-to know basic thoughts about MS excel - Mainly designed for primary grade-computer education program subject.

2. Microsoft Excel
 Microsoft Excel is a part of
Microsoft Office.
 Microsoft Excel is used for
tabulated work.
 The tabulated data is keep in a
sheet known as spreadsheet.
 Microsoft Excel ,alternatively
referred to as a spreadsheet, is
a window based application
that is used for storing,
organizing and analyzing
information.

3. Microsoft Excel
 Microsoft Excel contains
worksheet that are made of rows
and columns, that helps sort data,
arrange data easily and calculate
numerical data.
 What makes a spreadsheet
software program unique is its
ability to calculate values using
mathematical formulas and the
data in cells.
 If you change the value of any
cell, then the result is
automatically changed
everywhere.
 So Microsoft Excel is very popular
and widely used spreadsheet
program for data processing.

4. There are many alternatives to Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet program. Below is a list of
spreadsheet programs that can be used to create a
spreadsheet.

5. To create a Worksheet
• Click on Start.
• Then click on Microsoft Excel ( 2010 or 2016 ).
• Excel opens to a list of templates. Choose Blank workbook or open a
previous file.

6.  Now ,A workbook ,or spreadsheet
file is shown in the figure.
 The filename (Book 1 ) and the
program name (Microsoft Excel)
appear in the title bar at the top of
the screen.
 Book 1, Book2,Book3 and so on is a
temporary title for your workbook
until you save the workbook with a
name of your choice.
 A Microsoft Excel workbook is a file
that contains one or more
worksheets.
 All the workbooks look like a
physical book with many pages.
 Each page of workbook is called
sheets. We can see at the bottom of
the screen , sheet 1,sheet 2 sheet 3
and so on.
 An Excel worksheet is a single
spreadsheet that contains cells
organized by rows and columns.

7. A Typical MS Excel Interface
In Excel, the location where you do your work are cells, rows and
columns within a worksheet and worksheets are a part of a workbook.
Many tools are located on the ribbon that displays across the top of the
window. The ribbon is organized into task-oriented command tabs. Each
tab is divided into task-specific command groups with commands and
options that relate to the group name.

8. Interface Elements
An interface is the point at which 2 different systems meet and
interact. The interface elements are used to interact with the
computer .These elements are mainly used to give commands to
the computer. The interface elements in the MS Excel window are :
1. Title Bar : The title bar is present at the top of the window. It
displays the name of the current workbook.
2. Menu Bar : A menu bar contains the various menu options
available.

9. 3. Tool Bars : A toolbar contains various shortcut buttons. The
two most common toolbars are Standard toolbar and Formatting
toolbar.
4. Quick Access Toolbar : This toolbar allows you to add
frequently used commands. Click on the down arrow at the end
of the toolbar to display available options.

10. 5.Formula Bar : Formula Bar allows you to type text ,numbers and
formulas in the active cell.
6.Name Box : Located near the Formula Bar, the Name Box displays the
cell reference or the name of the active cell.
7.Active Cell: The Active cell is recognized by its black outline. Data is
always entered into the active cell. Different cells can be
made active by clicking on them with the mouse or by using
the arrow keys on the keyboard.

11. 8. Ribbon : The Ribbon is the strip of buttons and icons located
above the worksheet. When clicked on these buttons and icons
,they active the various features of the program.
9.Ribbon Tabs :Tabs are part of the horizontal ribbon menu that
contains links to various features of the program.
10. The File Tab: The File tab opens a drop-down menu on the left
side of the screen. This tab also contains items that are mostly
related to file and document management, such as opening new
or existing worksheet files, saving and printing.

12. 11. Sheet Tab:
It is located at the bottom of the worksheet. It gives us the information about the
active sheet.
12.Status Bar:
The Status Bar, which runs horizontally along the bottom of the screen, can be
customized to display a number of options, most of which give the user
information about the current worksheet, data that a worksheet contains, and even
the user keyboard information such as whether the Caps Lock, Scroll Lock and Num
Lock keys are turned on or off.
The Status Bar also contains the zoom slider that allows users to alter the
magnification of a worksheet.

13. Insert a New Worksheet
Method 1:
1. To add a new worksheet, select the sheet before which you want to place a
new worksheet.
2. Right click on the Sheet tab and select insert option. The insert Dialog Box will
appear.
3. Select the worksheet option and click on OK.You will notice a new worksheet
gets inserted before the selected worksheet.
Method 2:
Click on the New Sheet icon present next to the end of Sheet1 tab. A new worksheet
will appear at the end.

14. Delete a Worksheet
Right click on the sheet tab and select the Delete option from
the mini menu.
OR
Select the Delete option in the Cells group on the Home tab
and further select the Delete Sheet option from the sub menu
list.

15. Rename a Worksheet
The worksheets are named Sheet1,Sheet2,Sheet3,etc. by default.
Follow the given steps to rename a worksheet.
Step 1:Right click on the Sheet tab of Sheet 1.
Step 2:Choose Rename from the mini menu. Write a name for the
sheet and press Enter key .

16. Copy a Worksheet
1.Right click on the Sheet tab whose copy you want.
2. Choose move or copy… The Move or Copy dialog box will appear.
3. Select Move to end and check Create a copy.
4. Click on OK.