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Creative Crosswords
STEP 1: Select Columns A-K and adjust width to 20 pixels
Here are two ways to adjust a column
width:
1. Mouse: Hover the mouse curserover the column letter until you
see a vertical line with ahorizontal line with arrows at
each end, then click and slide
until the popup displays the
desired width.
2. Home Ribbon: From Cells Menu,select Format, then Column
Width.
Change the column width value
to character width i.e. 20 pixels =
2.14 characters.
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STEP 2: Select Rows 110 and adjust height to 20 pixels
There are two ways to adjust a Row
Height:
3. Mouse: Hover the mouse curserover the row number as you didpreviously to adjust the column
width.
4. Home Ribbon: From the Cellsmenu, select Format, then Row
Height and change the row height
accordingly.
You should now have a grid of 11 columns and 10 rows evenly spaced.
STEP 3: Add words to your grid.
Using capital letters, type the words
below into the cell range allocated:
Spreadsheet A6:K6
Pixel G1:G6
Range C6:C10
STEP 4: Formatting
Home Ribbon: Under Editing, select
Go To Special
Select Constants, then deselect
Numbers, Logicals & Errors so that
only Text is selected. Then select OK.
This action then selects all cells on
the worksheet containing text.
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Right Click over one of the cells
containing a letter, then select
Format Cells.
Under Alignment, change Horizontal
and Vertical Alignment to Centre.
Under Font Tab, you may change the
colour and Font.
Under Border, select Outside and
Inside under the heading Presets.
Under Protection, deselect Locked.
STEP 5: Prepare for formulas
Type the words from this crossword
in column M beginning with cell M1.
Then using Data Ribbon, under Sort &
Filter, select
This will sort the words in the list
alphabetically.
Then, using the mouse curser
double click on the join between
columns M & N to widen column M,
which allows all contents to fit within
each cell.
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STEP 6: New Formula Concatenate
In column N, use the concatenate
function to calculate the values of the
cells in the crossword puzzle.
The symbol & is used to represent the
concatenate function and in effect
replaces the + symbol when text is
involved.
You will notice, when a cell reference
is made the colour is the same as that
surrounding the cell it is referenced
to.
The symbol is located on thekeyboard number Seven key in
conjunction with the Shift key.
STEP 7: Adding the crossword quiz questions
Select the first letter of the first word
in your list, and then Right Click with
the mouse to select Insert Comment.
Then add a definition of the word.
You will notice a small red triangle
appear in the top right hand corner
of the cell.
STEP 8: Using the IF Function
Word definition of the IF Function in this instance:
This cell equals IF the cell two cells to the left equal the cell
one cell to the left, if this is correct then display the word
correct, otherwise display the word wrong.
The object here is the IF function is to
work out if the user has typed in the
correct word.
Then copy this formula down using
the Fill command under the Home
Ribbon and Editing
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You should now have 3 instances of
the word correct in column O.
STEP 9: Using the COUNTIF Function
Using the COUNTIF function allows us
to count the number of correct
answers.
STEP 10: Creating a Thermometer Chart
Make cell O1 and P1 the active cells,
then from the Insert Ribbon, under
Charts, select 2-D Column chart.
Select the X Axis and Right click to
reveal Format Axis
In the Format Axis Dialogue box,
change the Axis Options to reflect the
number of questions.
With questions in this case, the
Maximum should be fixed at 3, Major
units should be 1 and so on.
Right click on the blue area of
the graph and select Format
Data Point from the menu.
Then slide the Gap Width down
to 00
and click on Close.
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Select and delete the Legend
and
Chart Title
Then, grab the right side of the
chart and resize it as shown.
Select the X Axis, then delete.
Repeat for Y Axis.
Delete the word Pixel so that you
have one question shown as
wrong and reveal thebackground of the thermometer.
Right click on Blue Data Fill then
select Format Data Series.
Under Fill, select Gradient Fill,
Linear and under Gradient
Stops, select Stop 3, then clickon Remove.
With Gradient Stop 2 Selected,
From the Colour dropdown Icon,
select Red. Adjust the Stop
position to 25%.
Next, Select Stop 1, then slide
the Stop position slider to 0%.
Then, choose a lighter shade of
red i.e. orange.
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Right click on the Plot Area, and
then select Format Plot Area.
Select Solid fill, then close.
Using the Insert Ribbon, draw a
circle at the base of the
thermometer.
Right click on the circle to edit
the colour fill and line.
STEP 11: Finishing Touches
Right click on border of chart,
select Format Chart Area, then
for Border Colour, choose No
line.
Select Row 1, then right click
and Insert to a new row above
the crossword puzzle.
Adjust the height of row 1 to
approximately 60 pixels to lower
the puzzle.
Then insert a column to the left
of column A.
Select and drag the thermometer up to cover the cell with the COUNTIF formula.
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Select columns N, 0 and P, then right click and
select Hide.
Delete all the words from
the crossword grid.
Then, from the View
Ribbon, under Show/Hide
remove the tick from
Headings, Gridlines and
formula Bar if it is selected.
Under Review Ribbon,
changes, select Protect
Sheet. Then deselect Select
Locked cells, and then click
on OK.
Right click on the Main
Ribbon, and then selectMinimise the Ribbon.
Congratulations you have finished. When you hover your mouse over the first cell of a word, you willbe prompted by the question.
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Extension Ideas:
Create a command button which, when clicked on runs a voice recorded set of instructions OR
displays a textbox with instructions OR a message box. Note: Each of these extension ideas willrequire VBA coding.
Also, think about adding an image to the worksheet background to enhance the GUI [Graphical User
Interface]
To Add Sound:
From the Insert Ribbon, select Object, then under the Create New Tab, select Wave Sound and click
OK.
When you are ready, click on the red circle and speak into your microphone. If you are happy with
the recording, close this dialogue box, then double click on the speaker icon when you wish to playthe recording. Alternatively if this option is not available in your version of MS Excel, you can use
another program such as Audacity to record your voice instructions as a wave file and import it into
your project.
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