Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2007

Excel 2007 is the spreadsheet software in the Microsoft 2007 Office suite that allows you to store, organize, and analyze
numerical and text data.
Directions: For each of the topics below you will click on the links to discover and learn the basics on Excel. Please
review topic to answer the questions/statements below. Type your answer response in the document in italics.
Lesson 2: Starting a Workbook
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1. To create a new blank workbook, after left-clicking MS Office button and selecting new, what happens?
The New Workbook dialog box opens, and Blank Workbook is highlighted by default.

2. What is each rectangle in the worksheet called?

Each rectangle is called a cell.

3. When you enter text into a cell, where is the other location the text appears?
It appears in the name box.

4. Each cell has a name, for example C3 which is also called a _________________.
Cell address

5. To edit or delete text in a cell which two keys on the keyboard can you use?
Backspace, and delete

6. The ______, ___________, and _____________ allow you to move through a worksheet using the keyboard.
Tab, shift, page up and down

Lesson 3: Modifying Columns, Rows, and Cells

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7. List the steps to modify a column in Excel. Do not copy and paste from the website put into your own words in a bullet
list. WARNING: Must be in own words, if not you will lose 20 points from your grade.
Drag
Right to increase
Left to increase
Realease
Column heading
Highlighted

Column Width
enter a specific column measurement.

Select AutoFit Column Width

8. How do you insert a rows into a spreadsheet?
Select the row below where the new row
Click insert command in the cell group on the home tab

Lesson 4: Formatting Text

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9. List three format text options to use in Excel.

Bold, italics, and single underline

10. Explain how to add a border to selected cells. Do not copy and paste from the website put into your own words in a
bullet list. WARNING: Must be in own words, if not you will lose 20 points from your grade.
Select the cells you want to format.
Click the down arrow beside the Borders button in the Font group on the Home tab.
99Click the type of line you want to apply to the selected cells.