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Excel - Select, Delete and Move Data

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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

Select, Delete and Move Data

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  • SELECT DATA

    • To select data inside a cell or cells is very simple and easy to do. Simply click on the cell that that contains the data you want to select and it will be selected. For the image below, that cell containing the name Chidera has been selected.

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    If you want to select more than one data, hold down the click button and drag your mouse from the beginning of where you want to select to the ending. Then release your mouse click and that data will be selected.

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    After selecting data, you can choose to format it or do anything else with the selected data. For example, you can choose to the clear content - This means deleting the data. And in excel when you clear content, the data will be deleted from that cell but the cell space will still remain.

  • Selecting All Cells

    • To select all the cells in the worksheet, click on the small Right Angle Triangle shape at the top left corner of the worksheet.

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  • DELETE DATA

    • Select the data you want to delete and press the delete key on your keyboard and it will be deleted.

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    Also, to delete data in a particular row, move the mouse pointer to the labelled number of the row you want to delete (notice the mouse pointer changes to an arrow head). Click on the labelled number, the entire row will be selected.

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    Now Right Click on it, and a dropdown list will display. Click on the Delete option and that row will be deleted. OR press the Delete key on your keyboard.

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    To delete data in a particular column, move the mouse pointer to the labelled letter of the column you want to delete and click on it, the entire column will be selected.

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    Now Right Click on it, and a dropdown list will display. Click on the Delete option and that column will be deleted. OR press Delete key on your keyboard.

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  • MOVE DATA

    • To move a data from one position to another in your worksheet involves the simple three steps below

  • Step 1 - Select the data you want move, right click on it. From the dropdown list displayed, click on the Cut option.
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  • Step 2 - Notice the selected data that is cut now has a matching ants around it
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  • Step 3 - Right Click on the position that you want to move the data to, and from the displayed dropdown list click on the Paste option.
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  • Step 4 - The data is now moved to that position.
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