Productivity Programs

Microsoft Excel 2013

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Productivity Programs
Productivity
Program
Word
processors
Spreadsheet
programs
Presentation
programs
Database
programs

Project/Task

Software
Application
Text Documents
Microsoft Word
(i.e. papers, letters)
2013
Working with
Microsoft
numbers/calculati
Excel 2013
ons
Presentations with
Microsoft
graphics and text
PowerPoint
2013
Organize data (i.e.
Microsoft
contact
Access 2013
information)

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Store,

organize, use and modify

data
Perform calculations
Create charts and graphs

Microsoft Excel 2013

Opening from
Computer
Desktop

Click the Start Button, Click All Programs

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Opening from
Computer
Desktop

Double Click Microsoft Office 2013 Folder to

open, click Microsoft Office Excel 2013 to open

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The Excel 2013 intro screen appears,

Double click Blank Worksheet

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A blank Excel spreadsheet will open

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Opening from
Citrix

Double Click Internet Explorer Shortcut on the

desktop

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Click Citrix XenApp under Quick Links on the

Auburn Home Page

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Enter User Name and Password, Click Log On

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Double Click Office 2013 Folder to open

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Double Click Excel 2013 to open

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Auburn Acceptable Use Notice, Click OK

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Select Blank Spreadsheet on Excels intro

screen

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If this message appears, choose Use

Recommended Settings and click OK

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A blank Excel spreadsheet will open

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The Excel Window

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Enter Company Name in cell A1

Click Enter to confirm data you entered

Enter First Quarterly Sales in cell A2

Click Enter

Click Enter again to make A4 active

Type an item name in A4 and click Enter

Type another item name in A5

Notice AutoComplete feature

Type in additional inventory items in cells A6 and A7

Type Total in cell A8; click Enter

Type January in cell B3

Notice the Cancel and Enter buttons that become active on the Formula
Bar
Click the Enter button to confirm data and keep cell B3 active

Hover over the small black square in the lower right corner of
cell B3
Black crosshairs will appear the fill handle

Click on the fill handle and drag to cell D3

Click the drop down arrow on the Auto Fill Options button to
see options, Fill Series should be marked

Click CTRL + HOME to make cell A1 active

Notice that the text in cell A1 is longer than column A

Point to the vertical line between columns A and B

Double click on the vertical line between columns A and B to

Autofit or manually drag the pointer to adjust column As
width

Click Undo to undo changing the width of column A

Click cell B3 and drag to highlight/select cells B3:D3

Click the Center button to center the months text

Click cell B4 and enter a sales amount (564.23)

Press TAB to confirm data and move active cell to the right

Continue entering the rest of your sales numbers as shown

above
Use ENTER, TAB or ARROW keys to move cells

Click in cell B8 and type =b4+b5+b6+b7

Click Enter
Notice the Total

Click in Cell C8, click the Formulas Tab, click AutoSum, click
Sum

Notice the SUM Formula and the range

Click ENTER

Notice the Total

Click in cell D8, type =SUM(

Select cells D4, D5, D6 and D7
Type ) to close the formula; Click ENTER

Notice the TOTAL

Click in Cell E3, type TOTAL, click Enter

Click ALT =
Click ENTER

to enter the SUM function in cell E4

Notice the Total

Click cell E4, hover over the fill handle, click and drag
through cell E8 to fill the rest of the formulas

Notice Sums and AutoFill Options

Select cells A1:E1

Click Home Tab, click Merge and Center in Alignment
Group

Notice how cells A1:E1 are merged into one cell and the text is
centered in that cell

With cells A1:E1 still selected, click Cell Styles, Click Title
style

Select cells A2:E2, click Merge & Center

With cells A2:E2 still selected, click Cell Styles, click Heading
1

Select cells B3:E3, hold down CTRL and select cells A4:A8

Click Cell Styles, click Heading 4 to apply this style to cells

B3:E3 and cells A4:A8

Select cells B4:E4, click CTRL and select cells B8:E8

On the Home Tab, in the Number Group, click the

Accounting Number Format button $
Notice the numbers in cells B4:E4 and B8:E8

Select cells B5:E7, click the Comma Style in the Number

Group

Select cells B8:E8, click Cell Styles, click Total style

Click the Page Layout tab, click Themes, click a theme (your
choice) to apply

Notice the Theme (font, colors, etc.) changes

Select cells A3:D7

With cells A3:D7 selected, click Insert Tab, click Columns in Charts
Group, click Clustered Column (first 2D option) Notice the chart
shows up immediately, Click on the 2D option to keep the chart.

Point to the top of the chart, click and drag chart to line up
with cell A10

On the Design Tab, in the Data Group, click Switch

Rows/Columns

Notice the category labels changed

On the Design tab, in the Chart Layouts group, click the

More button in the Quick Layouts button

Click Layout 1, notice chart changes

Click to select the Chart Title, type 1st Quarter Sales, click off
Chart Title to deselect

In the Chart Styles group, click the More button

Click a style (your choice) to apply, notice changes

Click off of the Chart to deselect it

Click the Insert Tab, in the Text group, click Header &
Footer

In the Navigation group, click Go to Footer

Click in the Left Footer Pane, in the Header & Footer

Elements group, click File Name, click cell above Footer area
to exit Header & Footer

Click the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click
Margins, click Custom Margins

In the Page Setup dialog Box, under Center on page, select

Horizontally, click Print Preview

Notice how the data and chart are centered on the page
horizontally

Click the Back Arrow to close print preview

Click File, click Save As

In the center navigation pane, click Computer, select your

number in the right navigation pane.

Scroll down to and double click your Tech Lit folder

Scroll down to and double click your Excel Assignments

folder

Notice, you are in your Excel Assignments folder

Name the excel worksheet, YourName_Excel_1, click Save

Notice the file name changed, click X to close Excel