This document provides step-by-step instructions for completing an Excel exercise. It instructs the user to enter their name in cell A1, label columns for months, enter formulas to calculate totals and averages, and format cells to display percentages. It explains using absolute cell references and fill handle to copy formulas down correctly. The final steps are to save the file as "ExcelExercise1_YourName.xls" and submit it on Blackboard.
This document provides step-by-step instructions for completing an Excel exercise. It instructs the user to enter their name in cell A1, label columns for months, enter formulas to calculate totals and averages, and format cells to display percentages. It explains using absolute cell references and fill handle to copy formulas down correctly. The final steps are to save the file as "ExcelExercise1_YourName.xls" and submit it on Blackboard.
This document provides step-by-step instructions for completing an Excel exercise. It instructs the user to enter their name in cell A1, label columns for months, enter formulas to calculate totals and averages, and format cells to display percentages. It explains using absolute cell references and fill handle to copy formulas down correctly. The final steps are to save the file as "ExcelExercise1_YourName.xls" and submit it on Blackboard.
Step 1 Click on A1 and then click on the text in the Formula bar to type in your name and press Enter. Step 2 Select A1 to F1, merge these cells together using the Merge and Center button in the Alignment group under the Ho Step 3 With A1 still as the Active Cell, change the font and/or the font size to something bigger. Increase the "white space" around the title by increasing the height of row 1 a bit by either dragging the border betw labels for row 1 and 2. The height will be shown in the tool tip in both POINTS and PIXELS. An alternate method is Step 4 on the row 1 label and choose Row Height. In this case the height will only be shown in POINTS. The exact amount unimportant. Step 5 In B2 type January Step 6 With the Active Cell still B2, drag the Fill Series handle to cells to the right to automatically type February and March Click on F2 to make it the Active Cell. The Home tab should still be visible so in the Alignment group click on the Wra Step 7 button. Also in the Alignment group, click the Bottom Align button in the top row of buttons in the group. (If you hover over th Step 8 tool tip will pop up and tell you which button is which.) Step 9 Make the same formatting choices for both E2 and A16. Increase the width of column A enough to see the full expense category labels in A3 to A14 by any of these methods Step 10 the border between the labels for column A and B to the right OR right-click on the column A label and choose Colum you can automatically size a column (or row) by double-clicking the right (or bottom) border. Step 11 In cell E3 type in the formula: =SUM(B3:D3) and press enter Step 12 Click on E3 again to make it the Active Cell and then use the Fill Series handle to drag down to E12 Step 13 In B14 type the formula: =SUM(B3:B12) and press enter Step 14 Click on B14 again to make it the Active Cell and then drag the Fill Series handle to the right to column E Step 15 In B16 type the formula: =AVERAGE(B14:D14) and press enter Step 16 In F3 type the formula: =E3/E14 and press enter Click on F3 again and then in the Number group under the Home tab click on the Percentage button and then the In Step 17 Decimal button so the cell is formatted to show numbers to one tenth of a percent. Step 18 With the Active Cell still F3, drag the Fill Series handle down to row 12. You know see a series of error messages of #DIV/0 which means division by zero. The problem is the fill series han Step 19 the divisor down to blank cells so we have to tell it to use the same divisor all the time. Click on F3 again and edit the formula to read: =E3/$E$14 and press enter. The dollar sign is used in Excel formula Step 20 ABSOLUTE ADDRESSES meaning those cell references in a formula will not change when the Fill Series handle is is copied to another location Step 21 Now, click on F3 again and drag the fill series handle down to row 12. Step 22 Save this file on your USB drive using the file name of ExcelExercise1_YourName.xls Step 23 Go into the Excel folder in the Assignment section of Blackboard and turn in this file. 1 ss Enter. Alignment group under the Home tab. er. ther dragging the border between the XELS. An alternate method is to right-click n POINTS. The exact amount is
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