An Introduction to Microsoft Excel
Learning Outcomes: At the completion of this course, students will have a basic understanding of the principals of spreadsheeting including data entry, formatting and printing and a variety of simple formulas.
Pre-Requisites: Basic keyboard, mouse and Windows skills required.
COURSE OUTLINE
Spreadsheet Concepts: |
▪ How Spreadsheets Work |
▪ Spreadsheets Characteristics |
▪ Spreadsheets Functionality |
▪ The Appropriateness Of Spreadsheets |
Features: |
▪ Starting MS Excel |
▪ The MS Excel Screen ▪ Understanding The Workbook |
▪ Moving The Cell Pointer |
▪ Moving About The Workbook |
▪ Using Go To |
▪ Basic Menus And Toolbars ▪ Using Menus And Toolbars ▪ Exiting MS Excel |
A Simple Workbook: |
▪ Creating A New Workbook |
▪ Entering Data In A Workbook |
▪ Saving A New Workbook |
▪ Opening A New Workbook ▪ Saving Your Work |
▪ Essential Formatting |
Formatting / Using Formula:
▪ Resizing Columns And Rows
▪ Font Colour And Size, Borders & Shading
▪ Cell Alignment
▪ Introduction To Formulas
▪ Create Simple Formulas (Add, Subtract & Multiply)
Basic Printing: |
▪ Print Preview |
▪ Simple Printing |
▪ Page Orientation |
And then on to An Introduction to Microsoft Word
