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The document provides an overview of Microsoft Excel, detailing its purpose as a spreadsheet application for organizing, analyzing, and presenting data. It outlines various features of Excel, including graphical, database, and functional capabilities, as well as its applications across different industries. Additionally, it explains how to enter data into cells and the types of information that can be stored in them.

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Ahmednuh Computer Excel Report

The document provides an overview of Microsoft Excel, detailing its purpose as a spreadsheet application for organizing, analyzing, and presenting data. It outlines various features of Excel, including graphical, database, and functional capabilities, as well as its applications across different industries. Additionally, it explains how to enter data into cells and the types of information that can be stored in them.

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Duhok Polytechnic University

Duhok technical institute


Department of nursing
Stage 1

Computer: Microsoft Excel

By: Ahmed Nuh Elyas

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Contents
What is Ms Excel?..................................................................................................................................3
What is Excel Used for?.........................................................................................................................4
Where Excel is Used?.............................................................................................................................5
Features of MS Excel:............................................................................................................................5
Graphical Features of Excel...............................................................................................................5
Data Base Features of Excel...............................................................................................................6
Functional Features of Excel..............................................................................................................6
What is Cell ?.........................................................................................................................................6
How to enter data in a Cell?..................................................................................................................6
What kind of information we can enter in a Cell?.................................................................................7

Figure 1MS Excel window......................................................................................................................4


Figure 2 Cell...........................................................................................................................................7

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What is Ms Excel?

Excel is a spreadsheet application developed and published by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft
Office suite of productivity software. Unlike a word processor, such as Microsoft Word, Excel
organizes data in columns and rows. ... Each cell contains data, such as text, a numerical value, or a
formula, Excel is typically used to organize data and perform financial analysis. It is used across all
business functions and at companies from small to large.

FIGURE 1MS EXCEL WINDOW

What is Excel Used for?

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Microsoft Excel used for storing the data, processing the data, analyzing and presenting the data.

 We can enter data in Strings, Dates or Numerical type of Data in the Excel Cells and Save the
Files for future reference
 We can use verity of formulas available in Excel to perform calculations
 We can Develop Tools and Dashboards
 We can Interact with Other Applications
 We can connect to verity of Data Bases
 We can represent data in Charts
 We can drill down and analyse the data using Pivot Tables.

Where Excel is Used?

Microsoft Excel used in almost all industries. Here are the some of the real-time Excel Using
industries and domains:

 Financial sector is excessively using to perform different kind of calculations.


 Analytical professional use Excel almost everyday for applying the basic analytical techniques
and tools.
 Banking Sector use to understand the Customer
 Retail Associates uses for analyzing the POS data to check the change and trend in sales
 Reporting Analysts uses for generating Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly
Reports.
 Healthcare Teams uses for performing the longitudinal data analysis.
 Market Research Analysts uses for finding the frequencies and cumulative aggregates.
 VBA Developers uses for developing the Office Applications, Tools, Office Add-ins and
Dashboards.

Features of MS Excel:

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 Graphical Features of Excel
 Data Base Features of Excel
 Functional Features of Excel

Graphical Features of Excel

Excel have verity of the graphical features to represent the data in Charts and pictorial format. For
Example, Charts, Shapes, Smart Arts, Clip Arts, Pictures.

Data Base Features of Excel

Excel can be used as data base and perform of verity of data operations. For example, Pivot Tables,
Slicers, Tables, Spark lines, Database, Sorting, Filtering, Data Validation,Grouping, etc.

Functional Features of Excel

Excel Tools and Functions will help to perform powerful calculations and enhance the Excel
Application Features. For example, Formulas, VBA Macros, Add-ins, Hyperlinks, Conditional
Formatting, Spell Check, Protection,etc.

What is Cell ?

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Cell is an Object of Excel Sheet to enter information. It represents with Column Name followed by
Row Number. The address of the First Cell in the Excel Sheet is A1 (A is the First Column and 1 is the
first Row in Excel sheet). The format of an Excel spread sheet looks like a Table and the intersection
of Rows and Columns formats blocks (boxes), each of these small blocks are called Cells in Excel.

How to enter data in a Cell?

You can select any Cell in the Excel and press F2 function key to make the Cell editable. Then enter
the data using your keyboard in the Cell. You can also double click on a Cell to make it to data entry
mode.

What kind of information we can enter in a Cell?

We can enter text, numbers, dates, formulas, images, chars, icons and special characters in Excel
Cells. We can perform mathematical and logical operations based on our requirements. We can also
format the Cell with font styles, colors, number formats,etc.

FIGURE 2 CELL

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