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TABLE OF CONTENTS i

Table of Contents Basic Calculations .......................................... 1

Add ........................................................................................................13

Subtract.................................................................................................21

Multiply..................................................................................................24

Divide ....................................................................................................28

Calculate averages...............................................................................31

Find the maximum value .....................................................................35

Formatting Worksheets ................................ 37

Format text............................................................................................38

Format cells ..........................................................................................47

Adjust columns and rows....................................................................58

Print worksheets ..................................................................................63

TABLE OF CONTENTS ii

Manipulating Data .........................................71

Move, copy, and paste......................................................................... 72

Add/delete columns............................................................................. 82

Add/delete rows ................................................................................... 88

Employ multiple worksheets .............................................................. 93

Employ AutoFill ................................................................................... 96

Insert/delete worksheets ................................................................... 102

Advanced Calculations ...............................107

Create formulas across worksheets ................................................ 108

Employ absolute references ............................................................. 114

Employ the function wizard .............................................................. 123

Making Data Visible ....................................131

Add notes ........................................................................................... 132

Freeze panes ...................................................................................... 134

Freeze panes ...................................................................................... 135

Create charts...................................................................................... 139

BASIC CALCULATIONS 1

Basic Calculations

In this section, you’ll learn how to:

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

• Calculate averages

• Find the maximum value


1. Start Calc.

You should see a screen that looks like this:


2. Click in cell A1 to place the cursor there.

3. Type: Party Palace


4. Click in cell A3. Cell A3 should now be highlighted:

5. Type: Per Costume Costs

6. Press the ENTER key on your keyboard. Cell A4 should now be highlighted.


7. Type: Material

8. Press the ENTER key on your keyboard.

9. In cell A5, type: Elastic


10. Press the ENTER key. In cell A6, type: Labor

11. Press the ENTER key. In cell A7, type: Total


12. Click in cell B4 to highlight the cell. Type: 3.09

13. Press ENTER to move to cell B5. Type: 0.37


14. Press ENTER to move to cell B6. Type: 6.92

15. Press ENTER to move to cell B7.

16. On the Toolbar, click the icon.


17. When the Save as window appears, make sure the My Documents folder appears as the Save in folder.

18. Click the icon.


19. When the New Folder window appears, type: Practice Calc Files in the Name box.

Then press ENTER. The Practice Calc Files folder will appear in the list.


20. Double-click the Practice Calc Files folder. The Practice Calc Files folder should now appear as the Save in folder:

21. In the File name box, type: Party Palace


Click the button. Tip: So far, only Sheet 1 has been used. That’s an individual worksheet.

All the worksheets—Sheet 1, Sheet 2, Sheet 3, etc. (you’ll work with them later) make up a workbook.


Add

1. Click in cell B7.

2. Type: =



4. Type: +


6. Type: +



8. Press the ENTER key. The total in cell B7 should be 10.38.



Look in the Formula Bar. It should read: =B4+B5+B6

Tip: You just created a formula that adds up the per costume costs for the material, elastic, and labor. Formulas always begin with an =.


11. Click in cell D3.


12. Type: Price

13. In the cells below, type:

A B C D E1 Party Palace 2 3 Per Costume Costs Price 4 Material 3.09 Costume 17.995 Elastic 0.37 Packaging 1.256 Labor 6.92 Total 7 Total 10.38 8

14. Click in cell E6.



The worksheet should look like this:


16. Press the ENTER key. The total in E6 should be 19.24.

17. Click in cell E6.

The Formula Bar should show: =SUM(E4:E5)


Tip: This is just a different way of adding numbers. By clicking

the icon, you told Calc to SUM the numbers from E4 through E5.


Subtract

1. Click in cell G3. Type: Profit Per Costume

2. Click in cell G4. Type: =


3. Click in cell E6. Type: –

4. Click in cell B7. The worksheet should look like this:


5. Press the ENTER key. The Profit Per Costume should be 8.86:

6. Click in cell G4. The Formula Bar should look like this:


Multiply

1. Click in cell A9 and type: Sales

2. Press the TAB key on your keyboard. It should move the cursor to cell B9.


3. In cell B9, type: 2250

4. In cell A11, type: Profits


5. In cell B11, type : =

6. Click cell B9, then type: *

Tip: This is the multiplication symbol. To type it, hold down the SHIFT key, then press the number 8 key.


7. Click cell G4, then press the ENTER key. The Profits should read 19935:

8. Click cell B11. The Formula Bar should read: =B9*G4


Divide

1. Click cell I3, then type: Profit Margin

2. Click cell I4, then type: =

3. Click cell G4, then type: /


4. Click cell E6, then press the ENTER key. The Profit Margin should be 0.46:

5. Click cell I4. The Formula Bar should read: =G4/E6

6. Change the price of the costume to 15.97, then press the ENTER key.


See how the profit margin changes along with the price (cell E4) used in the formula:

7. Change the price of the Costume back to 17.99.



Calculate averages

1. Click in cell A13, then type: Subsidies

2. In cells A14 through C14, type :

2003 2004 2005


3. In cells A15 through C15, type:

2003 2004 20051000 800 1200

4. In cell E14, type: Average


5. In cell F14, type: =average(

Tip: Don’t forget to type the ( opening parenthesis. It tells Calc to begin averaging a series of cells.

6. Highlight cells A15 through C15. The worksheet should look like this:


7. Press the ENTER key. The average subsidy should be 1000:

8. Click cell F14. The Formula bar should show: =AVERAGE(A15:C15)


Find the maximum value

1. Click in cell E15, then type : Maximum

2. Click in cell F15, then type: =MAX(A15:C15)


3. Press ENTER. The worksheet should look like this:

4. Click the icon.

5. Click the icon to close the Party Palace spreadsheet.

FORMATTING WORKSHEETS 37

Formatting Worksheets


• Format text

• Format cells

• Adjust columns and rows

• Print worksheets


Format text

Modify fonts

1. Open the Party Palace workbook from the Practice Calc Files folder.

2. Click cell A1.


4. Click the drop-down arrow beside the Font Size box.


5. When the menu appears, click 18.

6. In the Font list, click Lucida Sans.


The text should look like this:

7. Double-click on cell A3.

8. Highlight the text Per Costume Costs.


9. Click the icon, then the icon. The text should look like this:

10. Make this text bold and italic: Price Profit Per Costume Profit Margin Sales Profits Subsidies The worksheet should look like this:


Format numbers

1. Highlight cells B4 through B7.

On the Toolbar, click the icon.


Tip: If the icon isn’t present on the Toolbar, click the arrow at the end of the Toolbar, then Visible Buttons, then Number Format: Currency.


2. Click the worksheet. The numbers should look like this:

3. In the same way, format all the numbers in the worksheet (except the Subsidies years and Profit Margin) as currency. The worksheet should look like this :

4. Click cell I4.


5. On the Toolbar, click the icon three times.

6. Click the icon. There should be four decimal places remaining:



The number should change to percent:


Format cells

Change cell color

1. Drag from cell E14 to E15 to highlight both cells.


2. On the Menu Bar, click Format, then Cells.


3. When the Format Cells window appears, click the Background tab.


4. In the Color grid, click the light gray square.

5. Click the button.


6. Click the worksheet. The cells should look like this:


Add borders

1. Click and drag from cell E14 to cell F15 to highlight the four cells.

2. On the Menu Bar, click Format, then Cells.


3. When the Format Cells window appears, click the Borders tab.


6. Click the worksheet. The cells should be outlined:


Shift alignment

1. Highlight cells A4 through A7.


3. Click the worksheet. The text in the cells should be right-aligned:


4. Highlight the same cells again.

5. Click the icon.

The text should be centered in the cells:


Adjust columns and rows

Adjust column width

1. Place the cursor on the divider between the A and B column headers.

It should turn into a double-arrow:

2. Drag the divider to the left to make column A narrower.

Some of the cells should display signs:


Tip: This means the column is too narrow to display the cells’ contents.

3. Drag the divider back to the right until you can see the contents of the cells in column A:

4. Double-click on the divider between the G and H column headers.

It will make column G as wide as it needs to be to display all the contents of cells in that row:


Adjust row height

1. Click the box in the corner at the intersection of the column and row headings:

This will select the entire worksheet:


2. Place the cursor on the divider between rows 4 and 5. It should become a double-arrow.

3. Drag the divider down. This will make all rows taller:



The worksheet should return to normal row height.

5. Click the worksheet to de-select it.


Print worksheets

Page preview


This will show how the worksheet will look when printed:



3. When the Page Style window appears, click each tab.




Adjust page breaks

1. On the Menu Bar, click View, then Page Break Preview.

2. Drag the blue line between columns G and H to the right until it merges with the blue line between columns I and J.


3. Drag the bottom blue solid line down until it shows all the page’s content.

4. On the Menu Bar, click View, then Normal.


The worksheet should return to normal view.

Tip: in the normal view, you can now see a heavier line between columns I and J. This represents the new page break.


Print a region

1. Select cells A3 through J7.


2. On the Menu Bar, click File, then Print.


3. When the Print window appears, click the Selection radio button.

To print the selection, click the button.

Tip: To skip printing, click the button.

4. Save and close the Party Palace workbook.

MANIPULATING DATA 71

Manipulating Data

In this section, you’ll learn how to: • Move, copy, and paste

• Add/delete columns

• Add/delete rows

• Employ multiple worksheets

• Employ AutoFill

• Insert/delete worksheets


Move, copy, and paste

Move cell contents

1. Open the Party Palace workbook from the Practice Calc Files folder.

2. Highlight cells G3 and G4.

3. Place the cursor on the highlighted cells.


4. Click and drag the cells one cell to the left.


5. Click on the worksheet. It should look like this:

6. Click cell I4.


7. On the Menu Bar, click Edit, then Cut.

8. Click cell G4.


9. On the Menu Bar, click Edit, then Paste.


When you’re done, the cells should look like this:


Copy and paste

1. Highlight cells I3 through J3.


2. On the Menu Bar, click Edit, then Copy.

3. Click cell G3.


4. On the Menu Bar, click Edit, then Paste.

It should look like this:


5. Highlight cells I3—J3.

Then press the DELETE key on the keyboard. The worksheet should look like this:


Add/delete columns

Add a column

1. Click the D column heading.

2. On the Menu Bar, click Insert, then Columns.


A new column should appear:


Add multiple columns

1. Click and drag across column headings D, E, and F.

2. On the Menu Bar, click Insert, then Columns.


Three new columns should appear:


Delete columns

1. Click the D column heading.

2. Right-click the D column heading. When the menu appears, click Delete Columns.


The column should disappear:

3. Right-click the D column heading, then Delete Columns three more times. The worksheet should look like this:


Add/delete rows

Add row

1. Click on the row heading for row 12.

2. On the Menu Bar, click Insert, then Rows.


A new row should appear:


Delete row

1. Right-click the row heading for row 13.

2. When the menu appears, click Delete Rows.


The row should disappear:


Practice

1. Click and drag down the row headings for rows 9 through 15. Right-click the highlighted rows and delete them.

2. Insert a new column in front of column F.

3. Insert a new column in front of column H.

4. Insert two new rows above row 3.

5. In the new row 3, type: Numbers Per Costume

6. Make this text Lucida Sans, 12 point, and bold. The worksheet should now look like this:


Employ multiple worksheets

1. Right-click the Sheet1 tab.

2. When the contextual menu appears, click Rename Sheet.


When the Rename Sheet window appears, the words Sheet1 should be highlighted.

3. Type: Numbers Per Costume

then click the button. The tab should look like this:

4. Rename the Sheet2 tab.

5. Type: Sales


6. Click the Numbers Per Costume tab again. The tabs should now look like this:

Tip: if you cannot see the Numbers Per Costume tab, click the

icon.


Employ AutoFill

1. Click the Sales tab.

2. In cell A1, type: Costume Sales Make this text Lucida Sans, 12 point, bold:

3. In cell A3, type: January

4. In cell B3, type: February


5. In cell C3, type: March

6. Highlight cells A3 through C3.

7. Place the cursor on the Fill Handle.

It should turn into a cross:


8. Drag the cursor to cell L3.

9. Release the mouse button. The months should fill in consecutively:

10. In cell A4, type: 10

11. In cell B4, type: 20

12. Highlight cells A4 and B4, then place the cursor on the Fill Handle.


13. Drag it to cell L4. The numbers should fill in, in increments of 10:

14. In cell N3, type: Total

15. Click cell N4, then click the icon.


Cells A4 through M4 should be surrounded by a blue box.

16. Place the cursor on the lower right corner of the blue box and drag one cell to the left.

Now only the cells with numbers in them should be in the blue box.


17. Press ENTER. The yearly total of 780 costumes sold should appear:

18. Save the workbook.


Insert/delete worksheets

Insert worksheets

1. Click the Sheet3 tab.

2. On the Menu Bar, click Insert, then Sheet.


3. When the Insert Sheet window appears, click the button.

A new tab should appear in front of Sheet3:


Delete worksheets

1. Right-click the new tab, then click Delete Sheet.

2. Click the button in the dialogue box that appears.

The new tab should disappear:


3. Rename the Sheet3 tab: Revenue The tabs should now look like this:


ADVANCED CALCULATIONS 107

Advanced Calculations


• Create formulas across worksheets

• Employ absolute references

• Employ the function wizard


Create formulas across worksheets

1. Open the Party Palace workbook.

2. Click the Revenue tab.

3. In cell A1, type: Revenue Make this text Lucida Sans, 12 point, bold:

4. In cell B3, type: January

5. Fill in the cells from C3 to M3 with the months of the year.


6. In cell A4, type: Gross Sales

7. In cell B4, type: =

8. Click the Numbers Per Costume tab.


9. In the Numbers Per Costume sheet, click cell E8.

10. Type: *



12. In the Sales sheet, click cell A4.


13. Press ENTER. On the Revenue sheet, January’s gross sales should be $192.40: The price of a costume times The number of costumes sold in January.

14. Click cell B4. In the Formula Bar is the formula that expresses this: ='Numbers Per Costume'.E8*Sales.A4

Note the sheets are listed before the cell coordinates.


Practice

1. On the Revenue sheet, type: Net Revenue in cell A5.

2. In cell B5, create a formula that multiplies the profit per costume by the number of costumes sold in January. When you’re done, the Net Revenue in January should be $88.60:


Employ absolute references

1. On the Revenue sheet, click cell B4.

Notice the formula in the Formula Bar: ='Numbers Per Costume'.E8*Sales.A4

2. Place the cursor on the Fill Handle, then drag it to cell C4.


Cell C4 should contain only a 0.

3. Click cell C4. Note the formula in the Formula Bar: ='Numbers Per Costume'.F8*Sales.B4


This means Calc is multiplying cell F8 in the Numbers Per Costume sheet with January’s costume sales. When the formula in B4 was moved over to cell C4, Calc moved over the cells used in the formula, too: From E8 to F8 in the Numbers Per Costume sheet:

From A4 to B4 in the Sales sheet:


4. Click the Numbers Per Costume sheet, then look at cell F8—a blank cell.

The formula in cell C4 on the Revenue sheet is multiplying January’s Costume sales by nothing—a blank cell. To fix this, an absolute reference is employed.

5. On the Revenue sheet, click cell C4.

6. Press DELETE.


7. Click cell B4.

8. Click in the Formula Bar, before the E in E8 to place the cursor there.

9. Type: $


10. Click before the 8 in E8 to place the cursor there.

11. Type: $

12. Press the ENTER key.


13. Click cell B4. Notice the formula in the Formula Bar: ='Numbers Per Costume'.$E$8*Sales.A4

14. Place the cursor on the Fill Handle and drag it to cell C4. February’s Gross Sales should be $384.80: The price of a costume ($17.99) times The number of costumes sold in February (20).


15. Click cell B4, then cell C4. Notice the formulas in the Formula Bar. Both formulas use cell E8 in the Numbers Per Costume sheet.

16. Click cell C4, then place the cursor on the Fill Handle.

17. Drag it to cell M4. The worksheet should look like this:

By employing an absolute reference—using the $ symbol to make each formula use the same cell containing the costume price—the formula stays accurate for all months.


Practice

1. Edit the formula in cell B5 in the Revenue sheet to make cell G6 in the Numbers Per Costume sheet an absolute reference.

2. Use the Fill Handle to copy the formula in cell B5 so the Revenue sheet shows each month’s net revenue. When you’re done, the Revenue sheet should look like this:


Employ the function wizard

1. In the Revenue sheet, click cell A7.

2. Type: In how many months were sales greater than $200?


3. Click cell F7.

4. On the Menu Bar, click Insert, then Function.


5. When the Function Wizard window appears, click Mathematical in the Category list:


6. Scroll down the Function list, then click COUNTIF.



8. Click in the Range box to place the cursor there.

9. Highlight cells B4 through M4.

Tip: If the Function Wizard window covers the cells, click the icon to minimize it.

To maximize the Function Wizard window, click the icon again.


10. Click in the Criteria box, then type: “>200”


11. Click the button. Cell F7 should show that sales were greater than $200 in 11 months.


MAKING DATA VISIBLE 131

Making Data Visible


• Add notes

• Freeze panes

• Create charts


Add notes

1. Open the Party Palace workbook.

2. On the Numbers Per Costume sheet, click cell I6.

3. On the Menu Bar, click Insert, then Note.


4. Type: Pretty good profit margin, eh?

5. Click the sheet. The red square in cell I6 indicates that it contains a note.


6. Move the cursor onto cell I6. The note should appear:


Freeze panes


2. In the Sales worksheet, click cell A4.

3. On the Menu Bar, click Window, then Freeze.


4. Scroll vertically in the worksheet. The rows below the months should scroll.

5. On the Menu Bar, click Window, then Freeze again.

Freezing panes Freezing panes is a great help when working with large spreadsheets. As shown in the example above, freezing panes makes it easier to see what numbers in cells represent.


6. Scroll vertically in the worksheet. The view should have returned to normal.

7. Click the heading for column C.

8. On the Menu Bar, click Window, then Freeze.


9. Scroll horizontally in the worksheet. The columns to the right of column B should scroll.

10. On the Menu Bar, click Window, then Freeze again.


Create charts

1. In the Sales worksheet, highlight cells A3 through L4.


Then click the worksheet.

3. When the Auto Format Chart window appears, click -new sheet- in the Chart results in worksheet dropdown list.



5. Make sure the Rows radio button is checked.

Then click the button twice.

6. In the next step, highlight Main Title, then type: Costume Sales in the Chart title box.



The chart should appear:


8. Rename the new sheet Costume Sales Chart.


Practice

1. Using the Chart Wizard, create a Bar graph from the data in the Revenue sheet.

2. Save the chart on a new sheet called Costume Sales Revenue Chart. It should look like this:


GLOSSARY 145

Glossary Absolute Reference A cell reference that remains fixed even if the cell containing the formula is moved. AutoSum An icon used to automatically total a column or row. Cell The basic unit of Calc, formed by the intersection of a row and column. Chart A visual representation of data, such as a pie chart or bar graph. Column A vertical line of cells in a worksheet. Column Header The identifying label at the top of a column. Fill Handle A small solid box in the lower right corner of a selected cell. It is used to copy the contents of a cell or cells into adjacent cells. Formula An equation that tells Calc how to calculate values in a worksheet. Formula Bar A box located at the top of an Calc worksheet that displays the formula within the selected cell. Freeze Selecting rows or columns so they remain stationary when scrolling in a worksheet.

GLOSSARY 146

Range An array of selected cells. A range is ndicated with a colon between cell designations. Example: A1:A15 indicates the first 15 cells in column A. Row A horizontal line of cells labeled with a number on the left side of a worksheet. Row Header The identifying number for each row. Select All button The gray square at the upper left intersection of rows and columns. Tab A stub the bottom of a worksheet (like on a file folder) that contains the name of the worksheet. Workbook An entire Calc file comprised of worksheets. Worksheet A single Calc sheet within a workbook.

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