Center: Align the current selection to the center 8. Align Right: Align the current selection to the right 9. Merge & Center: Combine two selected cells into one new cell that spans the width of both and center the contents of this new cell 10. Currency Style: Change the style in which currency is displayed 11. Percent Style: Change the style …

Introduction: Microsoft Excel is the most widespread program for creating spreadsheets on the market today. Spreadsheets allow you to organize information in rows and tables (which create cells), with the added bonus of automatic mathematics. Spreadsheets have been used for many, many years in business to keep track of expenses and other calculations. Excel will keep track of numbers you place in cells, and if you define cells to refer to each other, any changes made in one cell will be reflected in these referring cells. It sounds a bit complicated, but Excel makes it all a breeze. Opening Excel: Start >> Programs >> Microsoft Office >> Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Copyright © Rutgers Writing Program Contact Barclay Barrios (barclay.barrios@rutgers.edu) Tutorial – Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Introduction: Microsoft Excel is the most widespread program for creating spreadsheets on the market today. Spreadsheets allow you to organize information in rows and tables (which create cells), with the added bonus of automatic mathematics. Spreadsheets have been used for many, many years in business to keep track of expenses and other calculations. Excel will keep track of numbers you place in cells, and if you define cells to refer to each other, any changes made in one cell will be reflected in these referring cells. It sounds a bit complicated, but Excel makes it all a breeze. Opening Excel: Start >> Programs >> Microsoft Office >> Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Microsoft Excel will automatically open with a blank spreadsheet spanning many columns and rows. You will notice a number of toolbars with many more options included. Standard Toolbar: 1. New: Create a new, blank spreadsheet 2. Open: Open a previously saved spreadsheet 3. Save: Save your current spreadsheet
Copyright © Rutgers Writing Program Contact Barclay Barrios (barclay.barrios@rutgers.edu) 4. Permission: 5. Print: Prints the current document. 6. Print Preview: Preview the potential print of the current document. 7. Research: Microsoft has enabled Information Rights Management (IRM) within the new version of Excel, which can help protect sensitive documents from being copied or forwarded. Click this for more information and options. 8. Copy: Copies the current selection to the clipboard, which can then be pasted elsewhere in the document. 9. Paste: Takes the current clipboard contents and inserts them. 10. Undo: Undoes the last action in the document, reverting “back” a step in time. 11. Insert Hyperlink: Inserts a hyperlink to an Internet location. 12. AutoSum: A drop-down menu of available mathematical operations to perform. 13. Sort Ascending: Sorts the current selection in ascending order.

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