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Microsoft Excel Exercise 6: Formatting

1. Open an Excel workbook.
2. Type: January 1, 2011 into a cell. Press ENTER. See how it is automatically changed to
1-Jan-11?
3. Go to the Home tab and
click on the drop down
arrow next to General in
the Number group. Choose
More Number Formats
from the bottom of the list
4. Select the number tab.
5. Select Date from the
category box and choose a
different format in the type
box. Click OK.
6. Type: January 1, 2011 in the highlighted cell. Press ENTER. Is it a different format than
1-Jan-11?
7. Select a new cell. Type the number 5467.896 and press ENTER.
8. Select Cell Styles from the
Styles group in the Home tab.
9. A drop-down menu will appear
10. At the bottom, there is a section
called Number Format
Select COMMA.
11. Type 5467.896 again. Press
ENTER. See how a comma was
added? See how the number
was rounded so there are only
two digits past the decimal point?
CLOSE THE EXCEL WORKBOOK. DO NOT SAVE.

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Task: Imagine you have been asked to create a spreadsheet for Mikes Mail Order Company.
OPEN a new Excel Workbook
Enter the raw data below. Apply as many formatting features (font, size, color, etc.) as you
wish.
Item

Bath Towels
Bathroom Radio
Bathroom Scales
BBQ
Beach Towels
Board Games
Book Ends
Book Shelf
Camera
Card Games
Carving Fork
Clothes Hanger

Price

Delivery
Charge

6.95
24.95
99.95
199.95
9.95
39.95
29.95
49.95
69.95
14.95
17.95
4.95

Ordered This
Month

5.00
8.00
10.00
20.00
5.00
8.00
10.00
15.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
5.00

3019
1500
603
308
4112
915
2141
1628
1212
2423
1737
5838

1. Highlight the numbers in the Price and Delivery Charge columns and apply the $
format.
2. Highlight the numbers in the Ordered this Month column. Go to Cell Styles, under the
Home tab, then change the style to Comma(0) found under Number Format.
3. Give your spreadsheet an appropriate title and center it across your spreadsheet
(Remember, you will have to insert a sheet row across the top).
4. Adjust the column width as needed.
5. In Column E, type a new column title: Total Cost
6. Calculate total cost for each item (price + delivery charge). Try a few options:
a. Click in cell E3. Type exactly:

=B3+C3 and Press Enter.

b. Click in cell E4. Type: =

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c. Click on cell B4. Type: +

d. Click on cell C4. Press Enter.
e. Click in cell E5. Type

=SUM(B5:C5)

7. After you have tried all three methods, you can use Autofill for the rest of the answers.
8. In Column F, type a new column title: Monthly Income
9. Create formulas and calculate the monthly income for each item (total cost* ordered
this month). Remember, you can use Autofill.
10. Make sure the numbers under Total Cost and Monthly Income are all in $ format.
11. Check your work. Go to FILE and PRINT to see the preview. How does it look?

***Save this as Exercise 6 when done***