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A dummies guide to Excel
Microsoft Excel 2007
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program
It is used to store, organize, and
manipulate data
Microsoft Excel’s layout is a rectangular
grid (as shown in the image)
Microsoft Excel begins with 3 worksheets – these worksheets can each store a rectangular grid of data – extra sheets can be added (sheets shown in the image)
The Basics - What is it?
The Basics - Video
Microsoft Excel has a toolbar also known as a “ribbon” which has different tabs.
These tabs have different tools available.
The tabs are:◦ Home◦ Insert◦ Page Layout◦ Formulas◦ Data◦ Review◦ View
The Basics – The Ribbon
The home tab
The insert tab
The page layout tab
The Tabs - 1
The formula tab
The data tab
The review tab
The Tabs - 2
The view tab
The Tabs - 3
Creating formulas in Excel may be confusing when beginning. This
section will give you the basics in using formulas to add and subtract.
Creating Formulas
Creating a chart is simple once you get to know it.
It is a nice way to represent your data visually. The first step to creating your chart is to
ensure you have the data set in the correct way.
The image to the right shows a basic example of this.
I have 2 headings, Item and Price. I then have a list of 4 items and 4 prices.
I then select all that data by dragging the left mouse button (as mentioned in the first video).
And then I go to Insert -> Column (depending on what chart style you want) and then I chose a 2-D Column.
Creating a Chart
Creating a Chart - Continued
Any Questions?
Next: Please refer to the guide.