Computers and Literacy Microsoft Office Excel Unit

Computers and Literacy Microsoft Office Excel Unit

What is Microsoft? A computer company Makes the Windows Operating System and many other programs

What is Microsoft Office? Microsoft Office is a collection of computer programs. It includes: Word Excel PowerPoint

Excel is for Spreadsheets

In this class you will learn about: Reading & making spreadsheets with Excel Reading & making graphs Making inferences (guesses) from known information Scanning (reading quickly for specific information) Home budgets How Students Get to Class Walk Drive Take Bus Take Train Ride Bike Carpool

You will also learn how to: Use a computer with Windows Use a computer program to improve your keyboarding skills

Getting Started Your Computer

Types of Computers Desktops Laptops

Hardware & Software Hardware: All the parts of the computer that you can touch. Software: Instructions in the computer that help it do different tasks Programs.

Hardware we use in class: Laptop’s monitor keyboard and

Hardware we use in class: Mouse Touch Pad

Mouse Click vs. Right-click Right click opens menus

Hardware we use in class: Headset

Hardware we use in class: Battery

Hardware we use in class: USB Flash Drive

Software we use in class: Microsoft Office Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

Operating System Collection of Software Windows

Thank You! What questions do you have?

DO NOT START NEXT PORTION UNTIL AFTER YOU COMPLETE THE INTRO TO COMPUTER EXERCISE.

Introduction to Excel These slides serve as a Dictionary for important Excel vocabulary words Will not get to see all of these words in action today, simply showing you what we will be getting to during class time.

PART 2: Intro to Excel Spreadsheets Organize data into columns and rows Made up of cells Cells Intersection of columns and rows

Excel Introduction Column What holds the spreadsheet UP Row Like you are rowing across the water

Excel Introduction Columns are labeled by letters Rows are labeled by numbers When addressing specific cells in a spreadsheet, we name them by their Column Letter and then their Row Number.

B2 A7 C12D17

Excel Introduction Formula Bar Click in a cell, information will also be displayed in formula bar

Excel Introduction Excel Cursors- what do they help you do? Select You can click to select one cell or click and drag to highlight many cells. Change Size You can click and drag to make the columns and rows bigger or smaller. Auto Fill You can click and drag to complete a list. Drag Cell You can click and drag the whole cell to a different place on the sheet.

Excel Introduction Ribbon Toolbar Menu Tabs Format The way in which something is arranged or set out.

Any questions? Let’s open up Excel!