Basic Microsoft Excel

Versions available: 00 & 03

Length:  Two 3˝ hour Classes
Prerequisite: Essentials of Windows (any version)

Unlock the secrets of this powerful spreadsheet application! You’ll understand how to create and save data into your workbooks, then insert, edit, delete, copy, move and replace numbers and text. You’ll come away knowing how to find answers to any Excel question with the powerful help features. Then, you’ll discover how to format workbooks including alignments, column/row sizes, borders, number, and date formats. You’ll master how to create basic formulas and functions within a worksheet, then create professional charts and graphs based on your information. After you’re finished, you can select from dozens of printing options. If you use numbers in your workplace, Excel is a must!

Getting Started

  • Know the parts of Excel's window (toolbars, menus, status bar, & formula bar)

  • Use Excel's powerful on-line help

Building Worksheets

  • Create a worksheet (insert, edit, delete, and replace data)

  • Undo errors

  • Go to a cell

  • Add a comment to a cell

  • Save and open a workbook

Basic Formatting

  • Format text

  • Change column width

  • Change row height

  • Change cell alignments

  • Create borders

  • Format numbers

  • Format dates

  • AutoFormat a cell range

Copying and Moving

  • Move and add columns/rows

  • Cut, copy, and paste

  • AutoFill a cell range 

  • Drag & drop

Basic Formulas 

  • Create formulas with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

  • Create basic functions (including sum, average, maximums, minimums)

Charts and Graphs

  • Create an imbedded chart

  • Change the chart type

  • Add a legend

  • Add a chart title

  • Modify the chart (resize, format, modify the labels)

Printing

  • Preview the worksheet

  • Change margins 

  • Change the layout

  • Remove the header/footer

  • Set up for black & white printing