EXCELP R O F E S S I O N A L D I P L O M A I N

Lesson 1: Setting the stage

Navigating the worksheet

Formatting basics

Your first Excel list

ObjectivesL E S S O N 1

What are the different

types of data used in Excel?

We will cover this later in the lesson

Navigating

What?

• Excel defined

• Spreadsheet application

• Microsoft

• Productivity tool

Why?

• Organise data

• Fantastic features

• Efficiency

• Logical

• Automation

M O D U L E 1 | L E S S O N 1

Noteworthy

Unique

• Thoughts

• Ways of working

Microsoft caters for individuals

“Is there another way to do this?”

YES!

• Open a new workbook

• Close and save a workbook

• Minimise

• Maximise

• Keyboard shortcuts

First steps

Worksheets

• Rows

• Columns

• Cells

QUESTIONS?

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Summary Notes

Lesson Quizzes

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Trivia time

How many rows are

there in Excel 2019?

How many columns are

there in Excel 2019?

There are

1,048,576rows

There are

16,384columns

Elements of the workspace• Tabs

• Ribbons

• Groups

• Formula bar

• Status bar

Navigating the worksheet

• Mouse and scroll bars

• Shortcuts

• CTRL + Arrow key

• SHIFT + Arrow key

• CTRL + SHIFT + Arrow key

Cursors

• A.K.A Pointers

• The role of cursors

• Provide clues

Key concepts

Active cell

Cell address

Formatting

Tab: HomeGroup: Font

• Different fonts available

• Resize fonts

Tab: HomeGroup: Font

• Bold

• Italics

• Underline

• Shortcut keys

What other shortcut can you use to access the:

Bold command

Italics command

Underline command

Trivia time

Alt + H + 1

Alt + H + 2

Alt + H + 3

Tab: homeGroup: font

• Borders

Tab: homeGroup: font

• Background colour

• Font colour

Basic height and width adjustments

• Highlight

• Click and drag

• Double click

Columns

Rows

Your first list

Data types

• Numeric

• Text

• Formulas

What’s the difference?

• Predefined

• Specific values

• Specific order

• Created by you

• Equation

Function Formulas

Function

= sum( )

Formula

= 4+3

Basic functions

Syntax

=SUM()

=MIN()

=MAX()

=COUNT()

AUTO Functions

Tab: homeGroup: clipboard

• Copy

• Cut

• Paste

• Keyboard shortcuts

• Ctrl + C

• Ctrl + X

• Ctrl + V

In what year were the copy and paste

commands invented?

Trivia time

In the mid-70s, somewhere between 1973 – 1976.

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