GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT OFFICE PACKAGE Microsoft office is a group of applications that are designed in a way as to cooperate.

They can easily Share data Copying, Cutting Pasting Linked Having data in different files linked Navigating in Microsoft office The package is toolbar based similar tools are arranged in a linear format. Toolbars can be moved Can be attached to all the four sides of the screen or left floating anywhere.

TITLE BAR Top most bar, always there (cant be removed). It shows the name of the opened file. MENU BAR Has got a list of menus. File, Edit. File close button STATUS BAR At the bottom of the screen. It shows the current status of the file. Toolbars Standard bar: new, spell check, print Formatting: Font size, style, color Drawing: shapes WordArt: Artistic text effects Built-in toolbars To display a toolbar, Right click on the menu bar / any tool bar and then select the tool bar you wish to display. A tick will be placed against all the active toolbars To hide Right click on the menu bar/ any tool bar and click the tool bar (ticked) you want to deactivate.

Moving about Horizontally Horizontal scroll bar Vertically Vertical scroll bar Using Help

Press F1 on the keyboard. Type the topic you want help with. type a question for help Guides of how to do several things INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL Microsoft excel is an electronic worksheet that organizes, manipulates and graphs numerical data. It can also be used to analyze and evaluate numerical data. Interface The UI is made of rows and columns A Cell is the intersection of a row and a column. This is where data is entered. Creating a new worksheet 1. File > New 2. Click on the plane paper icon on the standard bar. Adding a Worksheet By Default, there are 3 sheets on a worksheet. Right Click on the sheets > insert > worksheet Cell reference Cell location is referred to by using the letter(s) and number(s) Columns have got letters Rows have got numbers Give examples

The cell name is shown in the name box. Entering Data Text and numbers are entered in cells Click the cell you want to enter the data in and start typing. Cells can be resized to make the entered text fit in.

Copying Click on the box (bottom right corner of cell) and drag. It is not limited to a specific number of cells Having 1, 2 in a column> selecting both and dragging the small box downwards will cause a continuation of the counting numbers. The same applied horizontally. Deleting Highlight/ select the cell you want to clear. 1. Go to the formula bar and backspace the data 2. Click once and press delete on the keyboard Deleting data from multiple cells Highlight the cells and press delete. Moving data Right click on the cell and Cut and Paste.