The Salvation Army-Cleveland Temple Corps
Community Computer Center
Beginning Excel
Syllabus
Prepared by: Permeil Dass
Day One:
Overview of Class
What Students Should Expect
Teacher Expectations
Getting
Started
Opening Microsoft Excel
What is Excel used for?
Overview of Excel
Naming parts of the Excel Window
Defining Excel vocabulary
File New
File Open
File Close
File Save/Save As
Moving around in Excel
Naming Cells
Goto Command (F5)
Keyboard
Mouse
Page View
Entering data and selecting
cells
Resizing columns and rows to fit data
Formatting cells
Auto Format
Number
Alignment
Font
Boarder
Pattern
Formatting columns or rows at a time
AutoFill and Data Series
Day Two
Cut, Copy,
Paste, Insert
Menu Bar
Toolbar
Right clicking
Fill Handle
Inserting,
deleting, and moving
Rows
Columns
Sheets
Printing
Print Preview
Printing a selected parts
Page Setup
Margins
Header/Footer
Print Titles (printing and viewing)
Scaling
Day Three
Calculations
Mathematical symbols
AutoSum
Copying a calculation using the fill handle
Formula Bar
Editing Formula
Using preset functions
Order of operations
Combining words from different cells into one cell
Day Four
Charting
Charting Wizard
Selecting objects in a chart
Customizing a Chart
Resizing a chart
Printing a chart on a whole page
Day Five
Practice
Test for Certificate
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