This document provides instructions for performing various actions in Microsoft Excel worksheets, including: 1) Moving between cells using arrow keys, keyboard shortcuts, or the mouse. 2) Adding, inserting, and deleting worksheets, rows, columns, and cells. 3) Resizing rows and columns by dragging borders or using format commands. 4) Selecting, activating, cutting, copying, and pasting cells. 5) Deleting rows, columns, and individual cells using edit menu commands. 6) Freezing panes to keep rows or columns visible while scrolling.

1. Level one second semester
ALPHONCE F.STEPHANO ASSENGA
MODIFYING WORKSHEETS

2. MOVING THROUGH CELLS
Use the mouse to select a cell you want to begin adding
data to and use the keyboard strokes listed in the table
below t move through the cells of worksheet.
Movement keystroke
One cell up Up arrow key
One cell down Down arrow key or ENTER
One cell left Left arrow
One cell right Right arrow key or TAB
Top of the worksheet(cell A1) Ctrl + home
end of the worksheet
(last cell containing data) CTRL +END
End of the row CTRL + right arrow
End of the column CTRL + down arrow key
Any cell Edit > go to (menu bar command)

3. ADDING WORKSHEETS,ROW ,COLUMNS, AND CELLS
WORKSHEET
Adding worksheet do the followings
steps
1. Click on insert menu tab
2. Select worksheet command
3. Hence the worksheet will be added
Row
to add a row to a worksheet do the followings
Steps
1. Click on insert menu tab
2. From the drop down menu select row
3. hence the Row will push the entire row down
and add the new row on the top.

4. ADDING WORKSHEETS,ROW ,COLUMNS, AND CELLS
Column
To add a row to a worksheet do the following.
Steps
1. Click insert menu tab
2. Select columns from drop down menu
3. Hence the entire column will be pushed right and the
inserted one remain on the left side.
Cell
To add do the following.
steps
1. select where you want to insert the new cells
2. Click on insert menu tab then cell from the drop
down menu.
3. Check on the options to shift surrounding cells to the
right or down to make room for the new cell

5. Resizing rows and column
There are two ways to resize rows and column
1. By dragging the lines
 Resizing row by dragging the line below the label of the row
you would like to resize(up/down),Resize a column in similar
manner by dragging the line to the right of the label
corresponding to the column you want to resize
2. Using format command
 The second way is to click the row or column label and do the
followings
1. Click on format menu
2. Select row/column then height on the sub menu

6. cells
Before a cell can be modified or formatted or formatted, it must
first be selected(highlighted).
Refer the table below for selecting groups of cells.
Cells to select Mouse action
One cell Click once in the cell
Entire row Click the row label
Entire column Click the column label
Entire worksheet Click the whole sheet button(upper left
corner of the labels “empty label”)
Cluster of cells Drag mouse over the cells or hold down
the SHIFT key while using the arrow keys
selecting cell

7. cells
Activating cell
To activate the contents of cell or to edit it, double-click on the cell.
Cutting cells
To cut cell(s) do the followings
Steps
1. Highlight the cell(s) which you want to cut contents from.
2. Click edit menu tab
3. From the dropdown menu choose cut
Or
Use cut button from the standard toolbar or press ctrl + x
keys from the keyboard.

8. copying cells
cells
To copy the cell contents do the following
Steps
1. Highlight the cell that you want to copy contents from.
2. Click on edit menu tab
3. On the dropdown menu select copy
Or
Use the copy button from the standard toolbar or ctrl + c
keys from the keyboard.

9. Pasting cut and copied cells
cells
To paste the cell(s) contents d the following
Steps
1. Highlight the cell(s) the cell into you want to paste the
content(s)
2. From the menu bar select edit menu tab
3. On the drop down menu click on paste command
Or
Use paste button on the standard toolbar or ctrl + v keys
from the keyboard.

10. cells
Drag and drop
In Microsoft excel you may also drag and drop contents between cells.
Recommendation
 use this when the cells are adjacent to each other.
To drag the cell do the following
steps
1. Highlight the cell you would like move.
2. Simply drag the highlighted border of the selected cell
to the destination cell with mouse
NB: the drag-and-drop method cuts the contents of the
source cell and paste it in the destination cell

11. Deleting Rows ,Columns, and Cell
To delete Row ,column, and cell do the followings
Deleting Row
Steps:
1. Select the row by clicking its label (number)
2. Click edit menu tab
3. Select delete
Deleting columns
Steps
1. Select the column by clicking its label(letter)
2. Click edit menu tab
3. Select delete
Deleting cell
Steps
1. Select the cell you want to delete
2. Click edit menu tab
3. Select delete

12. Freeze panes
 This feature keeps row or column visible while scrolling
through the rest of the worksheet.
To freeze pane do the followings
steps:
1. Click the label of the row that is below the row that you
wish to keep frozen at the top of the worksheet.
2. Select window menu tab from the menu bar
To unfreeze pane do the followings
Steps:
1. Select window menu tab from the menu bar
2. Select unfreeze panes