Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2007

Excel 2007 is the spreadsheet software in the Microsoft 2007 Office suite that allows you to store, organize, and analyze
numerical and text data.
Directions: For each of the topics below you will click on the links to discover and learn the basics on Excel. Please
review topic to answer the questions/statements below. Type your answer response in the document in italics.
Lesson 2: Starting a Workbook
Please click on the following link: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/office2007/excel2007/2
Read the introduction. Navigate through the lesson by clicking the arrows. ****Watch the video
1. To create a new blank workbook, after left-clicking MS Office button and selecting new, what happens?
2. What is each rectangle in the worksheet called?
Each rectangle is called a cell.
3. When you enter text into a cell, where is the other location the text appears?
the text appears in the cell and in the formula bar.
4. Each cell has a name, for example C3 which is also called a _________________.
column and a row
5. To edit or delete text in a cell which two keys on the keyboard can you use?
Select the cell.
Press the Backspace key on your keyboard to delete text and make a correction.
Press the Delete key to delete the entire contents of a cell.
6. The ______, ___________, and _____________ allow you to move through a worksheet using the keyboard.
tab shift up and down
Lesson 3: Modifying Columns, Rows, and Cells
Please click on the following link: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/office2007/excel2007/3
Read the introduction. Navigate through the lesson by clicking the arrows. ****Watch the video
7. List the steps to modify a column in Excel. Do not copy and paste from the website put into your own words in a bullet
list. WARNING: Must be in own words, if not you will lose 20 points from your grade.
First you have to position the cursor over the column line in the column heading, and a double row will appear.
Next left click the mouse & drag the cursor to the right to increase the column width or to the left to decrease the
column width.
Then release the mouse button or you can left click the column heading of a column you would like to modify
and the entire column will appear highlighted
Finally click the format command in the cells group on the home tab and a menu will appear.
Last Select column width to enter a specific column measurement and select autofit cloumn width to adjust the
column and all of the text will fit.

8. How do you insert a rows into a spreadsheet?

you have to select the row below where you want the new row to appear.

Lesson 4: Formatting Text

Please click on the following link: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/office2007/excel2007/4
Read the introduction. Navigate through the lesson by clicking the arrows. ****Watch the video
9. List three format text options to use in Excel.
you have to left-click a cell to select it, or drag your cursor over the text in the formula bar to select it. then click
the bold or italics command.

10. Explain how to add a border to selected cells. Do not copy and paste from the website put into your own words in a
bullet list. WARNING: Must be in own words, if not you will lose 20 points from your grade.