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Introduction to Excel 2010
Written by: Andie Philo
What is Excel?
Microsoft Excel is an electronic spreadsheet program that runs on
a personal computer. As with a paper spreadsheet, you can use Excel to organize your data into
rows and columns and to perform mathematical calculations.
What is a Spreadsheet?• A spreadsheet is an electronic document that
stores various types of data. There are vertical columns and horizontal rows. A cell is where the column and row intersect. A cell can contain text or data or formulas which perform calculations using other cells.
• An Excel spreadsheet (or workbook) contains one or more worksheets. Each worksheet contains a grid of cells.
Why is this type of information useful and how can it help me?
Excel allows you to create budgets & other important documents to manage data
Proper usage of Excel can eliminate clunky data keeping methods and save you time
Proper usage of Excel can eliminate errors & mistakes save you money
Let’s Get Started!
Open Excel through
your desktop icon or
through the Start menu
This button has one part:
Button Launcher
GroupTab
Active Tab
group name
minimize the ribbonContextual Tabs
Button properCarries out the selected
option.
This button has two parts:
List arrowOpens an options menu.
The Ribbon
Worksheets
Formula Bar
Scroll Bars
Column
Row
Cell
NameBox
Column Label
Row Label
View Tools
Selected Cell
Standard
Text(“I-Beam”)
Move
Selection(“Box Cross”)Click and Drag to
select multiple cells.
Mouse pointer changes to a “cross” when close to fill handle. Click and drag to
Fill adjacent cells.
Fill handle
Select Column Select Row Column WidthDouble click to resize.
Row HeightDouble click to resize.
Excel Mouse Pointers
Let’s Begin Our First Spreadsheet!
Order of Operations
Operator Description
- Negation (such as -1)
% Percentage
^ Exponentiation
* / Multiplication and Division
+ - Addition and Subtraction
Examples
a) = 5 + 2 * 3
b) = (5 + 2) * 3
c) = 11 - 5 + 3
d) = 11 - (5 + 3)
e) = 11 - 5 - 3
f) = 15 / 3 + 2
g) = 15 / (3 + 2)
h) = 15 / 3 * 2
11
21
9
3
3
7
3
10
Slide mechanism
Plug this into the side of the monitor
Yes No
You can remove your flash drive.
Make sure ALL windows are closed and try again!