Thursday, 5 October 2017

A Short And Simple Introduction To MS Excel Programming

By Dorothy Nelson


Excel first came to be on the thirtieth of September in nineteen eight five. It is a type of program created by Microsoft and was originally designed to function in the Windows operating system but has now been adjusted to function just as well in other platforms. It has plenty of functions, including tools for calculating numbers, pivot tables, and other functions for graphing purposes.

Due to this, the program is widely used in a number of applications. Numerous offices, businesses, and schools use it daily to store and compute vital information regarding their operations. If you would like to learn how to use it, below is an introduction to the basics in MS Excel Programming that you should know.

Assuming you have not opened it yet, click open excel on your desktop. If you currently do not have a shortcut for it, simply look for it in your program files folder and proceed to open it, so it can begin to load on screen. Once it has fully loaded, click the file button and under the new tab, select the new file button that allows you to create a blank workbook.

Familiarize yourself with all the features first before diving head first into your task or assignment. Upon loading, you will realize there are numerous buttons and features available. Do not let this overwhelm you because you will eventually master all these functions after a few weeks of frequent usage. Explore each tab by hovering the mouse over it and observing what kind of changes each one brings.

Just like other kinds of applications, this one also uses specific jargon to name each function and tool. While this might seem confusing and overwhelming for beginners at first, frequent usage will acquaint you with all of them until you master each one. For example, a cell is a square box you find below where you can type in some numbers or date for storing and calculating.

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.

Following this logic, each cell will also likely have an appropriate label. Click the rename button so you can give it a name, to make it easier for you to tell apart one from the other. In case there is a need to rename it for editing purposes, the program also allows you to do this without any complications.

After a few minutes of work, remember to save it properly. The save button is at the upper right portion and clicking it allows you to pick which folder you want to put it in. Furthermore, you have to type the file name you want or else it will be named the default label it has.

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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