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Contents
Introduction to Excel 2010 ...................................................................................................................... 5
The Excel 2010 Interface ......................................................................................................................... 5
Worksheets ...................................................................................................................................... 7
The Formula Bar ............................................................................................................................. 7
Working with Columns, Rows, and Cells ................................................................................................. 8
Self-Assessment Questions .......................................................................................................... 12
Relative, Absolute and Mixed References ............................................................................................ 12
Formatting Cells .................................................................................................................................... 13
Align Cell Entries ......................................................................................................................... 18
Wrap Text ..................................................................................................................................... 19
Merge and Center .......................................................................................................................... 20
Create Borders .............................................................................................................................. 21
Conditional Formatting ......................................................................................................................... 22
Self-Assessment Questions .......................................................................................................... 25
Excel Formulas ...................................................................................................................................... 26
Set the Enter Key Direction .......................................................................................................... 26
Perform Mathematical Calculations .............................................................................................. 26
AutoSum ....................................................................................................................................... 27
Max ............................................................................................................................................... 30
Saving and Printing Worksheet/Workbook .......................................................................................... 30
Create Headers and Footers ................................................................................................................. 31
Set Print Options ........................................................................................................................... 33
Printing .......................................................................................................................................... 35
Self-Assessment Questions .......................................................................................................... 37
Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 39
Subjective Questions ...................................................................................................................... 39
Answer Keys ..................................................................................................................................... 39
B (Refer to The Excel 2010 Interface formula bar) .......................................................................... 39
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Bibliography ...................................................................................................................................... 42
e-References ..................................................................................................................................... 42
MODULE – III
Introduction to
Microsoft Excel 2010
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MODULE 3
Explore the Excel 2010 interface, describe how to add and edit content in columns, rows,
and cells, explain how to use the various formatting features to format a cell. We will also
explore the basic functions and formulas that can be used to work with numbers in the
worksheet. Describe how to finalize and print a worksheet/workbook, describe the different
techniques to organize data. Elucidate on the complex functions and formulas that can be
used to analyse data. Describe the various features available to present complex data and
explain the benefit and procedure to use a Pivot table. Determine patterns and trends with
spark lines and charts
Participants will be able to navigate through the Excel 2010 application, demonstrate how to
add and edit content within a worksheet. Execute basic and complex functions and formulas
in worksheet. Identify the different file types in which worksheet/workbook can be saved.
Also to Analyse, organize, and share the workbook as required.
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Microsoft Excel is one of the office tools that allows users to organize, format, and calculate data
with formulas using a built in formulas. It is also referred as spreadsheet which is broken up by rows
and columns.
Microsoft Excel is an electronic spreadsheet. You can organize your data into rows and columns. We
can also use it to perform mathematical calculations rapidly.
New Backstage view, which replaces the Microsoft Office button menu from Excel 2007.
The backstage view is used to perform operations on the file, features from the backstage view
were present in the “FILE” button. It has Info, New, Open, Save/Save As,Print, Share, Export,
Close, Account, Options.
The Quick Access toolbar lets you access common commands which ever tab you are on. By
default, it shows the Save, Undo, and Repeat commands. We can add other commands which
makes it more convenient for you.
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Name Box
The name box is the location or the name of a selected cell. As shown below cell B2 is in the
name box. Note how cell B2 is where column B and row 2 intersect.
Formula Bar
In the formula bar, you can enter/edit data, a formula, or a function that will display in a specific
cell. In this image, cell C3 is selected and 1989 is entered into the formula bar.Observe how the
data is displayed in both the formula bar and in cell C3.
Ribbon
The Ribbon contains the commands you need to perform common tasks. It has several tabs, each
tab has number of groups of commands, and you can add your own tabs that contain your
favourite commands. few groups will have an arrow in the bottom-right corner. When clicked to
see even more options.
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Worksheets
Microsoft Excel contains worksheets. Each worksheet comprises of columns and rows. The
columns are lettered A to Z and then followed by AA, AB, AC….. and so on; the rows are
numbered 1 to 1,048,576.
The combination of a column name and a row number make a cell address. For instance, the
cell located in the upper-left corner of the worksheet is cell A1, means column A, row 1. Cell
E15 is located under column E on row 15.
Formula Bar
If Formula bar is turned on, the cell address of the active cell is displayed in the Name box
which is placed the left side of the Formula bar. Cell content is displayed on the right side of
the Formula bar. If Formula bar is not displayed then:
To insert a column:
To insert rows:
1. Click on any row number Ex:- 1 and then drag down to 2 to select rows 1 and 2.
2. Click the down arrow next to Insert option in the Cells group. A menu appears.
3. Click Insert Sheet Rows. Excel inserts two new rows.
4. Click somewhere on the worksheet to remove your selection.
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1. Click the column F indicator(When mouse is placed on letter F i.e. column appears)
and drag to column G. (Press Shift+ arrow)
2. Click the down arrow next to Delete in the Cells group in the Home tab. A menu
appears.
3. Click Delete Sheet Columns. Excel deletes the columns you selected.
4. Click somewhere on the worksheet to remove your selection.
1. Click the row 9 indicator and drag to row 15. (Click on row 9 indicator Press Shift+ ↓
arrow)
2. Click the down arrow next to Delete in the Cells group. A menu appears.
3. Click Delete Sheet Rows. Excel deletes the rows which is selected.
4. Click somewhere on the worksheet to remove your selection.
1. Select Row/Column
2. Click on Format in Cells group in Home Tab.
3. Click on Hide & Unhide Select Hide rows or Hide Columns
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We refer to Cells by their column and row labels (such as "A1") is called relative referencing. If a
formula contains relative referencing and it is copied from one cell to another, Excel does not make
an exact copy of the formula.
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It will change cell addresses relative to the row and column they are moved to.
For example, if a simple addition formula is in cell C1 "=(A1+B1)" is copied to cell C2, the formula
would change to "=(A2+B2)" .
Absolute Reference
To prevent this changes, cells must be called by absolute reference and this is accomplished by
prefixing dollar signs "$" within the cell addresses in the formula.
The formula in cell C1 would read "=A1+$B$1" if the value of cell C2 should be the sum of cells A2
and B1. Both the column and row of cell B1 are absolute and will not change when copied.
Mixed reference can also be used where only the row OR column is fixed. For example, in the
formula "=($A2+B$1)", the row of cell A2 is fixed and the column of cell B1 is fixed.
Formatting Cells
Formatting cells will change the appearance of the cell content. We either change font / size or font
colour etc.
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We can change the format of the cell using the options available in Home Tab.
1. Select the Cells either by dragging the mouse or Shift + arrow keys.
2. Select the font from Font Group by clicking on the down arrow beside font.
3. Select the cells click on Font Size (Ctrl+Shift+P) Select any number.
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Click the Increase Font Size button or Decrease Font Size button.
Select the font, font style, and font size you want.
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To change the font color, click Font Color, and then select the color.
To select the under line color, Select Underline Color list arrow, and then click a colo
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Click OK.
Align Cell Entries
When you type text into a cell, by default your entry is aligned with the left side of the cell.
When you type numbers into a cell, by default your entry is aligned with the right side of the
cell. You can change the cell alignment.
You can center , left-align , or right-align , Top Align, Middle Align, Bottom Align
any cell entry. Look at cells A1 to D1. Note that they are aligned with the left side
of the cell, Similarly select any alignment
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We can also select one alignment from top three, and one from bottom three as below
Wrap Text
When you type text that is too long to fit in the cell, the text is overlapped into the next cell.
If you do not want it to overlap the next cell, you can wrap the text.
6. Click the Wrap Text button . Excel wraps the text in the cell.
Particularly when you give a title to a section of your worksheet, you want to center a piece
of text over several columns or rows. The following example shows you how.
1. Go to cell A1.
2. Type Employee Data
3. Click the check mark on the Formula bar.
4. Select cells A1 to C1.
5. Choose the Home tab.
6. Select the Merge and Center button in the Alignment group. Excel merges cells
A1, B1, C1 and then centers the content.
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Create Borders
We can give borders to the data it appears while taking a printout also it gives good
appearance to the data. We can choose from several types of borders. When you click the
down arrow next to the Border button , a menu appears. By making the selection from
the menu, you can place a border on the top, bottom, left, or right side of the selected cells on
all the sides/or around the outside border. We can have a thick outside border or a border with
a single-line top and a double-line bottom.
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Conditional Formatting
Changing the appearance of the cell content based on a condition.
5. Select the cells for which formatting has to be applied Select Home Tab
6. Select Conditional formattingHighlight Cell RulesEqual to Dialog box
appears.
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7. Type the condition Say Manager as shown below. Select the “Custom
format” from the drop down and select the required formatting.
6. Select the data starting from A2:G11(Do not select the headings, active cell must be
first cell of first column excluding the headings)
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8. Type the formula if we need to highlight for dept =10, Select the first cell of dept
column as =$D2=10 or type
9. =$E2= “Sr.Associate” select the first cell of designation column, if the condition is
on text enclose in double quotes. Or type =$F2>Date(2015,12,31) select the first cell
only whatever may be condition.
Excel Formulas
When formulas are entered into your Excel worksheet, the formulas are calculates
automatically.
In Excel we can move around the window, and enter the data. A biggest strength of Excel is
that you can perform mathematical calculations and format your data.
In Microsoft Excel, you can specify the direction. The cursor moves when you press the
Enter key. We can move the cursor to move up, down, left, right, or not at all, by using arrow
keys.
3. If “After Pressing Enter Move Selection” check box is not checked, check it.
4. If Down do not appear in the Direction box, Select the down arrow next to the
Direction box and then select Down.
5. Click OK.
In Microsoft Excel, we can enter numbers and mathematical formulas in the Whether you
enter a number or a formula, you can refer the cell when you perform mathematical
calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. When we are entering a
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mathematical formula, precede the formula with an equal sign. Use the following to indicate
the type of calculation you wish to perform:cells.
+ Addition
- Subtraction
* Multiplication
/ Division
^ Exponential
Addition
AutoSum
Sum
Syntax
=SUM(Range1,Range2,Range3... through to Range30).
You can use the AutoSum button on the Home tab to automatically add a column or row
of numbers. When you press the AutoSum button , Excel selects the numbers which are
above cells or in the same row. Then press Enter Key.
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Average
This function calculates the average from a list of numbers.
If the cell contains blank or contains text, the cell will not be used in the average calculation.
If the cell has zero 0, the cell will be included in the average calculation.
Syntax
=AVERAGE(Range1,Range2,Range3... through to Range N)
Similarly where ever calculation has to be done select the cell, click down arrow beside
Autosum select average. Press enter.
Count
This function counts the number of numeric/Date entries in a list. It will ignore if the cell contains
either blanks or text or errors.
Syntax
=COUNT(Range1,Range2,Range3... through to Range n)
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Max
This function picks the highest value from a list of data.
Syntax
=MAX(Range1,Range2,Range3... through to Range n)
In the above figure in cell H4 the formula “=Max(C4:G4)” is typed. Similarly we can do for Min
function also which extracts Minimum value from the list of numbers or Dates
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You can type header or footer or we can use predefined headers and footers. To use
predefined headers and footers, select the Header or Footer button or select the Header &
Footer Elements group's buttons.
Button Purpose
Header and footer areas are divided into three sections: left, right, and center. You use the Go
To Header or Go To Footer buttons on the Design tab to move between the header and footer
areas of your worksheet.
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We set print options on the Page Layout tab, .and set your margins, set page orientation, and
select the paper size.
Margins define the amount of space that appears on the top, bottom, left, and right sides of
your document. There are several standard margin sizes from which you can choose.
There are two page orientations: portrait and landscape. Portrait is the default option. We can
select Landscape.
Portrait
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Landscape
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Printing
To print select the “File” button, click Print on the menu that appears.
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You can use Print Preview option to print. When using Print Preview, you can see on the screen
how your printed document will look when you print it. If you select the Page Setup button
while in Print Preview mode, you can set page settings such as centering your data on the page.
If the document contains many pages, you can use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons to
navigate forward and backward through your document.
Click the button on the Right bottom corner PageSetup dialog box appears.
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1. Select the Page Setup button in the Print group. The Page Setup dialog box appears.
2. Select the Margins tab.
3. Click the Horizontally check box. Excel horizontally centers your data.
4. Click the Vertically check box. Excel vertically centers your data.
5. Click OK. The Page Setup dialog box closes.
a) =AVERAGE(4, 5, 6, 7,8,9)
b) =AVERAGE(A1, B1, C1,D1)
c) =AVERAGE(A1:A9, B1:B10)
d) =All of the above
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Summary
Microsoft Excel is one of the office tools that allows users to organize, format, and calculate data
with formulas using a built in formulas. It is also referred as spreadsheet which is broken up by rows
and columns. We can format the data based conditions, and validate the data according to given
conditions
Answer Keys
Self-Assessment Questions
Question No. Answer
D( Refer as Relative,
5 Absolute and Mixed
References)
6 A(Refer to Wrap text)
B (Refer as Perform
7 Mathematical
Calculations)
C (Refer as Excel
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Functions)
C (Refer as Excel
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Functions)
SubjectiveQuestions
Question No. Answer
Refer as Conditional
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Formatting
Refer to saving and
2
printing worksheet
Refer to formatting
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the data
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Activity:
1. Create an Excel Sheet which stores the Employee details with following fields:
EmpCode
EmpName
Gender
Designation
DoB
Basic
2. Enter 5 records and give the borders to the data entered.
3. Set the DoB column with format Tuesday, February 2, 2016
4. Save the file as “Employeedata.xlsx”
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Bibliography
e-References
http://www.excel-easy.com/basics/format-cells.html
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-advanced-formatting-tricks-for-excel-
users/
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Sort-and-filter-data-ffb9fcb0-b9cb-48bf-a15c-
8bec9fd3a472
http://www.excel-easy.com/introduction/formulas-functions.html
External Resources
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