This document provides instructions for using Microsoft Excel. It explains how to open Excel, what spreadsheets are used for, how to enter and edit data in cells, common errors like disabled macros and how to fix them, and who to contact for help.

1. Paige Shirley
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2.  How to access/open the system!!
 What you can do with the system!! (What the
system is for)
 How to enter data!!
 How to change entries!!
 Common errors and how to put them
right!!
 Who to contact if anything goes wrong!!
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3.  How to open or access MS Excel is really easy, but first you need to know
if you have the application on you computer, if not then you need to go
online and download it or go to your nearest computer store and buy the
Microsoft Package and download it using the instructions given to you.
 If you have it on your computer or it has just finished downloading, click
on your start button and tap on your all programs and you will have to
find the Microsoft Office folder, after you find it on the list of programs
you have you can do anything you want but I’m teaching you Excel, so
click on Excel and the program should open in the background.
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4.  A spreadsheet, also known as a worksheet, contains rows and columns
and is used to record and compare numerical or financial data. Originally,
spreadsheets only existed in paper format, but now they are most likely
created and maintained through a software program on Microsoft called
Excel, that displays the information in rows and columns. Spreadsheets
can be used in any area or field that works with numbers and are
commonly found in the accounting, financial analysis, and scientific
fields.
 There are many reasons why people use Excel:
 Accounting
 Budgeting
 Billing and sales
 Reporting
 Planning
 Tracking
 Using calendars
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5.  In order to enter data into the spreadsheet, you must first
select a cell in which you wish to place the information in
and then type the information you want by using the
keyboard.
 By doing this you can enter any kind of data to writing
titles to entering formulas such as =SUM(E3:E6). If you are
entering formulas such as =SUM(E3:E6) it means that you
have decided to add two numbers together.
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6.  To edit a cell that already has content, double-click the
cell and edit the content. Alternatively, you can click the
cell once and press Enter or F2.
 Once you click on the cell you can then click on the
formula bar and type in the data you wish to put in and
then press Enter
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7.  When you open a spreadsheet that has a macro on the
sheet and it doesn’t work it is because the macro is
disabled. This means that the macro will not work until
you turn it on.
 A security warning will pop up saying that your macros
have been disabled. All you need to do is click the Options
button next to the warning, then another pop up will ask
you if you wish to enable or disable the macros. Simply
click enable macro and press ok.
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8.  If anything goes wrong and you
h don’t know what to do. You can either
call your manager or you can call, text or
email the company from whom you brought
from, the details are on the package you used
to set up your Microsoft Office.
 The best person to see or call
would be the designer of the
spread sheet.
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