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Basic skills in Microsoft Excel
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1
Once you copy a cell dashes blink around the cell. How can you make that stop?
That never happens in Excel.
Hit your computer.
Sit and wait and sometimes it will stop by itself.
Esc (Escape key top left on keyboard)
2
What is the ribbon tab and group for changing the color choices for tables and charts?
Home/Fonts
View/Color Wheel
Page Layout/Themes
File/Info
3
When the cursor looks like this, actions can you take?
Select cells.
Select a row or column.
Change size of a row or column.
If you click and hold you can move the cell contents.
4
Why is the cell showing all the # signs?
It's referring to a social network.
You have too many digits in the cell.
You need to expand the row.
You need to expand the column.
5
What is a sparkline?
Tiny chart/graph in a single cell
An indicator that there is a fault in your formula
A burst of electricity that blows up your computer
animated blinking around a cell
6
When the cursor looks like this, what actions can you take?
If you click and hold you can move the cell contents.
Select cells.
Select a row or column.
Change size of a row or column.
7
What is the tiny green square at the bottom right of a selected cell for?
cell comments
help
Fill handle: copies formulas or text
Fill handle: autofit the cell size
8
What is the section of the screen circled in red indicating?
The formula bar.
The insert function icon.
The place to rest your cursor when it feels tired.
The cell name that is currently selected.
9
What sign must you always have first when entering a formula?
&
@
#
=
10
What is the section of the screen circled in red indicating?
The formula bar.
The place to rest your cursor when it feels tired.
The cell name that is currently selected.
The function tool.
11
When the cursor looks like this, what actions can you take?
Select cells.
Change size of a row or column.
If you click and hold you can move the cell contents.
Select a row or column.
12
When the cursor looks like this, what actions can you take?
If you click and hold you can move the cell contents.
Change size of a row or column.
Select a row or column.
Select cells.
13
What is the advantage of using cell references (like B3) instead of values?
It prevents Excel from freezing
If any cells change, it automatically updates
There is no advantage.
It makes you smarter
14
What is the section of the screen circled in red indicating?
Quick Access Toolbar
Cell Name
Select all
The insert function icon.
15
How can you view the page layout to easily change margins, add headers, page numbers?
Wear glasses.
Minimize the window.
Find the right ribbon tab at the top of the screen.
bottom right corner of the screen: Page Layout icon
16
Which signs are used for multiplication and division?
+ -
* /
()
&^
17
What is the section of the screen circled in red indicating?
Cell Name
Select all
Quick Access Toolbar
The insert function icon.
18
How is an Excel "workbook" different than an Excel "sheet"?
Sheets are the different pages in a workbook.
The sheet is when it's printed.
Sheets are the tabs at the bottom of the workbook.
A workbook can contain multiple sheets.
19
In math, you would frequently call this picture a graph. What would it be called in Excel?
flyer
scale
chart
wingman
20
What are spreadsheets used for?
stories
data
journals
posters
21
What is the section of the screen circled in red indicating?
The formula bar.
The function tool.
The place to rest your cursor when it feels tired.
The cell name that is currently selected.
22
What ribbon tab would you select to add a chart or sparkline?
Home
View
Data
Insert
