lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllExcel 2000 Tutorial · FGCU Technology Skills Orientation Begin the Excel tutorial »Spreadsheet Basics Sorting and Filling Screen elements Basic ascending and descending Adding and renaming worksheets sorts The standard toolbar - opening, Complex sortsclosing, saving, and more. Autofill Alternating text and numbers with AutofillCustomizing Excel Autofilling functions MenusGraphics Customize toolbars Recording a macro Running a macro Adding clip art Add an image from a file Editing a graphicModifying A Worksheet AutoShapes Moving through cellsCharts Adding worksheets, rows, and columns Resizing rows and columns Chart Wizard Selecting cells Resizing a chart Moving and copying cells Moving a chart Freeze panes Chart formatting toolbar Copy a chart to Microsoft WordFormatting CellsPage Properties and Printing Formatting toolbar Format Cells dialog box Page breaks Dates and times Page orientation Styles Margins Style dialog box Headers, footers, and page Create a new style numbers Format Painter Print Preview AutoFormat Printhttp://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/excel/ (1 of 2) [11/12/2002 7:27:44 AM]llllllExcel 2000 Tutorial · FGCU Technology Skills OrientationFormulas ...
Sorting and Filling lBasic ascending and descending sorts lComplex sorts lAutofill lAlternating text and numbers with Autofill lAutofilling functions Graphics lAdding clip art lAdd an image from a file lEditing a graphic lsepauAhSot Charts lChart Wizard lResizing a chart lMoving a chart lChart formatting toolbar lCopy a chart to Microsoft Word Page Properties and Printing lPage breaks lPage orientation lMargins lHeaders, footers, and page numbers lPrint Preview lPrint
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Spreadsheet Basics lScreen elements lAdding and renaming worksheets lThe standard toolbar - opening, closing, saving, and more. Customizing Excel lMenus lCustomize toolbars lRecording a macro lRunning a macro Modifying A Worksheet lMoving through cells lAdding worksheets, rows, and columns lResizing rows and columns lSelecting cells lMoving and copying cells lFreeze panes Formatting Cells lFormatting toolbar lFormat Cells dialog box lDates and times lStyles lStyle dialog box lCreate a new style lFormat Painter ltmaoroFutA
Excel allows you to create spreadsheets much like paper ledgers that can perform automatic calculations. Each Excel file is aworkbookthat can hold manyworetskshe. The worksheet is a grid ofcolumnssed(angidet by letters) androws(designated by numbers). The letters and numbers of the columns and rows (called labelsdisplayed in gray buttons across the top and left side of the worksheet. The intersection of a) are column and a row is called acell. Each cell on the spreadsheet has acell addressthat is the column letter and the row number. Cells can contain either text, numbers, or mathematical formulas.
Undo and Redo- Click the backwardUndoarrow to cancel the last action you performed, whether it be entering data into a cell, formatting a cell, entering a function, etc. Click the forward Redoarrow to cancel the undo action. Insert Hyperlink- To insert a hyperlink to a web site on the Internet, type the text into a cell you want to be the link that can be clicked with the mouse. Then, click the Insert Hyperlink button and enter the web address you want the text to link to and clickOK. Autosum, Function Wizard, and Sorting- These features are discussed in detail in the Functionstutorial.
New- SelectFile|Newfrom the menu bar, pressCTRL+N, or click theNewbutton to create a new workbook. Open- ClickFile|Openfrom the menu bar, pressCTRL+O, or click theOpenfolder button to open an existing workbook. SaveThe first time you save a workbook, select- File|Save Asand name the file. After the file is named clickFile|Save,CTRL+S, or the Save button on the standard toolbar. Print- Click the Print button to print the worksheet. Print Preview- This feature will allow you to preview the worksheet before it prints. Spell Checkspell checker to correct spelling errors on the worksheet.- Use the Cut, Copy, Paste, and Format Painter- These actions are explained in theModifying A Worksheetsection.
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Toolbars Many toolbars displaying shortcut buttons are available. Selectslbar|TooViewfrom the menu bar to select more toolbars. Customize Toolbars Customizing toolbars allows you to delete certain shortcut buttons from a toolbar if you do not use them and add the shortcut buttons for commands you use often. 1. SelectweT|oobliVizomes|arstCuand select thesdmnoaCmtab.
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Menus Unlike previous versions of Excel, the menus in Excel 2000 initially list only the commands you have recently used. To view all options in each menu, click the double arrows at the bottom of the menu. If you would like to revert to the way older versions of Excel displayed menu options, follow these steps: 1. SelectmozieiV|Tewlboos|arstCufrom the menu bar. 2. Click on theOptionstab. 3. Uncheck theMenus show recently used commands firstcheck box.
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2. By clicking on the command categories in theCateseirogbox, the commands will change in the Commandsbox to the right. 3. Select the command you would like to add to the toolbar by selecting it from theasmdmnoCbox. 4. Drag the command with the mouse to the desired location on the toolbar and release the mouse button. The shortcut button should now appear on the toolbar. 5. Remove buttons from the toolbars by reversing these steps. Highlight the button on the toolbar, drag it off the toolbar with the mouse, and release the mouse button. Recording A Macro Macros can speed up any common editing sequence you may execute in an Excel spreadsheet. In this example we will make a simple macro that will set all the margins on the page to one inch. 1. ClickTools|Macro|Record New Macrofrom the menu bar.
2. Name the macro in theMacro nameand must not begin with afield. The name cannot contain spaces number. 3. If you would like to assign a shortcut key to the macro for easy use, enter the letter underShortcut keyEnter a lower case letter to make a CTRL+number shortcut and enter an upper case letter to. assign a CTRL+SHIFT+number shortcut key. If you select a shortcut key that Excel already uses, your macro will overwrite that function. 4. Select an option from theStore macro indrop-down menu. 5. Entera description of the macro in thetiprocisenDfield. This is for your reference only so you remember what the macro does. 6. ClickOKwhen you are ready to start recording.