Sage Jenkins

January February March Totals for 1st Quarter

Auto Loan 346.88 346.88 346.88 1040.64
Car insurance 180.43 180.43 180.43 541.29
Cell phone 80.73 56.78 110.52 248.03
Entertainment 100 100 400 600
Food 150 150 150 450
Housing 425 425 425 1275
Internet 40 40 40 120
Medical 118 118 118 354
Miscellaneous 500 100 100 700
Tuition 2600 2600

Monthly Totals 4541.04 1517.09 1870.83 7928.96

Average Monthly
Expenses 2642.9866666667

Directions For Excel Exercise

Step 1 Click on A1 and then click on the text in the Formula bar to type in your name and press Enter.
Step 2 Select A1 to F1, merge these cells together using the Merge and Center button in the Alignment group
Step 3 With A1 still as the Active Cell, change the font and/or the font size to something bigger.
Increase the "white space" around the title by increasing the height of row 1 a bit by either dragging the
Step 4 both POINTS and PIXELS. An alternate method is to right-click on the row 1 label and choose Row He
unimportant.
Step 5 In B2 type January
Step 6 With the Active Cell still B2, drag the Fill Series handle to cells to the right to automatically type Februa
Step 7 Click on F2 to make it the Active Cell. The Home tab should still be visible so in the Alignment group cl

Step 8 Also in the Alignment group, click the Bottom Align button in the top row of buttons in the group. (If you

Step 9 Make the same formatting choices for both E2 and A16.

Increase the width of column A enough to see the full expense category labels in A3 to A14 by any of t
Step 10
OR right-click on the column A label and choose Column Width OR you can automatically size a colum

Step 11 In cell E3 type in the formula: =SUM(B3:D3) and press enter

Step 12 Click on E3 again to make it the Active Cell and then use the Fill Series handle to drag down to E12
Step 13 In B14 type the formula: =SUM(B3:B12) and press enter
Step 14 Click on B14 again to make it the Active Cell and then drag the Fill Series handle to the right to column
Step 15 In B16 type the formula: =AVERAGE(B14:D14) and press enter
Step 16 In F3 type the formula: =E3/E14 and press enter
Click on F3 again and then in the Number group under the Home tab click on the Percentage button a
Step 17
tenth of a percent.
Step 18 With the Active Cell still F3, drag the Fill Series handle down to row 12.
You know see a series of error messages of #DIV/0 which means division by zero. The problem is the
Step 19
same divisor all the time.

Click on F3 again and edit the formula to read: =E3/$E$14 and press enter. The dollar sign is used in E
Step 20
formula will not change when the Fill Series handle is used or a cell is copied to another location

Step 21 Now, click on F3 again and drag the fill series handle down to row 12.
Step 22 Save this file on your USB drive using the file name of ExcelExercise1_YourName.xls
Step 23 Go into the Excel folder in the Assignment section of Blackboard and turn in this file.
 Percent of Total Monthly Expenses
13.1%
6.8%
3.1%
7.6%
5.7%
16.1%
1.5%
4.5%
8.8%
32.8%

ons For Excel Exercise # 1

your name and press Enter.
enter button in the Alignment group under the Home tab.
to something bigger.
of row 1 a bit by either dragging the border between the labels for row 1 and 2. The height will be shown in the tool tip in
he row 1 label and choose Row Height. In this case the height will only be shown in POINTS. The exact amount is

e right to automatically type February and March

visible so in the Alignment group click on the Wrap Text button.

row of buttons in the group. (If you hover over the buttons the tool tip will pop up and tell you which button is which.)

gory labels in A3 to A14 by any of these methods: dragging the border between the labels for column A and B to the right
you can automatically size a column (or row) by double-clicking the right (or bottom) border.

eries handle to drag down to E12

Series handle to the right to column E

ab click on the Percentage button and then the Increase Decimal button so the cell is formatted to show numbers to one
 12.
ivision by zero. The problem is the fill series handle adjusted the divisor down to blank cells so we have to tell it to use the

ss enter. The dollar sign is used in Excel formulas to refer to ABSOLUTE ADDRESSES meaning those cell references in a
is copied to another location

12.
se1_YourName.xls
nd turn in this file.