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Excel Basics

6. Try

Challenge 4:
1. Open Excel 2013.

2. Click through all of

the tabs, and review
the commands on
the Ribbon.

switching workshee

t views.
3. Try minimizing and
maximizing the Rib
bon.

4. Add a command to
the Quick Access
toolbar.

5. Navigate
to Backstage view,
and
open
your Account settin
gs.

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4. Create a new
workbook using
a template.

Challenge 5:
1. Create a new blank
workbook.

2. Open an existing
workbook from your
computer.

3. Pin a folder to
Backstage view.

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3.
Save
the
workbook
to OneDrive and invi
te someone else to
view it.

Challenge 6:
1. Create a new blank
workbook.

2. Use
the Save command
to save the workbook
to your desktop.

4. Export the
workbook as
a PDF file.

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Challenge 7:
1. Open an existing
Excel 2013 workbook.
If you want, you can
use our practice
workbook.

4. Delete a cell,
and note how the
cells below shift
up to fill in its
place.

2. Select cell D3. Notice

how
the cell address app
ears in the Name
box and
its content appears
in both the cell and
the Formula bar.

3. Select a cell, and try

inserting text and nu
mbers

5. Cut cells
and paste them into
a different location. If
you are using the

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example, cut
cells D4:D6 and
paste them
to E4:E6.

6. Try dragging and dr

opping some cells to
other parts of the
worksheet.

7. Use the fill

handle to fill in data
to adjoining cells both
vertically and
horizontally. If you are
using the example,
use the fill handle
to continue the
series of dates across
row 3.

8. Use
the Find feature to
locate content in your
workbook. If you are
using the example,
type the name
"Lewis" into the Find
what: field.

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Challenge 8:
1. Open an existing
Excel 2013 workbook.
If you want, you can
use our practice
workbook.

2. Modify the width of

a column. If you are
using the example,
use the column that
contains the players'
first names.

3. Insert a column
between column A
and column B,
then insert a row
between row 3 and
row 4.

4. Delete a column or
a row.

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5. Move a column or
row.

6. Try using
the Text Wrap comm
and on a cell range. If
you are using the
example, wrap the
text in the column
that contains street
addresses.

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7. Try merging some

cells together. If you
are using the
example, merge the
cells in the title row
using theMerge &
Center command
(cell range A1:E1).

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Challenge 9:
1. Open an existing
Excel 2013 workbook.
If you want, you can
use our practice
workbook.
alignment for some

2. Select a cell and

change the font
style, size, and
color of the text. If
you are using the
example, change the
title in cell A3 to
Verdana font style,
size 16, with a font
color of green.

3. Apply bold, italics,

or underline to a
cell. If you are using
the example, bold the
text in cell range
A4:C4.

4. Try changing
the vertical and hori
zontal text

cells.

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example, add a fill

color to row 4.

7. Try changing
the formatting of a

number. If you are

using the example,
change the date
formatting in cell
range
D4:H4 to Long
Date.

5. Add a border to a
cell range. If you are
using the example,
add a border to the
header cells in in row
4.

6. Change the fill

color of a cell range.
If you are using the

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Challenge 10:
1. Open an existing
Excel workbook. If you
want, you can use
our practice
workbook.

2. Insert a new
worksheet
and rename it. If you
are using the
example, title the new
worksheet April.

3. Delete a worksheet.
If you are using the
example, delete the
blank worksheet
named Sheet 4.

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new content in
the January workshe
et and then notice
how it appears in
the March worksheet.

4. Move a worksheet.

5. Copy a worksheet.

6. Try grouping and u

ngrouping workshee
ts. If you are using the
example, group
the January and Mar
chworksheets
together. Try entering

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Challenge 11:
1. Open an existing
Excel workbook. If you
want, you can use
our practice
workbook.

2. Change the page

orientation to Lands
cape.

3. Try modifying
the margins of a
worksheet.

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insert
a header or footer.

4. Try using the Print

Titles command to
include a row or
column on each page
of your workbook. If
you are using the
example, use the Print
Titles command to
make row 1 of
the Schedule worksh
eet appear at the top
of every page.

5. Insert a page break.

If you are using the
example, insert a
page break between
rows 19 and 20 on
theSchedule workshe
et.

6. Navigate to Page
Layout view and

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Challenge 12:
1. Open an existing
Excel workbook. If you
want, you can use
our practice
workbook.

2. Try printing
two active workshe
ets. If you are using
the example, try
printing the Player
Info and Schedulew
orksheets.

3. Try printing only

a selection of cells. If
you are using the
example, try printing
the upcoming games
for theBulls (cell
range A12:E19).

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4. Try
the scaling feature to
condense your
workbook content. If
you are using the
example, use scaling
to make the
worksheet fit onto
a single page.

5. Adjust
the margins from
the Preview pane.