computers and literacy microsoft office excel unit
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Computers and Literacy
Microsoft Office Excel Unit
What is Microsoft? A computer company Makes the Windows™ Operating System
and many other programs
What is Microsoft Office?Microsoft Office™ is a collection of computer programs. It includes: Word Excel PowerPoint
Excel is for Spreadsheets
In this class you will learn about: Reading & making spreadsheets with Excel Reading & making graphs Making inferences (guesses) from known information Scanning (reading quickly for specific information) Home budgets
How Students Get to Class
Walk
DriveTake Bus
Take TrainRide Bike
Carpool
You will also learn how to: Use a computer with Windows™ Use a computer program to improve your
keyboarding skills
Getting StartedYour Computer
Types of Computers
Desktops Laptops
Hardware & Software Hardware: All the parts of the computer
that you can touch. Software: Instructions in the computer
that help it do different tasks = Programs.
Hardware we use in class:Laptop’s keyboard and
monitor
Hardware we use in class:MouseTouch Pad
Mouse
Click vs. Right-click
Right click opens menus
Hardware we use in class:Headset
Hardware we use in class:Battery
Hardware we use in class:USB Flash Drive
Software we use in class: Microsoft Office Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
Operating System
Collection of Software Windows
Thank You!What questions do you have?
DO NOT START NEXT PORTION UNTIL AFTER YOU COMPLETE THE INTRO TO COMPUTER EXERCISE.
Introduction to Excel These slides serve as a Dictionary for
important Excel vocabulary words Will not get to see all of these words in
action today, simply showing you what we will be getting to during class time.
PART 2: Intro to Excel
Spreadsheets Organize data into
columns and rows Made up of cells
Cells Intersection of
columns and rows
Excel Introduction Column Row
What holds the spreadsheet UP
Like you are rowing across the water
Excel Introduction Columns are
labeled by letters Rows are labeled
by numbers
When addressing specific cells in a spreadsheet, we
name them by their Column Letter and
then their Row Number.
A7
B2
C12-D17
Excel Introduction Formula Bar
Click in a cell, information will
also be displayed in formula bar
Excel Introduction Excel Cursors- what do they help you do?
SelectYou can click to select one cell or click and drag to highlight many cells.
Change SizeYou can click and drag to make the columns and rows bigger or smaller.
Auto FillYou can click and drag to complete a list.
Drag CellYou can click and drag the whole cell to a different place on the sheet.
Excel Introduction Ribbon
Toolbar Menu Tabs
The way in which something is arranged or set out.
Format
Any questions?
Let’s open up Excel!