Does Microsoft's Excel scare you? Get a handle on Microsoft Excel with these quick and easy tips.

1. 4 Quick Excel Tips
START USING SOME OF THE POWERFUL TOOLS OF “THE WORLD’S MOST
DANGEROUS SOFTWARE”

2. Excel can be scary when
you first start using it

3. But it doesn’t have to be
that way…

4. Understand these basic
concepts and Excel just
might start to be your
friend…maybe

5. Tip 1. Start by getting
your SHEETS together

6. The SHEETS are the tabs
toward the bottom of
the Excel window

7. The SHEETS are the tabs
toward the bottom of
Use sheets for related
the Excel window
information instead of
creating an entirely
new workbook

8. Easy Worksheet Organization
Rename – Double-click on tab
Insert a blank worksheet – Shift +F11
Move – Click and drag
Copy – Click and drag while
pressing Ctrl Button
Right-click - for even more options

9. Tip 2. Understand
Columns and Rows

10. The basic structure of a worksheet is
columns and rows

11. The basic structure of a worksheet is
columns and rows
Columns and rows can
be controlled from the
header – the area with
the letters (columns)
and numbers (rows)

12. The basic structure of a worksheet is
columns and rows
Resize columns or rows by hovering
your mouse between them, when
you see the double arrow click and
drag to the size you want.
Automatically resize to fit the widest
content by DOUBLE –Clicking

13. You’ve probably
already figured out that
where a column and a
row meet is called a cell

14. Tip 3. Cells
have content

15. Excel recognizes what
is in a cell
Text
ABC

16. Excel recognizes what
is in a cell
Text
ABC
Numbers 123

17. Excel recognizes what
is in a cell
Text
ABC
Numbers 123
Formulas =(A+B)*C

18. Excel recognizes what
is in a cell
Text
ABC
This is all 123
Numbers
Cell Content
Formulas =(A+B)*C

19. Tip 4. The mighty AUTOFILL HANDLE

20. The Autofill handle saves time by
enabling you to copy contents as
you drag the handle

21. Hover your mouse over the Autofill
handle to get + cursor and then
click and drag

22. This allows you to quickly copy
content from one cell into others.

23. For example: Type the name of a
month into a cell

24. Then click and drag the Auto-fill
handle and watch Excel go!

25. Excel looks at the content and
guesses how you’d like to fill the
other cells.

26. If Excel’s guess is not what you
wanted the Auto-fill options tab
gives you more choices.

27. That’s it!
Start using these
tips and you’ll
be on your way
to being a more
productive
Excel user

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