Chapter-6

FORMATTING AND MODIFYING

A SPREADSHEET

A. TICK the correct options.

1. Which of the following do you click to access the Font and Font Size options?
Ans. Home Tab
2. Which alignment do you use to place text at the bottom right corner?
Ans. Bottom right
3. Which of the following is used to fill colour in a cell?
Ans. Fill Colour
4. The ‘Merge and Center’ option is present in :
Ans. Alignment group of Home ribbon
5. Which group of Home tab allows you to access the Conditional formatting feature?
Ans. Styles

B. Fill in the Blanks.

1. A new row always appears before the selected row.
2. The Shift cell right option shifts the selected cell to right to insert a new cell.
3. The unmerged cells option breaks a merged cell into multiple cells.
4. The term alignment refers to the position of text in a cell.
5. The term orientation means direction of text in a cell.

C. State True or False.

1. A new columns always appears on the left of the selected columns (True)
2. Column headers are labeled with letters. (True)
3. The cell width and height can be modified. (True)
4. When you merge cells, the content of all cells appears in the merged cell. (True)
5. You can select a complete column by clicking the row header. (True)

D. Match the following columns.

Ans. Column A Column B
1. Ctrl + B To make text bold
2. Ctrl + Z To undo your last action
3. Ctrl + U To underline text
4. Ctrl + Y To redo the cancelled action
5. Ctrl + I To make text Italic.

E. Short answer questions.

1. Saniya wants to split a merged cell into multiple. Which option should she use?
Ans. Unmerge cell option.
2. Write the keyboards shortcut to insert a new worksheet.
Ans. Shift + Fill
3. Which group of Home tap contains the Format option?
Ans. Cell group
4. How do you rename a worksheet?
Ans. To rename a worksheet, double click the sheet tap and type in the new name. Press Enter to
complete the entry.
5. What is wrap text?
Ans. To break a long text into multiple lines in a cell is known as wrap text.

F. Long answer questions.

1. What is the use of conditional formatting?
Ans. Conditional formatting features of Excel allows you to set the cell’s format according to the
specified conditions.
2. Explain the use of B, I and U buttons.
Ans. Bold (B) buttons is used to increase the thickness of the text to make it dark
Italic (I) This button tilts the text.
Underline (U) This button provides a line below the text.
3. Write the steps to insert a new columns in a worksheet.
Ans. Following steps has to be followed to insert new columns.
1.Click the column header before which you want to insert a new column.
2.Click the Home tap and go to the Cells group.
3.Click the drop down arrow and select Insert Sheet Columns to insert a column. The column will
be added before the selected column.
4. How will you combine A1 to A5 cells to make a single cell? Explain stepwise.
Ans. To combine A1 to A5 cells to make a single cell following steps has to be followed:
1. Select A1 to A5 cell.
2. Click the Home tab and go to Alignment group.
3. Click the Merge and Centre button. It will merge A1 to A5 cells.
5. What are the steps to delete a worksheet?
Ans. Following steps has to be followed to delete a worksheet
1. Select the item which is to be deleted, if you want to delete worksheet, open it.
2. Click the Home tab and go to the Cells group.
3. Click the delete drop down option and select the Delete Sheet. Worksheet will be deleted.