Excel 2003 in Pictures

Excel 2003
In Pictures



by Chris Charuhas








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Excel 2003 In Pictures


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

i
Table of Contents
Performing Basic Calculations ....................... 1

Add ........................................................................................................16

Subtract.................................................................................................24

Multiply..................................................................................................27

Divide ....................................................................................................31

Calculate averages...............................................................................35

Find the maximum value .....................................................................39

Formatting Worksheets ................................ 41

Format text............................................................................................42

Format cells ..........................................................................................53

Adjust columns and rows....................................................................62

Print worksheets ..................................................................................69

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ii
Manipulating Data .........................................77

Move, copy, and paste......................................................................... 78

Add/delete columns............................................................................. 84

Add/delete rows ................................................................................... 90

Employ multiple worksheets .............................................................. 95

Employ AutoFill ................................................................................... 97

Insert/delete worksheets ................................................................... 103

Advanced Calculations ...............................107

Create formulas across worksheets ................................................ 108

Employ absolute references ............................................................. 114

Employ the function wizard .............................................................. 123

Making Data Visible ....................................129

Add comments................................................................................... 130

Freeze panes ...................................................................................... 133

Create charts...................................................................................... 137

PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS

1
Performing Basic
Calculations


In this section, you’ll learn how to:

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide
• Calculate averages
• Find the maximum value
PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS
2
1.
Click the button.

When the menu appears, click All Programs, Microsoft Office,
then Microsoft Office Excel 2003.





PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS

3
Excel should open and look like this:







PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS
4
2.
Close the Getting Started pane.





PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS

5
3.
Click in cell A1 to place the cursor there
.



4.
Type:

Frog Farm



PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS
6
5.
Click in cell A3.

Cell A3 should now be highlighted:



6.
Type:

Per-Frog Costs



PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS

7
7.
Press the ENTER key on your keyboard.

Cell A4 should now be highlighted.

8.
Type:

Tadpole



9.
Press the ENTER key on your keyboard.

PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS
8
10.
In cell A5, type:

Food



11.
Press the ENTER key.

In cell A6, type:

Tank



PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS

9
12.
Press the ENTER key.

In cell A7, type:

Total



13.
Click in cell B4 to highlight the cell.

Type:

.39



PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS
10
14.
Press ENTER to move to cell B5.

Type:

1.21

15.
Press ENTER to move to cell B6.

Type:

.72



16.
Press ENTER to move to cell B7.

PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS

11
17.
On the Toolbar, click the icon.



18.
When the Save As window appears, make sure the My
Documents folder appears in the Save in box.



PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS
12
19.

Click the icon.



20.
When the New Folder window appears, type:

Practice Excel Files

in the Name box.



PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS

13
21.
Click the button.

The Practice Excel Files folder should now appear in the Save
in box:

PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS
14
22.
In the File name box, type:

Frog Farm



23.
Click the button.


PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS

15
Tip:
So far, only
Sheet 1
has been used. That’s an individual
worksheet.



All the worksheets—

Sheet 1, Sheet 2, Sheet 3
, etc. (you’ll work
with them later) make up a workbook.

PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS
16
Add

1.
Click in cell B7.

2.
Type:

=



3.
Click in cell B4.



PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS

17
4.
Type:

+

5.
Click in cell B5.



6.
Type:

+


PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS
18

7.
Click in cell B6.



8.
Press the ENTER key.

The total in cell B7 should be 2.32.



9.

Click in cell B7.


PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS

19
Look in the Formula Bar.

It should read:

=B4+B5+B6



Tip:
You just created a formula that adds up the per-frog costs
for the tadpole, food, and tank.

Formulas always begin with an
=.

10.
On the Toolbar, click the icon.

11.
Click in cell D3.
PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS
20
12.
Type:

Price



13.
In the cells below, type:

A B C D E
1 Frog Farm
2
3 Per-Frog Costs Price
4 Tadpole .39 Frog 2.50
5 Food 1.21 Packaging .50
6 Tank .72 Total
7 Total 2.32
8

PERFORMING BASIC CALCULATIONS

21
14.
Click in cell E6.



15.
On the Toolbar, click the icon.

The worksheet should look like this: