Excel 102: Beyond the Basic

Cells
Merging Cells o Home Tab: Alignment Group: Merge & Center Rotating Text o Home Tab: Alignment Group: Orientation Formatting Text within Cells: o Home Tab: Cells Group: Format Cells: Alignment Tab

Rows & Columns

Inserting Rows o Select the row immediately below where you want to place the new row. o Home Tab: Cells Group: Insert: Insert Sheet Rows Inserting Columns o Select the column immediately to the right of where you want to place the new column. o Home Tab: Cells Group: Insert: Insert Sheet Columns

Functions
SUM( ) o Calculates the total for a group of cells o =SUM(F3, F4, F5) o For more compact syntax, use the range operator: =SUM(F3:F5) AVERAGE ( ) o Calculated the average for a group of cells o =AVERAGE (F3, F4, F5) o For more compact syntax, use the range operator: =AVERAGE(F3:F5) Functions available at Formulas Tab: Insert Function

Sort
Sorting lets you order the items in your table alphabetically or numerically according to the information in a column. By using the correct criteria, you can make sure the information of the most interest appears at the top of the column; and you can make it easier to find an item anywhere in your spreadsheet. Before you sort, choose a Sorting Key: the piece of information Excel should use to order your items. For example, if you want to sort a spreadsheet of items so the cheapest or the most expensive products appear at the top of the sheet, the Price column would be the sorting key to use. Ascending order (smallest to largest) or Descending order (largest to smallest) Select the column Home Tab: Editing Group: Sort & Filter

Find
Excel searches by comparing the content you enter with the content in each cell. For example, if you searched for the word Date, Excel identifies as a match a cell containing the phrase Date Purchased. Move to the cell where you want the search to begin. Home Tab: Editing Group: Find & Select: Find To continue search, Find Next Find All reports the number of matches in the entire spreadsheet Find & Replace o Home Tab: Editing Group: Find & Select: Replace

Helpful Shortcuts
CTRL + Z : Undo CTRL + Y: Redo CTRL + S: Save CTRL + B: Bold CTRL + I: Italic CTRL + U: Underline CTRL + C: Copy CTRL +V: Paste CTRL + X: Cut

CTRL + F: Find CTRL + H: Replace