Excel 2013 - Jordan University of Science and Technology

Excel 2013

Excel 2013 is a spreadsheet program that allows you to store, organize, and analyze information. While you may think that Excel is only used by certain people to process complicated data, anyone can learn how to take advantage of Excel's powerful features. Whether you're keeping a budget, organizing a training log, or creating an invoice, Excel makes it easy to work with different kinds of data.* Launching Excel 2013 *** Excel can be started either by selecting the program from the Windows start menu, or if there is an existing Excel shortcut available on your computer, it can be double-clicked to launch the program . Open Excel by going through these steps : 1. Click the Start button 2. Select All Programs 3. Select Microsoft Office 4. Click Microsoft Excel 2013

Step (1 :)Click Start button.

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Step (2 :)Click All Programs option from the menu. Step (3 :)Search for Microsoft Office from the sub menu and click it. Step (4 :)Search for Microsoft Excel 2013 from the submenu and click it.

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This will launch Microsoft Excel 2013 application and you will see the following excel window. Excel Components

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Element Title bar Minimize, Restore Down/Maximize Close buttons

Quick Access

Ribbon

Formula bar

Name box Workbook window

Sheet tabs

Scroll bars Status bar

View Shortcuts toolbar Zoom Level button Zoom slider

Description Displays the name of the workbook and the program. Controls the program window. Use the Minimize button to hide the window. Use the Restore Down/Maximize button to adjust the size of the window. Use the Close button to exit Excel. Contains frequently used commands that are independent of the tab displayed on the Ribbon. Contains all the commands related to managing workbooks and working with workbook content. Displays the data or formula stored in the active cell. It can also be used to enter or edit a formula, a function, or data in a cell. Displays the active cell address or the name of the selected cell, range, or object. Displays a portion of the worksheet. Each tab represents a different worksheet in the workbook. A workbook can have any number of sheets, and each sheet has its name displayed on its sheet tab. Used to move downard through a worksheet. Displays various messages as well as the status of the Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scrool Lock keys on the keyboards. Used to display the worksheet in a variety of views, each suited to a specific purpose. Used to change the magnification of the worksheet.

Note: the selected cell is called Active Cell

Each cell has its own name, or cell address, based on its column and row. In this example, the selected cell intersects column C and row 5, so the cell address is C5. The cell address will also appear in the Name box. Note that a cell's column and row headings are highlighted when the cell is selected.

Note: -Rows header show the row numbe, which start with 1 and end at 1,048,576. - Columns header shows the column names, which statrt with the alphabet A and end at XFD. A totla of 16,384 columns

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Range: is a collection of two or more cells.

Sechelt Cells

1. Click on a cell to select it. When a cell is selected you will notice that the borders of

the cell appear bold

and the column heading and row heading of the cell are highlighted.

2. Release your mouse. The cell will stay selected until you click on another cell in the worksheet.

To Select Multiple Cells 1. Click and drag your mouse until all of the adjoining cells you want are highlighted. Selecting multiple cells - 3 Rows by 3 Columns

2. Release your mouse. The cells will stay selected until you click on another cell in the worksheet

One cell All cells left of current cell All cells right of current cell

Entire column Entire row

Entire worksheet

Cluster of cells

Non-adjacent cells

Selecting Cells Click once in the cell SHIFT + left arrow SHIFT + right arrow Click the column label Click the row label Click the whole sheet button or CTRL + A Drag mouse over the cells or hold down the SHIFT key while using the arrow keys Hold down the CTRL key and use the mouse to click on nonadjacent cells

Move around Cells There are various ways to navigate through a worksheet. Using the mouse or Keyboard, you can move from cell to cell, move up or down a page at a time, or move to first or last used cell in the worksheet.

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