthe corner of theactive cell is calledthe Fill Handle andits used to copy thecontents of the active

cell to other cells.

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Sheet Tabs A workbook can contain as many worksheets as the computers

memory will allow. A sheet tab is used to identify each worksheet in

the workbook. The tab of the active sheet appears to be joined to the

worksheet displayed in the window.

By default, a new workbook file starts with 3 sheets tabs, and you

can increase or decrease the number of sheets in a workbook. When

a workbook contains more than six worksheets, not all of these tabscan be displayed on the bar, so the Tab scrolling buttons are used to

display these sheet tabs. To select another worksheet, click the

appropriate sheet tab. If necessary, use the Tab scrolling buttons to

display the sheet tab before clicking it.

Active Sheet Tab

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Displays the first sheet tab

Displays the previous sheet tab

Displays the next sheet tab

Displays the last sheet tab

Task A-1: Changing the Active Worksheet

Tasks Results/Comments

1. Click the Sheet2 tab. To activate the Sheet2 worksheet.

2. Click the Last Sheet Tab Since all the sheet tabs are currently

Scroll button. displayed in the window, the displaydoes not change.

3. Click the Sheet1 tab. To select Sheet1 as the active worksheet.

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Renaming A Worksheet

When a workbook contains worksheet names such as Sheet1,Sheet2, etc., it can be difficult to identify the information contained ineach worksheet. To make the individual worksheets easier to workwith, you should rename sheet tabs to describe the contents of eachworksheet.

Tasks Results/Comments

1. Double click the Sheet1 tab

The name of the current sheet tab is highlighted. As soon

as you began typing, this name will be deleted and

replaced with the information you are typing.

2. Type Variance The width of the sheet tab increases to accommodate thenew text being entered

3. Press ENTER To finish renaming the sheet tab

4. Double click the Sheet2 tab To begin renaming this sheet tab.

5. Type Chart

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6. Press ENTER

Tasks Results/Comments

7. Double click the Sheet3 tab.

8. Type Temporary

9. Press ENTER

9. Click the Variance sheet tab. To make this worksheet the active worksheet.

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Prepared By:

Jay-Ar T. Rustia

www.tusbag.blogspot.com

Lesson 1: Creating aWorksheet