Excel is the most-used spreadsheet and analysis application today. This workshop introduces basic Excel features such as entering various types of data, working with formulas and functions, and creating a simple chart. Formatting a worksheet, importing data, and exploring Excel templates are also covered. Although this workshop is intended for the spreadsheet novice, participants with some previous spreadsheet experience may gain a better understanding and learn some new tricks to increase their efficiency in using Excel.

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Participants will:

• become familiar with the Excel 2007 interface and spreadsheet terminology
• enter various types of data into a worksheet
• work with formulas and functions
• create a simple chart
• explore Excel templates
• import text-delimited data into Excel
• format cells and ranges
• create named ranges and use them in formulas
• customize printouts

The following workshops are suggested prerequisites to this workshop:

• Windows: Basic Computing Skills

Participants should already be able to:

• use a mouse
• open and close windows
• open and save files
• switch between applications