Fachhochschule Sdwestfalen

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Prof. Dr. Valerie Wulfhorst

Lakshmi Narayanan Ruppa

Excel Course

Contents

1. Number formatting
2. Custom formatting
3. Cell formatting (cell alignment, merge cells)
4. Adding Rows, Columns and adjusting their sizes
5. Format Painter
6. Conditional Formatting
7. Borders

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Number Formatting

Simple formatting is present in Home ribbon under Number

Advanced formatting options can be viewed by using the following key combination Ctrl
+1

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Custom Formatting

Different number formats can be written under custom manually to suit ones needs.

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Cell Formatting

Merge cells is present in Home ribbon under Alignment

Complete options for cell alignment can be viewed using the key combination Ctrl+1

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Cell Formatting - Application

Text Alignment

Text Orientation

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Rows and colums

To add rows/columns, highlight the entire row/column and use Ctrl+ or right click and
use the option insert
To delete rows/columns, highlight the entire row/column and use Ctrl- or right click and
use the option delete

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Rows and colums adjusting size

To adjust the size of either a row or a column, highlight the entire row or column, then
right click and chose column width/row height correspondingly

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Format Painter

It is a very useful tool present in the Home ribbon under Clipboard to copy the entire
cell formatting

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Conditional Formatting

It is present in Home ribbon under Styles. A variety of options are present to format
the cells according to the specified conditions

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Conditional Formatting - Applications

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Borders

Ctrl+1 and go to the option Border

The following sequence should always
be followed:
Select the data
Press Ctrl+1
Select the style followed
by color
Now apply the border
outside or inside
Click OK

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Borders - Example

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Lets Practice!

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