Excel 2013 - Jordan University of Science and Technology

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Excel 2013 is a spreadsheet program that allows you to store, organize, and analyze information. While you may think that Excel is only used by certain people to process complicated data, anyone can learn how to take advantage of Excel's powerful features. Whether you're keeping a budget, organizing a training log, or creating an invoice, Excel makes it easy to work with different kinds of data.* Launching Excel 2013 *** Excel can be started either by selecting the program from the Windows start menu, or if there is an existing Excel shortcut available on your computer, it can be double-clicked to launch the program . Open Excel by going through these steps : 1. Click the Start button 2. Select All Programs 3. Select Microsoft Office 4. Click Microsoft Excel 2013

Step (1 :)Click Start button.

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Step (2 :)Click All Programs option from the menu. Step (3 :)Search for Microsoft Office from the sub menu and click it. Step (4 :)Search for Microsoft Excel 2013 from the submenu and click it.

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This will launch Microsoft Excel 2013 application and you will see the following excel window. Excel Components

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Element Title bar Minimize, Restore Down/Maximize Close buttons

Quick Access

Ribbon

Formula bar

Name box Workbook window

Sheet tabs

Scroll bars Status bar

View Shortcuts toolbar Zoom Level button Zoom slider

Description Displays the name of the workbook and the program. Controls the program window. Use the Minimize button to hide the window. Use the Restore Down/Maximize button to adjust the size of the window. Use the Close button to exit Excel. Contains frequently used commands that are independent of the tab displayed on the Ribbon. Contains all the commands related to managing workbooks and working with workbook content. Displays the data or formula stored in the active cell. It can also be used to enter or edit a formula, a function, or data in a cell. Displays the active cell address or the name of the selected cell, range, or object. Displays a portion of the worksheet. Each tab represents a different worksheet in the workbook. A workbook can have any number of sheets, and each sheet has its name displayed on its sheet tab. Used to move downard through a worksheet. Displays various messages as well as the status of the Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scrool Lock keys on the keyboards. Used to display the worksheet in a variety of views, each suited to a specific purpose. Used to change the magnification of the worksheet.

Note: the selected cell is called Active Cell

Each cell has its own name, or cell address, based on its column and row. In this example, the selected cell intersects column C and row 5, so the cell address is C5. The cell address will also appear in the Name box. Note that a cell's column and row headings are highlighted when the cell is selected.

Note: -Rows header show the row numbe, which start with 1 and end at 1,048,576. - Columns header shows the column names, which statrt with the alphabet A and end at XFD. A totla of 16,384 columns

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Range: is a collection of two or more cells.

Sechelt Cells

1. Click on a cell to select it. When a cell is selected you will notice that the borders of

the cell appear bold

and the column heading and row heading of the cell are highlighted.

2. Release your mouse. The cell will stay selected until you click on another cell in the worksheet.

To Select Multiple Cells 1. Click and drag your mouse until all of the adjoining cells you want are highlighted. Selecting multiple cells - 3 Rows by 3 Columns

2. Release your mouse. The cells will stay selected until you click on another cell in the worksheet

One cell All cells left of current cell All cells right of current cell

Entire column Entire row

Entire worksheet

Cluster of cells

Non-adjacent cells

Selecting Cells Click once in the cell SHIFT + left arrow SHIFT + right arrow Click the column label Click the row label Click the whole sheet button or CTRL + A Drag mouse over the cells or hold down the SHIFT key while using the arrow keys Hold down the CTRL key and use the mouse to click on nonadjacent cells

Move around Cells There are various ways to navigate through a worksheet. Using the mouse or Keyboard, you can move from cell to cell, move up or down a page at a time, or move to first or last used cell in the worksheet.

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Cursor Movement

One cell up

Up arrow

One cell down

Down arrow or Enter

One cell right

Right arrow or Tab

One cell left

Left arrow or

Top of worksheet cell A1

SHIFT+Tab

Where the last column with data intersects with the last row with data

CTRL+Home

Any cell

CTRL+End

Move to next worksheet

Enter the cell address in the Cell Number Box

CTRL+PageDown

Cell Contents Each cell can contain its own text, formatting, comments, formulas, and functions. ? Text: Cells can contain letters, numbers, and dates. ? Formatting attributes: Cells can contain formatting attributes that change the way letters, numbers,

and dates are displayed. For example, dates can be formatted as MM/DD/YYYY or Month/D/YYYY. ? Formulas and Functions Cells can contain formulas and functions that calculate cell values. For example, SUM(cell 1, cell 2...) is a formula that can add the values in multiple cells.

To Insert Content: 1. Click on a cell to select it. 2. Enter content into the selected cell using your keyboard. The content appears in the cell and in the formula bar. You also can enter or edit cell content from the formula bar.

Delete Content Within Cells: 1. Select the cells which contain content you want to delete. 2. Click the Clear command on the ribbon. A dialog box will appear. 3. Select Clear Contents.

Note: You can also use your keyboard's Backspace key to delete content from a single cell or Delete key to delete content from multiple cells.

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To Delete Cells: 1. Select the cells that you want to delete. 2. Choose the Delete command from the ribbon.

Note: There is an important difference between deleting the content of a cell and deleting the cell itself. If you delete the cell, by default the cells underneath it will shift up and replace the deleted cell.

To Copy and Paste Cell Content: 1. Select the cells you wish to copy. 2. Click the Copy command. The border of the selected cells will change appearance. Copying selected cells

3. Select the cell or cells where you want to paste the content. 4. Click the Paste command. The copied content will be entered into the highlighted cells.

To Cut and Paste Cell Content: 1. Select the cells you wish to cut. 2. Click the Cut command. The border of the selected cells will change appearance. Cutting selected cells

3. Select the cells where you want to paste the content. 4. Click the Paste command. The cut content will be removed from the original cells and entered into the highlighted cells.

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To Access More Paste Options: There are more Paste options that you can access from the drop-down menu on the Paste command.These options may be convenient to advanced users who are working with cells that contain formulas or formatting.

To Access Formatting Commands by Right-Clicking: 1. Select the cells you want to format. 2. Right-click on the selected cells. A dialog box will appear where you can easily access many commands that are on the ribbon.

To Drag and Drop Cells: 1. Select the cells that you wish to move. 2. Position your mouse on one of the outside edges of the selected cells. The mouse changes from a white cross to a black cross with 4 arrows.

3. Click and drag the cells to the new location. 4. Release your mouse and the cells will be dropped there.

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