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Objectives
Create a Template
Create and define a new style
Research to find synonyms
Create multiple worksheets
Create Cylinder Charts
Create headers and footers
Link data from multiple sheets to a summary page
Vocabulary
Consolidate - Summarizing data from multiple worksheets on to one worksheet.
Dummy Data - Sample data used in place of actual data to verify formulas. Usually you check simple numbers and numbers where you expect a change to occur.
Date Series - Excel will list dates in order for you - Jan, Feb, Mar, ...
Auto Fill Series - Excel will create a set of the same number over and over again - 1, 1, 1, ...
Linear Series - Excel will create a set of numbers in order - 1, 2, 3, ... or 2, 4, 6, ...
Growth series - Excel can create a series that is multiplying by a number from one cell to the next - 2, 4, 8, 16, ....
Round Function - you can set the number of decimal places by using the round function. =ROUND(number, number of digits) Example: =round(2.34567, 3) would give the value of 2.346
Format Codes - a series of format symbols that defines how a cell entry assigned a format will appear. Example: [blue]#,##0.00; will make the number appear blue and will round to the closest hundred.
'# - digit placeholder Example: ###.## would give the format of any number of digits before the decimal, and only two digits after.
0 - functions like a #, except places a 0 in the ones place if the number is less than 1.
. - Make it certain that excel will place a decimal point. Example: #0.00 forces two decimal places.
% - Displays numbers as a percent
, - Displays a comma to separate the numbers into thousands, millions, ...
( ) - Places parenthesis around negative numbers
$ - places a dollar sign in front of numbers making them currency
'*' - Makes the dollar sign a fixed dollar sign "$*"
[color] - changes the color of the text or numbers
"text" - places text in with a number Example "Week" 1 would count as just 1 so you could use it in a formula
_ - places a space after the character that follows the underscore.
Drilling an Entry - Enter a number once in the first worksheet and have it fill into all selected worksheets into the same cell.
3-D Range - A range of cells that spans multiple worksheets
Sheet reference - The name of the sheet you are working with
Annotate - Add text to define a part of the worksheet or chart, usually with a text box and arrow.
Comments - Text attached to a cell that describes the function of the cell, they are not printed and should include:
worksheet title
author's name
Date created
Date last modified
Template used
Description of the purpose of the worksheet or cell or formula
Lesson
Create a Template
Titles
Titles
A1 = SSWF Nursery
A2 = Nursery Profit Potential
Center both of these from A to G (remember you have to do them one at a time)
Format to look nice with
font style
color
size
shade color
Column headings
A3 = Tree
B3 = On Hand
C3 = Average Unit Cost
D3 = Total Cost
E3 = Average Unit Price
F3 = total Value
G3 = Profit Potential
Row Headings
A4 = Colorado Blue Spruce
A5 = Arkansas Amsonia
A6 = Angle Trumpet
A7 = Hybrid Poplar
A8 = Dawn Redwood
A9 = Weeping Willow
A10 = Lombardy Poplar
A11 = Pink Dogwood
A12 = flowering Crab
A13 = Red Maple
A14 = White Birch
A15 = Dwarf Apple - Red Delicious
A16 = Dwarf Peach
Using Dummy Data
Dummy data is used when you want to check your formulas to see if they are computing correctly. Usually you pick easy numbers to work with to do the math in your head.
B5 = 1
B6 = 2
Select B5:B6
Fill down to B16
C5 = 2
C6 = 4
Select C5:C6
Fill down to C16
Enter Formulas
D5 = B5*C5
E5 = ROUND(C5/(1-.57),2)
F5 = B5*E5
G5 = F5-D5
Select D5:G5
Fill down to row 16
Total the columns - AutoSum
Use AutoSum at the bottom of columns: B, D, F and G
Formatting Fonts
Borders
Place a border between rows 4 and 5
Make the totals in row 17 formatted like totals from the styles
Date
G3 = now()
format the date in G3 to be Day-Month-2010
Currency
select C5:G5 press CTRL D17:G17
Right click
Choose FORMAT CELLS
Choose Currency
Make sure it is set to 2 decimal places
Choose $ for the symbol (English - US)
Choose the fourth format down
Click OK
Custom Format Codes
Select cells C6:G15
Right click
Click on Format Cells
Make sure you are on the NUMBER tab
Click on Custom under category
Scroll down and look at all the custom choices
Click on #,##0.00_);[Red](#,##0.00)
Change the color (Blue, Green, Yellow) in the TYPE field
Click OK
Type in a negative number and see what happenes
Using Research Functions
Double click in cell A1
Select the word Nursery
Go to the REVIEW tab
Go to the Proofing group
Click on Thesaurus
Change the name of the company by choosing a different synonym.
Type in the new name.
Using Templates
Saving a new Template
Go to the office button
Click on SAVE AS
Change the SAVE AS TYPE to Excel Template
Find the local drive to save to
Name the template NURSERY
Applying a Template to a new workbook
Close out of the workbook
Open Excel
Click on new
Click on My Templates
You should find the template to open
Do a Save As and name it SSWF Nursery
Adding new worksheets
At the bottom of the window next to the SHEET 1, SHEET 2, SHEET 3 click on the sheet with the starburst to add a new sheet.
Copying contents from one worksheet to another
Click in the square in the upper left at the top of the row headers, and to the left of the column headers
This should select everything
Press CTRL+C to copy
Click on Sheet 4 tab
Hold down SHIFT and click on SHEET 3 tab
this should choose all three tabs
Press CTRL+V
Scroll through the worksheets and notice that they are all the same.
Drilling an entry
This is when you enter data into one sheet and it is automatically entered into all of the sheets in the same cell.
Click on sheet 1
click on cell C4
Hold down Shift
Click on sheet 3
Type .99
press down arrow
Enter in all the date for the Average Unit Costs using this drilling method.
C5 = 2.99
C6 = 9.99
C7 = 3.99
C8 = 2.97
C9 = 1.99
C10 = .99
C11 = 7.99
C12 = 19.99
C13 = 1.50
C14 = 2.34
C15 = 9.99
C16 = 9.99
Modifying the worksheets
Go to sheet 4
Right click the sheet number
Click Rename
Change the name to: Pittsburgh
Go to cell A2
Change the title to: Pittsburgh Nursery Profit Potential
Enter the date for the Unit on Hand.
C4 = 546
C5 = 341
C6 = 189
C7 = 624
C8 = 758
C9 = 398
C10 = 826
C11 = 67
C12 = 21
C13 = 418
C14 = 279
C15 = 82
C16 = 57
Go to sheet 1
Right click the sheet number
Click Rename
Change the name to: Missoula
Go to cell A2
Change the title to: Missoula Nursery Profit Potential
Enter the date for the Unit on Hand.
C4 = 435
C5 = 431
C6 = 209
C7 = 576
C8 = 890
C9 = 417
C10 = 782
C11 = 79
C12 = 35
C13 = 399
C14 = 302
C15 = 91
C16 = 65
Go to sheet 2
Right click the sheet number
Click Rename
Change the name to: Grand Junction
Go to cell A2
Change the title to: Grand Junction Nursery Profit Potential
Enter the date for the Unit on Hand.
C4 = 497
C5 = 402
C6 = 170
C7 = 563
C8 = 798
C9 = 416
C10 = 794
C11 = 82
C12 = 41
C13 = 427
C14 = 268
C15 = 107
C16 = 67
Create a summary sheet
titles
Go to sheet 1
Change the name of the tab to COMPANY
Right click on the tab
Click on Rename
Type in the correct name
Change the color of the tab
Right click
Go to Tab Color
Pick a color
Change the sub-Title to Nursery Potential Profit
Create 3-D References
Create a 3-D reference for Units On Hand and
Go to the summary tab
Go to cell B4
Click the AutoSum button
Click on the tab for Pittsburgh
Hold down SHIFT
Click on the tab for Grand Junction
Click on cell B4
Press Enter
Create a 3-D Cylinder Chart
Create a chart
Make a 3-D cylinder chart of the trees potential profit
Choose the items to be charted
Go to the Summary Sheet
Select A3:A16
Hold Down CTRL
Select G3:G16
Select the Chart Type
Go to the Insert Tab
Go to the Chart Group
Click on Column
Click on the first one to the left under Cylinder
Move the Chart to its own sheet
Click on the Chart
Go to the Chart Tools/Design tab
Go to the Location Group
Click on Move Chart
Click on the radio button for own sheet
Name the sheet Potential Profit
Click on OK
Create WordArt
Add a title to the Chart with Word Art for a special look
Go to the Insert Tab
Go to the Text Group
Click on the WordArt button
Select the style of Word Art you want
Type Potential Profit
Click off the WordArt box
Place the title at the top of the chart but not over top of any of the columns.
Go to the Drawing Tools/Format tab
Play with the WordArt Styles
Format the Chart
Delete the legend
Change the Y-Axis Units
We would like to have less horizontal units lines, so we need to format them.
Click on the Y-Axis so that each horizontal line has end marks (circles)
Right click on the Y-Axis
Click on Format Axis
Change the Major unit from Auto to Fixed
Type in 2000 in the units
Click Close
Change the background color
Change the side wall
Click on the side wall (Y-Axis)
Right Click on the front edge of the side wall
Click on Format Side Wall
Change the colors
Change the back wall
Click on the back wall
Right click on the back wall
Click on Format Back Wall
Change the colors
Change the Floor
Click on the floor
Right click on the floor
Click on Format Floor
Change the colors
Make sure you can still see the columns and the WordArt when you are done.
Create an Annotation
We want to highlight what tree has the most potential.
Create a Text Box
Go to Insert tab
Go to the Text Group
Click on the Text Box Button
Click and drag to draw a text box in the upper left corner of the chart
Add Text to the text box
Type: Greatest Potential Profit
Click out somewhere
Format the Text box
Resize the text box to fit the words with the resize handles
Right Click on the Text box
Click on Format Shape
Change the fill color
Change the line width and color
Change the shadow and angle of shadow
Center the text from the HOME tab
Add an arrow
Go to the INSERT tab
Go to the Illustrations Group
Click on Shapes drop down
Click on an arrow
Click and drag to draw an arrow from the text box to the tallest column
Format the Arrow
Right click on the arrow
Click on Format Shape
Change the fill color
Change the line color
Change the lien style
Change the shadow
Insert Comments
Sometimes it is good to leave comments about why a certain cell contains that value. Other times it is good just to leave a comment to the purpose of the whole spreadsheet, but you do not want it to print. In these cases it is good to use comments.
Add a comment for the markup on price
Go to the Summary Tab
Go to cell E4
Right Click on the cell
Click on Insert Comment
Type: This is the same as a 232% markup on the price.
Click off somewhere
Formatting the workbook
Headers and Footers
To add a header to each page of a document you need to go to page set up. Headers and Footers are different in Excel than in Word.
Go to the Page Layout Tab
Go to the Page Set up Group
Click on the Page Set up More button
From the page setup dialog box click on the Header/Footer tab
Click on Customer Header
Left Section
Type in Your Name
Press Enter
Type Potential Profit
Center Section
Click on the Insert Sheet Name button
Right Section
Type Page and a space
Click on The page number button
Type OF
Click on the number of pages button
Click OK
Margins
From the page layout tab you can set the margins for your page. If you click on the Custom margins button you can set them as you need.
Top to 1"
Bottom to 1"
Right to 0.5"
Left to 0.5"
Click on the center horizontally and vertically check boxes
Print Layout
From the PAGE tab you can set up how the page will layout.
Click on the PAGE tab
Select the Landscape radio button
Click on the fit to 1 page wide by 1 page tall
Sheet layout
Click on the SHEET tab
Click on the Grid lines check box
If you want to print the comments out, you can choose AT END OF SHEET from the comments drop down.
Print Area
If you only want to print a part of a page you can set that up.
click and drag over the section you want to print
Go to the Page Layout Tab
Go to the Page Setup Group
Click on Print Area
Click on Set Print Area
Print Multiple Sheets
If you want to print multiple sheets at one time that can also be set up.
Click on the first sheet tab you want to print.
If the tabs are next to each other then press SHIFT and click on the next one.
Print Non-Adjacent Worksheets
If the tabs are NOT next to each other then press CTRL and click on the next sheet you want to print.
Test this out with the print preview.
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