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Excel 2003 Tutorial
Starting Excel 2003
In the following exercises you will learn some of the necessary steps to create a spreadsheet
using Microsoft Excel 2003 for Windows 2000, Me, and XP. You will learn not only how to
type various items into the spreadsheet, but also how to copy columns, widen columns, fill
columns, add, subtract, multiply, divide, do graphics and a variety of other “things.”
To begin, load the spreadsheet by quickly clicking twice on the Excel 2003
Windows Icon in the Windows Screen. If you do not see an Excel Icon,
click-on the Start Button in the lower left corner of the screen, move the
cursor up to Programs, and then move to Microsoft Excel 2003 and click-on it.
A spreadsheet is a “number manipulator.” To make the manipulation of numbers easier all
spreadsheets are organized into rows and columns. Your initial spreadsheet will look
something like the one below:
Notice that the “main” part of the spreadsheet is composed of Rows (Labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.)
and Columns (Labeled A, B, C, D, etc.). There are a lot of rows and columns in a spreadsheet.
The “intersection” of each row and column is called a cell. In the image above the cursor is on
the “home” cell – A1. Notice Row 1 and Column A are “bold,” and colored “orange.” This
indicates what is called the “address of the cell. Notice right above cell A1, that A1 is
displayed in a small box called the Name Box. Whenever you “click” on a cell the address of
that cell will be shown in the Name Box.
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In this tutorial, whenever we indicate that you need to click the mouse, it will
mean to click the left mouse button – unless we indicate that you should click
the right mouse button. So, always “click left” unless we tell you otherwise.
Moving Around the Spreadsheet
You can move around the spreadsheet/cells by clicking your mouse on various cells, or by using
the up, down, right and left arrow movement