This document provides instructions for creating a basic financial worksheet in Microsoft Excel 2007. It includes steps for entering sample data on sales numbers for four months, using formulas to calculate totals, applying basic formatting and styles, inserting a clustered column chart to visualize the data, and printing and saving the worksheet. The instructions introduce foundational Excel concepts such as workbooks, worksheets, cells, formulas, charts, formatting, and printing.
2. Productivity Programs
Productivity
Program
Project/Task Software
Application
Word
processors
Text Documents (i.e.
papers, letters)
Microsoft Word
2007
Spreadsheet
programs
Working with
numbers/calculation
s
Microsoft Excel
2007
Presentation
programs
Presentations with
graphics and text
Microsoft
PowerPoint 2007
Database
programs
Organize data (i.e.
contact information)
Microsoft Access
2007
3. Microsoft Excel
Store, organize, use and modify data
Perform calculations
Create charts and graphs
13. Microsoft Excel 2007
The Excel Window
Opening from
Computer
Desktop
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14. Workbook : a file created in Excel 2007. A workbook can contain one or more worksheets and
related items. An Excel 2007 workbook contains three worksheets.
Worksheets : a single spreadsheet in a workbook. You can add or delete worksheets in a
workbook as required.
Rows: the horizontal divisions in a worksheet are called rows. Each row is identified by a
number. For example, the first row in a worksheet is 1.
Columns: the vertical divisions in a worksheet. Each column is identified by a letter. For
example, the first column in a worksheet is A.
Cell: formed by the intersection of a row and a column. The highlighted rectangular border
formed around an active cell is called a cell pointer. An active cell is the cell in which you are
working currently. There can be only one active cell at a time. You can use a cell to store and
display different types of data such as text, numbers, or formulas.
Cell Address: made of the column letter and row number of the cell. For example, the cell
formed by the first column and first row has the cell address A1. The cell address indicates the
exact location of a cell in a worksheet.
Status bar: this bar provides information about the present status of work in the worksheet. For
example, if you are not working on the worksheet, the status bar displays the message
“Ready.” When you click in a blank cell to enter data, the status bar displays the message
“Enter.”
Microsoft Excel 2007 Vocabulary
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15. Excel blank workbook
Name Box Formula Bar
Active
Cell (A1)
Workbook level buttons
Vertical scroll bar
Horizontal scroll bar
Sheet tab scrolling
buttons
Sheet tabs & insert
worksheet button
20. Type in additional inventory items in cells A6
and A7
Type “Total” in cell A8; click Enter
21. 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
22. Hover over the small black square in the lower right corner of cell B3
Black crosshairs will appear – the fill handle
23. 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