[Yijia Huang (Airee)] Excel Exercise #1

Percent of
Totals for Total
1st Monthly
January February March Quarter Expenses
Auto Loan 346.88 346.88 346.88 1040.64 13.1%
Car insurance 180.43 180.43 180.43 541.29 6.8%
Cell phone 80.73 56.78 110.52 248.03 3.1%
Entertainment 100 100 400 600 7.6%
Food 150 150 150 450 5.7%
Housing 425 425 425 1275 16.1%
Internet 40 40 40 120 1.5%
Medical 118 118 118 354 4.5%
Miscellaneous 500 100 100 700 8.8%
Tuition 2600 2600 32.8%

Monthly Totals 4541.04 1517.09 1870.83 7928.96

Average
Monthly
Expenses 2642.987

Directions For Excel Exercise # 1

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 un
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 b
Step 4 1 and 2. The height will be shown in the tool tip in both POINTS and PIXELS. An alternate method is to
choose Row Height. In this case the height will only be shown in POINTS. The exact amount is unimport
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
Step 7 Click on F2 to make it the Active Cell. The Home tab should still be visible so in the Alignment group clic
Also in the Alignment group, click the Bottom Align button in the top row of buttons in the group. (If you h
Step 8
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 the
Step 10 border between the labels for column A and B to the right OR right-click on the column A label and choos
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
Step 17
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 fil
Step 19
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 Ex
Step 20 ABSOLUTE ADDRESSES meaning those cell references in a formula will not change when the Fill Serie
copied to another location
Step 21 Now, click on F3 again and drag the fill series handle down to row 12.
Save this file to an online account such as Google Drive or OneDrive or on your USB drive using the file
ExcelExercise1_YourName. Excel should automatically add the file extention .xlsx. ALL users take note
Step 22
your files on an ASU computer. Everything is erased when you log out. Mac users take note: In the Save
checkbox to add the .xlsx file extension. This should be enabled to PCs can easily open your Office file.
Step 23 Go into the Excel folder in the Assignment section of Blackboard and turn in this file.
Exercise # 1
our name and press Enter.
nter button in the Alignment group under the Home tab.
o something bigger.
of row 1 a bit by either dragging the border between the labels for row
PIXELS. An alternate method is to right-click on the row 1 label and
INTS. The exact amount is unimportant.

e right to automatically type February and March

visible so in the Alignment group click on the Wrap Text button.
row of buttons in the group. (If you hover over the buttons the tool tip

gory labels in A3 to A14 by any of these methods: dragging the

ick on the column A label and choose Column Width OR you can
bottom) border.

ries handle to drag down to E12

Series handle to the right to column E

click on the Percentage button and then the Increase Decimal

cent.
12.
vision by zero. The problem is the fill series handle adjusted the
or all the time.
s enter. The dollar sign is used in Excel formulas to refer to
la will not change when the Fill Series handle is used or a cell is

2.
e or on your USB drive using the file name of
extention .xlsx. ALL users take note: you can only temporarily save
ut. Mac users take note: In the Save dialog there should be a
PCs can easily open your Office file.
d turn in this file.