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Excelling at Excel (2019-365)

Beginner Lesson 2
This lesson builds on the skills you learned in Lesson 1 and teaches you some additional skills. You will
then use those at the end of the lesson to create a spreadsheet of your own. Follow the instructions
and make sure you are saving your file when asked.

Step 1: Opening the Program and Entering Information

1. Open Microsoft Excel by clicking on the “Start” menu at the bottom left of your screen and
choosing “Microsoft Office”. Another menu appears showing all the different MS Office
programs. Click on Microsoft Excel.
2. Enter the following information, just as you did in Lesson 1.

Enter This
Type "Item" in Cell A1, press TAB or RIGHT ARROW to move to the next cell to the right
Type "Store 1" in Cell B1, press TAB or RIGHT ARROW to move to the next cell to the right
Type "Store 2" in Cell C1, press TAB or RIGHT ARROW to move to the next cell to the right
Type "Price Difference" in Cell D1, press TAB or RIGHT ARROW to move to the next cell to the right

Your Excel Spreadsheet should look like this:

Save your file as LastFirstExcel2 (example: George Jones saves his file as JonesGeorgeExcel2). Do not
close your file – you will be continuing work on it.

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Continue entering the information below so that your spreadsheet looks like this. You will need to
widen your columns the way you did in Exercise 1 also:

Step 2: Selecting Multiple Cells (a Range) and Formatting Them


You will be formatting a range of cells in some different ways in this lesson.

1. Click on Cell A1 with your left mouse button and hold and drag it over to include Cell D1. You
should have all four headlines you just typed in highlighted if you are doing this correctly.
2. With the cells highlighted, change these to be Bold by clicking on the B in the menu.

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3. With the cells still highlighted, you are going to change the background color of the cells by
right clicking to get to the Format Cells command.

4. Next you will choose the fill tab at the top and finally choose the color you want the cells to be.

Remember that more formatting options are found on the Format Menu. Refer to Lesson 1 if you have
forgotten how to get there.

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Save your file again so you don’t lose your work, but leave it open to continue on.

Step 3: Creating Formulas

One of the best features of MS Excel is that it will do the math for you! If you use formulas, you can go
back and change the numbers you entered and MS Excel will automatically update the totals and other
calculations in the spreadsheet.

1. Click on Cell D2 (right under “Difference”)


2. Type a “+” and then highlight Cell B2.

3. Now, type a “-“ and then highlight Cell C2. Press ENTER to enter the formula you created in the
spreadsheet.

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Save your file again so you don’t lose your work, but leave it open to continue on.

Step 4: Now it’s your turn to create! Using what you’ve learned above, and the “Help” feature in the
software (blue question mark at the top right of your screen), create a spreadsheet with this
information:

1. Create your new spreadsheet in the SAME FILE, but on Sheet 2.

2. Your spreadsheet should have appropriate column headings and formatting (like you learned
above) and contain a list of 5 things you want to buy, the price for each item (approximate is
fine), the amount of money we’re pretending your parents are giving you for them, and the
difference between the price and the money you’re receiving (which is the amount you would
need to save to get the item). Remember you ALWAYS use a formula in MS Excel anytime you
are doing a computation.

3. Save your file again (it is still named LastFirstExcel2) and submit it for grading.

Grading
Expectations Possible Points
Steps 1-3 completed correctly on Sheet 1 20
Step 4 includes all information 15
Step 4 includes formulas for all computations 35
Step 4 includes column headings, a title, columns an appropriate width with none 30
skipped, and attractive formatting
TOTAL 100

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