STARTING MS EXCEL

Opening Microsoft Excel

Opening the Microsoft Excel depends on how your computer is organized.

You can create a shortcut in the Start Menu bar to open it faster.

1. Click Start.

2. Click Microsoft Office Excel.

You can also find Excel in the

All Programs tab.

1. Click Start.

2. Click All Programs.

3. Click Microsoft Office Excel.

Since Excel is part of Microsoft

Office, you can also find Excel in it.

1. Click Start.

2. Click All Programs.

3. Click Microsoft Office.

4. Click Microsoft Office Excel.

1. Quick Access Toolbar - It contains commands that are used most often.

2. Title Bar - It displays the title of the window and typically includes the close,

minimize, and maximize buttons.

3. Tabs - includes Home, Insert, Page Layout, Formulas, Data, Review and View

Tab.

4. Ribbon - is the strip of buttons and icons located above the work area

5. Cell - a rectangular box that occurs at the intersection of a vertical column and

a horizontal row in a worksheet.

6. Columns - a vertical series of boxes. A letter on top identifies each column.

7. Rows - a horizontal series of boxes. A number on the left identifies each row.

8. Name box - the location of each cell in a worksheet. It consists of a column

letter followed by a row number (Example: B2). The cell reference

displays the reference of the active cell.

9. Active cell - the cell where you can currently enter information. An active cell

displays a thicker border. In case multiple cells have been selected,

the

upper leftmost cell is the active cell.

10. Formula Bar - displays the contents of the active cell.

11. Sheet Tabs - shows the name of each worksheets. By default, there are

three worksheets in Excel File: Sheet1, Sheet2, Sheet3.

12. Workbook - may consists of one or more worksheets.

13. Scroll Bar - to move the viewing area of Excel, left, and right or up and

down.

14. View Tab - to see different kinds of view.

15. Zoom - Quickly zoom in or out of a worksheet.