TEMPLATES

Template - is an Excel workbook with content and formatting that you use as a model to create other similar workbooks.

Templates save you time when you need to create several workbooks with similar features, and can help you standardize the appearance and content of workbooks used in your company.

An Excel template is a spreadsheet that already has been prepared by someone else, so usually all you need to do is enter the numbers and information specific to your needs.

Formatting can include font and layout changes, conditional formatting, color changes, and any other available options.
Charts can added to the template file as can formulas, functions, look up tables, and macros.

Charts are visual representations of worksheet data. Charts often makes it easier to understand the data in a worksheet because users can easily pick out patterns and trends illustrated in the chart that are otherwise difficult to see.

Steps in creating a template: Enter all of the necessary data. Add or remove rows and columns as needed. Create formulas, charts and other options. Apply all formatting options.

Accessing Your Templates To open a template you have created: Click on the office button to open the drop down menu Click on the New option to open the New Workbook dialog box Click on the My templates option in the left hand pane to open the templates dialog box Click on the template you wish to open Click Ok to open the template in Excel

Complex Formulas -is a formula which consists of 2 or more different operations. Order of Operations in Microsoft Excel: 1. Operations enclosed in a parenthesis 2. Exponential calculations 3.Multiplication and division 4. Addition and subtraction

Ctrl + C for copy Ctrl + V for paste

To copy and paste formulas: Select/highlight the cells to be copied Click on the cell where the cells will be pated On the Home Tab, under the Clipboard group choose Paste

 To change the format of the pasted formula, click the drop-down arrow in the Paste option and choose the desired output.

Fill Handle can be used to fill in a series of numbers, dates, formulas, and other items. To create a fill series: Type the first two numbers in the worksheet. Excel uses these two numbers the basis of the amount of increments in each cell.

Example: 1,2/10,20/100/150 Position the mouse pointer over the fill handle then drag to the direction intended. Release the mouse button.

Editing Formulas
Click on the cell to make it active then click on the formula to edit. Double-click on the cell to make it active then edit the formula Click on the cell to make it active then press F2.