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MS Excel - Grade 5

This document provides an overview of MS Excel basics. It defines Excel as a computerized worksheet and spreadsheet application used to perform calculations in cells arranged in rows and columns. It describes worksheets as on-screen spreadsheets containing cells for entering labels, values, and formulas to create tables and analyze data. Workbooks contain one or more worksheets that are automatically named Sheet 1, Sheet 2, etc. and allow adding, deleting, rearranging and coloring sheet tabs. The document outlines the file menu and seven tabs (Home, Insert, Page Layout, Formulas, Data, Review, View) containing commands grouped by function.

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MS Excel - Grade 5

This document provides an overview of MS Excel basics. It defines Excel as a computerized worksheet and spreadsheet application used to perform calculations in cells arranged in rows and columns. It describes worksheets as on-screen spreadsheets containing cells for entering labels, values, and formulas to create tables and analyze data. Workbooks contain one or more worksheets that are automatically named Sheet 1, Sheet 2, etc. and allow adding, deleting, rearranging and coloring sheet tabs. The document outlines the file menu and seven tabs (Home, Insert, Page Layout, Formulas, Data, Review, View) containing commands grouped by function.

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MS Excel Basics

What is MS Excel?
It is a computerized worksheet. It is a spreadsheet application program created by Microsoft Corporation. It has the standard feature of an electronic spreadsheet which uses cells that are represented in rows and in columns designed to perform basic arithmetic operations.

What is a WORKSHEET?
It is an on-screen spreadsheet that contains various cells in columns and in rows. By entering information, in the form of labels, values, and formulas into the worksheet cell, you create tables of spreadsheets, useful for summarizing, tabulating, and analyzing data.

What is a WORKBOOK?
It contains one or more worksheets which are automatically named in the sheet tabs as Sheet 1, Sheet 2, Sheet 3 and so on. You can add, delete, color and rearrange the sheet tabs.

HOW TO START THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET PROGRAM???

It is the panel at the top portion of the document. It has seven tabs. These tabs contain commands and tools which are grouped according to their function.

The Ribbon

GROUP -----TOOL BUTTON/ICON-----GROUP NAME----TOOL NAME AND FUNCTION

To minimize the ribbon, double click the tab name. To restore, double click again the tab name.

HOME TAB INSERT TAB


PAGE LAYOUT TAB

FILE MENU

FORMULAS TAB

DATA TAB
REVIEW TAB

THE FILE MENU AND THE SEVEN TABS

VIEW TAB

FILE MENU
It contains menus such as Save, Save As, Open, Close, Info, Recent, Print, Save & Send, Help, AddIns, Options and Exit.

HOME TAB
Displays the related commands which are grouped as Clipboard, Font, Alignment, Number, Styles, Cells, Editing

HOME TAB COMMANDS


GROUP NAME NAME FUNCTION

Font Size Increase Font Size Decrease Font Size Bold Italic Underline Border Fill Color Font Color

Changes the font type. Changes the font size. Increases font size. Decreases font size Changes font style to bold. Changes font style to italic Places underline on text. Places border on the document. Places highlight color on the text. Places color on the font.

FONT

HOME TAB COMMANDS


GROUP NAME NAME FUNCTION

Top Align Middle Align Bottom Align

Aligns text at the top of the cell. Aligns text at the middle of the cell. Aligns text at the bottom of the cell. Changes the orientation of the text. Aligns text to the left of the cell.
Aligns text to the center of the cell. Aligns text to the right of the cell.

ALIGNMENT

Orientation Align Left Align Center Align Right Decrease Indent Increase Indent

Decreases the indention of the text. Increases the indention of the text.

Wrap Text Merge & Center

Wraps the text on a group of selected cells. Merges the cells and arranges text at the center of the merged cells

HOME TAB COMMANDS


GROUP NAME NAME FUNCTION

Number Format

Show a list of format options.

Accounting Number Percent Style Comma Style Increase Decimal Decrease Decimal

NUMBER

Places currency and other number formats. Changes number to percentage.


Adds comma separator to numbers. Increases the decimal numbers.
Decreases the decimal numbers.

INSERT TAB
Displays the related commands which are grouped as Tables, Illustrations, Charts, Links Text.

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