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Excel - Cells, Rows and Columns

MICROSOFT EXCEL

MODULE ONE

Prerequisite Introduction to Microsoft Excel Getting Started MS Excel Environment Title Bar Quick Access Toolbar Search Account Name Buttons Menu Tab Ribbons Dialog Box Launcher Name Box Insert Function Formula Bar Worksheet Area Worksheet Navigation Creating New Sheet Status Bar Worksheet View Format Zoom Slider MS Excel File Tab Entering Data Saving Your Workbook Opening Saved Workbook Copy, Delete and Hiding Sheet Closing Entire Workbook

MODULE TWO

Cells, Rows and Columns Resizing Rows and Columns Inserting Data Select, Delete and Move Data Copy, Paste and Cut Find and Replace Checking Spellings Inserting TextBox Inserting Symbols Inserting Special Characters Zooming Undoing and Redoing Changes

MODULE THREE

Mini Toolbar Setting Fonts Text Decoration Setting Text Case Text Alignments Text Orientation Increase and Decrease Indentation Wraping Text Merging Cells Cells Borders Cells Shades Copy Formatting Insert and Delete Worksheet Format Worksheet, Cells, Rows and Columns

MODULE FOUR

Insert Tables Insert Pictures Insert Shapes and Smart Art Insert Screenshots Insert Icons Insert 3D-Models Using Add-ins Insert Charts 3D Maps Creating Sparklines Insert WordArt

MODULE FIVE

Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Using Formulas Using Functions Quick Functions

MODULE SIX

Fill Handling Sorting Filtering References (Relative and Absolute) Conditional Formatting Applying Styles

MODULE SEVEN

Page Themes Page Colors Page Fonts Page Effects Page Header and Footer Page Numbering Page Margins Page Orientation and Size Print Area Page Breaks Setting Background Print Titles Preview and Print Share Workbook Freezing Panes Range Data Validation Excel Templates MS Excel Shortcuts Conclusion

HOW TO

Excel How-To Send Email Separate Text Date and Time Format Macro Thesaurus Insert Comments Password Workbook Count Characters Count Words Add and Remove Hyperlinks Insert PDF in Excel Editing and Formatting Restrictions How to Compare Columns How to Compare Worksheets Add Signature in Worksheet Calculate Age Calculate Mean Calculate Median Calculate Standard Deviation Find the Mode Add and Remove Commas How to Remove Filter Convert Excel to CSV Excel to PDF Excel to Ms-Word Document Excel to Picture Formats Duplicate Rows and Columns Hide and Unhide Rows and Columns Rows and Columns Conversion How to Remove Gridlines Create Graphs Insert Check Box Add and Remove Watermark Logical Operators Logical Functions Text Functions Square Symbol Pi Symbol Selecting Different Columns Creating QR Code Creating Bar Code Insert Bullet Points Generate Random Numbers Combine Two Columns Wrap Text Create Dropdown List

Cells, Rows and Columns

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CELL
Cell is a box which is made by intersection of rows and columns in an excel worksheet. There thousands of cells that made up an excel worksheet. A cell is where you can input your data. The position of a cell is denoted by the column and row number. In the image below the position of the selected cell is B2 (i.e. column B row 2)

cell
  • INSERT CELL
  • Step 1 - Right Click on the position that you want to add the new row, from the dropdown list click on the Insert option.
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  • Step 2 - A small dialog box will be displayed. Click on either the Shift Cells Left (to insert cell to the left side of the current position) or Shift Cells Left (to insert cells upwards from the current position), then click on the Ok button. The cell will be inserted successfully.
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  • DELETE CELL
  • Step 1 - Select the cell that you want to delete, Right Click on it. From the dropdown list click on the Delete option.
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  • Step 2 - A small dialog box will be displayed. Click on either the Shift Cells Left (to delete cell to the left side of the current position) or Shift Cells Left (to delete cells upwards from the current position), then click on the Ok button. The cell will be deleted successfully.
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note
NOTE:

If you want to delete a particular cell and its content, just click on the cell and press the Delete on your keyboard.

ROWS
Rows in excel run horizontally. The number of rows in excel ranges from 1 to 1048576, which are numbered accordingly as show in the image below.

rows
  • INSERT NEW ROWS
  • Step 1 - Right Click on the position that you want to add the new row, from the dropdown list click on the Insert option.
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  • Step 2 - A small dialog box will be displayed. Click on the Entire Rows radio button, then click on the Ok button. A new column will be inserted successfully.
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  • DELETE ROWS
  • Step - Select the row that you want to delete, Right Click on it. From the dropdown list click on the Delete option, and the selected row will be deleted.
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COLUMNS
Columns in excel are vertically downwards which are usually labelled in their individual headers with letters. The letters ranges from A to XFD. There are 16384 columns in excel.

columns
  • INSERT NEW COLUMN
  • Step 1 - Right Click on the position that you want to add the new column, from the dropdown list click on the Insert option.
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  • Step 2 - A small dialog box will be displayed. Click on the Entire Column radio button, then click on the Ok button. A new column will be inserted successfully.
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  • DELETE COLUMNS
  • Step - Select the row that you want to delete, Right Click on it. From the dropdown list click on the Delete option, and the selected column will be deleted.
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tips
TIP:

As an alternative to inserting and deleting of cells, rows and columns you can click on the Home tab, go to the Cells group and you will find the buttons to delete and insert.

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