Introduction of various features of excel

2.  Every formula in Excel must begin with an
equal sign (=).
 The formula bar displays the contents of the
active cell.
 Negative numbers should be preceded by
minus sign ‘-’ or enclosed within
parentheses.

3.  The earliest date that Excel can recognize is
January 1, 1900.
 Consider a date such as 23/11/2008. Here
the ‘/ ‘ is called the date separator, the date
separator may also be ‘-’.
 ‘:’ is a time separator, e.g 14:20.
 In the active cell, press CTRL + ;
 In the active cell, press CTRL + SHIFT + ;
 Formatting of cell accordingly.

4. 1. Place the mouse over cell G1.
2. The pointer should now be in the shape of a
white cross.
3. When the pointer changes to white cross,
hold the left mouse button down and drag
to cell G4.
4. Release the left mouse button when cells
G1, G2, G3, G4 are highlighted.
5. From the excel ribbon at the top of the
screen, locate the alignment panels.

5. 1. Click the office button. Click Excel options.
2. Clicking Proofing. Click AutoCorrect
Options.
3. Click the AutoCorrect tab.
4. Select the Replace Text as you type and
click OK.

6. 1. Choose Office, Excel Options to display the
Excel Options dialog box.
2. Click popular and then click Edit Custom List to
open Custom lists dialog box.
3. An insertion point appears in the ListEntries
box.
4. Type an item from your list into the ListEntries
box and press Enter Repeat this step for each
item.
5. Click Add to add the list to the CustomLists
box.
6. Click OK and then click OK again return to the
worksheet.

7.  Excel includes a built-in spell checker that
can catch and remove spelling mistakes.
 Click on the Review tab in the ribbon and
select the Spelling command button.
 Ignore once or Ignore all
 Add to Dictionary
 Change
 Change All
 AutoCorrect

8. 1. Select cell or group of cells that you want
to format.
2. Right click and from the menu select
Format cells.
3. Click on one of the format buttons on
Formatting toolbar.

9.  Relative References
 Absolute References
 Mixed References
Important Properties
• Using Names in Formulae
• Moving Formulaes and References.

10.  We can use references to cells located on a
worksheet, you can also use references to
cells located on other worksheets in the
same workbook.
 General format Sheetname!CellAddress
 If your sheet name includes spaces, you must
include the entire sheet reference in single
quotation marks, for
 e.g ‘January Expentiture’!A1
 We can even use this references in our
formulas.

11.  References to cells in other workbooks are
called external references.
 General Format is
[WorkbookName]SheetName!CellAddress
 Eg::- [Budget.xlsx]Sheet1!A1
 ‘[Budget for 2008.xlsx]Sheet1’!A1