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Excel II - Class Exercises

The document contains instructions for a series of exercises in Microsoft Excel to practice various skills like inserting and formatting tables, charts, sorting data, using formulas and functions, and protecting cells. The exercises cover topics such as inserting and renaming worksheets, customizing tab colors, adding comments, merging and formatting cells, creating charts from data tables, performing multi-level sorts, pulling data from other worksheets, and calculating totals, averages, and loan payments with formulas. Completing the exercises would help a user learn and practice important Excel functions and capabilities.

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Excel II - Class Exercises

The document contains instructions for a series of exercises in Microsoft Excel to practice various skills like inserting and formatting tables, charts, sorting data, using formulas and functions, and protecting cells. The exercises cover topics such as inserting and renaming worksheets, customizing tab colors, adding comments, merging and formatting cells, creating charts from data tables, performing multi-level sorts, pulling data from other worksheets, and calculating totals, averages, and loan payments with formulas. Completing the exercises would help a user learn and practice important Excel functions and capabilities.

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Excel II - Class Exercises


(Microsoft Excel 2010)

Exercise: Insert New Blank Worksheet


Goal: Insert a new blank worksheet and then rename it 1) Select "Insert" from the Cells menu on the Home tab 2) Choose "Insert Sheet" from the drop-down menu 3) Double click on the new sheet's name tab to highlight it 4) Rename it by typing "I Luv Excel"

Exercise: Custom Tab Colors


Goal: Change the color of the TabColors tab to red:

1) Right-click on the TabColors tab 2) Select Tab Color 3) Click on the color red

Exercise: Insert Comments


Goal: Add a comment to cell B18: 1) Right-click on cell B18, then select Insert Comment 2) Type the following comment into the comment box: Starring Bill Murray 3) Click away from the comments box to finish

Top Ten Best Movies Ever


10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Caddyshack Appocalypse Now Young Frankenstein Ghost Busters Star Wars Episode V Alien The Life of Brian Blade Runner The Big Lebowski Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Exercise: Merge Cells


Goal: Merge four adjacent cells; A12 through B13 1) Highlight cells A12 through B13 2) Click on the Merge and Center button on the Ribbon's Home Tab Note: You cannot merge cells if there is data inside a cell (except for the first).

Office Budget 200-2011


Item Uilities Paper Coffee Fed Ex Total Cost 400 100 300 150 950

Exercise: Format the table below for readability


1) Make the title "Monthly Household Budget" bold 2) Merge cells A20 and B20 3) Change the font size for all text to "12", change the font to "Verdana" 4) Make a border around the cells from A23 through B29 5) Fill cells A22 and B22 light blue 6) Make the text in cells A22 and B22 bold 7) Format the numbers in cells B23 through B29 to display as currency $ 8) Change the font color in cell B29 to red

Monthly Household Budget Bill Rent Utilities Cell Phone Cable Car Payment Food + Misc Total Cost 1000 125 70 90 140 400 1825

Charts and Graphs Goal: Create a chart from the table below 1) Highlight the range of data, including the header titles; cells A13 thru B26 2) Choose the Insert tab on the Ribbon 3) Select an appropriate chart type.

DOW Jones 2008


Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Average 13,056 12,743 12,266 12,654 13,010 12,503 11,382 11,326 11,543 10,831 9,319 8528

Multi-Level Data Sort Goal: Sort data in the table below by Last Name, First Name and Zip Code 1) Highlight the table below (including the heading titles); cells A17 thru C35 2) Click the Data tab on the Ribbon, and then select Sort 3) Choose sorting options: *Sort By: "Last Name", Sort On: "Values", Order "A-Z" Click "Add Level" and then "Sort By" "First Name", repeat for "Zip Code" 4) Click Okay to finish 5) For more practice sort the list by Zip Code, then Last Name, then First Name
First Name Dean Bob Bonita Brenda Brandon Todd Vernita Ignatius CJ Mitch Ralph Jenny Heather Elaine Holden Carmen Bob Zooey Last Name Moriarty Dobolina Applebaum Walsh Walsh Flanders Green Reilly Parker Buchannon Wiggums Jones Chandler Benes Caulfield Sandiego Dobolina Glass Zip Code 90027 90046 90069 90210 90210 91941 90069 90048 90401 90401 90027 90028 90068 90425 90034 90017 99999 90219

Pull Data from another Worksheet Goal: Display data from a cell in another worksheet. 1) Click on cell (D14) to pull data into. 2) The generic formula is: =SheetName!CellName. In the first case, you would type in: =Comments!B24 3) Now enter the formulas for the other two examples.

Worksheet Name Comments Charts Data Sort Extra Credit:

Cell B24 B16 C 33

Data

Use the total cost of your monthly bills from the formatting worksheet (cell B30) to calculate your savings
*Savings is = Income - Total Bills

Income Savings

2000

Formulas & Functions Goal: create formulas to calculate the total number of calories consumed each day and the average number of calories consumed per day Hint: create each formula just once then copy and paste it into each cell

Weekly Calorie Counter


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Averages Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert/Snacks Total Calories 500 678 803 663 132 549 900 500 220 1200 816 398 330 450 658 460 190 530 1100 725

More Functions Goal: Calculate the monthly payment for the loans in the table below 1) Under Monthly Payment, use the following formula: =PMT(Rate/12,nper,pv) (rate = interest rate, nper = Loan Period, pv = Loan Amount) 2) Copy and paste the formula to the two cells below it 3) Try changing the Loan Amounts, Periods, and Interest Rates to see the new monthly payments

Auto Loan Payment Calculator Loan Interest Monthly Loan Period Amount Rate Payment $ 10,000 7.9% 36 $ 15,000 10.9% 48 $ 25,000 4.9% 60

Protect a Range of Cells Goal: Permit editing only in cells B14 to B16 in the table below 1) Highlight cells B14 thru B16 2) Click "Format" on the "Cells" Menu of the Home tab, select Protect Sheet 3) Make sure the box reading "Select Unlocked Cells" is checked 4) Make sure the top box (Protect worksheet) is checked Click OK to finish

Auto Loan Payment Calculator Loan Interest Monthly Loan Period Amount Rate Payment $ 10,000 7.9% 36 $313 $ 15,000 10.9% 48 $387 $ 25,000 4.9% 60 $471

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