INTRODUCTION TO MS EXCEL

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for windows, macOS,

androids and ios .It features calculations, graphing tools, pivot tablets. It has
been a very widely applied spreadsheet for these platforms, especially since
version in 1993, and it has replaces Lotus 1-2-3 as the industry standard for
spreadsheets. Excel forms part of Microsoft Office. Microsoft Excel is a
spreadsheet program that is used to record and analyse numerical data. Think of
a spreadsheet as a collection of columns and rows that form a table.
Alphabetical letters are usually assigned to columns and numbers are usually
assigned to rows. The point where a column and a row meet is called a cell. The
address of a cell is given by the letter representing the column and the number
representing a row.

BASIC OPERATIONS:

 Deleting a Column or a Row

 Inserting a Column
 Inserting a Row.
 Sorting
 Displaying Formulas in the Worksheet.
 Entering Formulas
 Adjusting Column Width
 Adjusting Row Height
 Adjusting the Format of Numerical Data
 Justification of Cell Contents
 Justification of an Entire Column or Row
 Copying Cells, Columns or Rows
 Pasting Cells, Columns or Rows
Features of MS - EXCEL

1. Pivot Tables

PivotTables summarise large amounts of Excel data from a database that is

formatted where the first row contains headings and the other rows contain
categories or values. The way the data is summarised is flexible but usually the
Pivot Table will contain values summed over some or all of the categories

2. Conditional Formatting

Conditional formatting, as its name suggests, changes the format of a cell

dependent on the content of the cell, or a range of cells, or another cell or cells
in the workbook. Conditional formatting helps users to quickly focus on
important aspects of a spreadsheet or to highlight errors and to identify
important patterns in data.

3. Sorting and Filtering

Excel spreadsheets help us make sense of large amounts of data. To make it

easier to find what you need, you can reorder the data or pick out just the data
you need, based on parameters you set within Excel. Sorting and filtering your
data will save you time and make your spreadsheet more effective.

4. Basic Math

At the heart of any Excel spreadsheet are the numbers within the data. Using
basic math functions to manipulate those numbers is one of the features that
makes Excel so powerful. Simple calculations can be entered into the formula
bar in Excel just as they would be written on paper. As with all formulae in
Excel, start a calculation with the = sign.
Microsoft Excel Components
WORKBOOK
A workbook is a separate file just like every other application
has.
Each workbook contains one or more worksheets. You can
also say that a workbook is a collection of multiple
worksheets or can be a single worksheet
WORKSHEET
A worksheet is made up of individual cells which can contain
a value, a formula, or text
It also has an invisible draw lawyer, which holds charts, image
and diagrams. Each worksheet in a workbook is accessible by
clicking a tab at the bottom of the workbook window.
In addition, a workbook can store chart sheets; a chart sheet
displays a single chart and is accessible by clicking a tab.
CELL
A cell is the smallest but most powerful part of a
spreadsheet. You can enter your data into a cell either by
typing or by copy-paste.
Data can be a text a number or a date. You can also
customize it by changing its size, font colour, background
colour, borders etc.