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Excel 101. Greg Schaffer Ry Mittlestadt. What we’re going to Cover. The working parts of Excel How to Navigate How to Sort Formatting Filters Lab. This is Excel. The Working Parts of Excel. Workbook Worksheet (also called a spreadsheet) Columns Rows Cells Name Box Formula Box.
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Excel 101 Greg Schaffer Ry Mittlestadt
What we’re going to Cover • The working parts of Excel • How to Navigate • How to Sort • Formatting • Filters • Lab
The Working Parts of Excel • Workbook • Worksheet (also called a spreadsheet) • Columns • Rows • Cells • Name Box • Formula Box
The Working Parts of Excel Workbook
The Working Parts of Excel Worksheet
The Working Parts of Excel Columns
Cells The Working Parts of Excel
The Working Parts of Excel Name Box
The Working Parts of Excel Formula Box
How to Navigate in Excel Tab = Move Right Enter = Move Down Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl + ‘Home’ = Cursor back to Cell A1 Ctrl + PgDn = Next Sheet Ctrl + PgUp = Previous Sheet
How to Format Data All data can be formatted so that it looks nicer and is easier to read. Formatting Data can be done three ways: • Column • Row • Cell
How to Format Data • To Format the column or row, select the entire column or row and select ‘Format’ from the main toolbar, then select ‘Cells.’
How to Format Data • This bring the ‘Format Cells’ dialog box. From this dialog box, you may format: • Numbers • Alingment • Font • Border • Patterns (colors)
How to Format Data Formatting examples: Date Formatting: 1-1-02 becomes 1/1/2002 Currency Formatting: 2.35 becomes $2.35 We’ll explore this more in the lab…
How to Sort Two types: • Simple sort • Sorts selection by first column • Advanced Sort • Allows you to specify which columns to sort the selection
How to Sort Simple Sort note that the entire data range has been selected
How to Sort Advanced Sort:Select ‘Data,’ then ‘Sort’ Sort dialog box: You select which columns to sort the selected data
How to Sort • Critical that the correct data range has been selected.
Filters • Why use a filter? • Select just the data you want to see fast • Filter within a Filter • Only Sales employees from the North region
To Select Filters Select a Cell Data – Filter - AutoFilter
Filters Filter drop down box for each heading Filter drop down box for department Allows you to select Accounting
In Review • The working parts of Excel • Workbook • Worksheets • Columns • Rows • Cells • Name Box • Formula Box • How to Navigate • How to Sort • Formatting • Filters