Wednesday 20 September 2017

A Short And Simple Introduction To MS Excel Programming

By Dorothy Nelson


Excel is a popular and highly useful spreadsheet software developed by Microsoft, thirty years ago. Since it was first created and launched, it has gone through a vast number of updates and changes into the program people know now. Even though it has been around for a long time now, it continues to be the most widely used software for this specific purpose.

Through this, men and women are able to create spreadsheets and format them in any way they want. Furthermore, compiling them into workbooks and building models for data analysis has been made much more convenient and easier. Discover the basic functions of MS Excel Programming, which you can find in the following paragraphs below.

After you turn on your laptop or personal computer, look for the shortcut on your desktop to open it. If not, you will find it in a folder in your computer called program files. After it loads up on your screen, create a new file by clicking on the appropriately named button on the upper left hand portion of the screen.

Once you have created a new workbook, start by going through all the tabs and features it has. These tabs often drop down to even more options and tools that a person can use when doing some work. While it is understandable that you will not easily remember all these, it is still vital that you familiarize and understand the basic function of each one.

This program makes use of a different language or jargon that you need to familiarize yourself with. This will make it easier when in the process of learning it. For instance, an individual rectangle in the worksheet that you may select and type some data in is called a cell. Also, take note that the rows are indicated by numbers, while the columns are indicated by a letter in alphabetical order.

At the bottom portion, you will notice there are three available worksheets for you to work on. This is determined by default but you have the option of adding as many as you would like to for your project. To avoid confusion when working on large scaled projects, rename each one to the appropriate label.

Once you start working, consider adding a title for each cell. This makes it easier for you to identify the purpose for each one because you have labeled it properly. When you want to make changes with regard to its label, you are able to easily do so by clicking on it once more.

At this point, you will need to learn how to save your file. You can do this by clicking the office button, or clicking file and then selecting the appropriate option. This will allow you to choose the destination folder where it will be stored, as well as the name you want to give it.

Following this logic, constantly save it to prevent losing important information. There is a keyboard shortcut that most users use, which is holding the ctrl button on your keyboard then pressing down on the S. This is a short way and saves you time.




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