Introduction to Excel & Spreadsheets 1. Déjà Vu: Starting, Quitting, Opening, and Saving… Hot Keys 2. About workbooks and worksheets Workbooks: In Microsoft Excel, a workbook is the file in which you work and store your data. Because each workbook can contain many sheets, you can organize various kinds of related information in a single file. Worksheets: Use worksheets to list and analyze data. You can enter and edit data on several worksheets simultaneously and perform calculations based on data from multiple worksheets. When you create a chart, you can place the chart on the worksheet with its related data or on a separate chart sheet. Sheet tabs: The names of the sheets appear on tabs at the bottom of the workbook window. To move from sheet to sheet, click the sheet tabs. 3. Getting Started • Columns & Rows: A worksheet is divided into a grid of rows (horizontal) and columns (vertical). An excel worksheet can contain up to 65,536 rows and 256 columns. A letter is assigned to column, and a number is assigned to each row. • Cells: The intersection of each row and column is a worksheet cell, which is individually referenced by its “cell name”. For example, the cell created by the intersection of Column A and Row 1 is known as A1. Cell names are also called call addresses or cell references. • Navigating • Scroll bars • Point and click • Cursor keys (hotkeys) • TAB goes to next cell on right (SHIFT TAB=Reverse) • ENTER goes to first ...
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