This document provides an overview and agenda for a Microsoft Excel lesson. It will cover navigating and understanding the basic elements of a spreadsheet, including entering and editing data in cells. Specific topics to be covered include worksheet navigation, the structure of rows and columns, cell addresses, and using basic keyboard shortcuts. Students will complete short exercises to test their understanding and submit their work electronically without printing.

1. Thursday January 21stMs. York Get a book

2. Create a Lesson 14 folder

3. Locate and open Microsoft Excel on the desktopMicrosoft ExcelLesson 14

4. What’s coming up….Excel has 6 lessons, 14-19.TODAY, we are going to start/finish Lesson 14Tomorrow, we start Lesson 15For each lesson we’ll do some work together, and you’ll do some on your own.We will also start a project that we will work on throughout the unit.When we’re finished….remember your pre-test?Expectations for the class

5. In the past…People who worked with financial information used big sheets of paper to do their workThese pages had a “grid-like” structure of rows and columnsInformation such as cost of goods, taxes, and payments were recorded hereThese pages were called spreadsheetsThey were difficult to sort through and keep track of information

6. Spreadsheets today are…ElectronicA lot more powerful and easier to use than the old paper spreadsheetsMuch more interesting and appealing to the eyeGreat tools for organizing data and for making calculations

7. In Lesson 14, you will learn how to…Navigate a spreadsheetLearn the different parts of ExcelKey basic informationSave and print a spreadsheet

8. Elements of an electronic spreadsheetIs a grid of rows and columnsRows are numbered 1 to 1,048,576The columns are identified by letters, from A to Z , then AA to AZ, from BA to BZ, etc.There are 16,384 columns

9. Elements of an electronic spreadsheetThe intersection of a row and a column is a rectangle called a cellYou key data in cellsEach cell has a cell addressThe cell address is the column and row of that cellExample: cell B5 refers to the cell in column B, row 5

10. Column HeadingsMouse PointerRow HeadingsScroll BarsStatus BarName BoxActive CellSheet Tabs

11. In Excel…You store data in a workbookWorkbooks can have one or more worksheetsA worksheet is another name for a spreadsheetWhen you open a blank Excel workbook, it contains three blank worksheets (Sheet1, Sheet2, and Sheet3)You can move from one sheet to another by clicking on the sheet tab

12. In Excel… A worksheet shows one cell outlined in a thick black borderThis is known as the active cellWhen you want to enter data in a particular cell, you must make the cell the active cell

13. Navigating and Viewing a WorksheetYou move around in Excel by using the mouse and by pressing keys on the keyboardUse the mouse to click toolbar buttons and menu commandsClick a cell in the worksheet to make that cell the active Following are some key combinations to use in Excel…

14. Quick Combination Keys

15. Entering, Deleting, and EditingExcel treats data entered in cells two waysLabel – when you key data that begins with a letterValue – when you key data that begins with a number or symbolTo have a value treated as a label enter a (‘) before the dataTo enter data:Click on the cell or move to it, key data, press Enter.To clear data:Click on the cell, press Delete.To edit data:Double click on cell (or formula bar) and edit text, press Enter.

16. Thursday, January 21Complete Test Yourself 14-1On Sheet 2, in the first cells of the worksheet type 3 things that you think you could use Excel for.Complete Test Yourself 14-2Submit both files, do not print!Roman Numeral Conversions:L = 50C = 100D = 500M = 1,000