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Cell Names (ex. B4) ‘The name of a cell is a combination of the Letter Of The Column that the cell is in followed by the Number Of The Row that the cell is in. Example: the selected cell in the picture is named B4 (NOT 45) Excel automatically shows the the name of the surrenthy selected cell in the “name box” (located above the workshee?) ‘The letter must come first (i.e. B4, NOT 4B) and there may NOT be any spaces between the letter and the number. We will learn later why it is important to understand how to name cells. Name Box ul Jale ela ee lo|~ ae Selecting a Cell * “Select” a cell a -. by clicking on it [4 once (don’t Z double click). eal 6 | aa * You can move [8 | from cell to cell fia’ with the arrow A keys or by [13] pressing the He “Enter” key. Entering Information / The Formula Bar To enter information in a cell, just start typing. When you are done either — Press the Enter Key — Press an arrow key ~ Clic onthe “cheek, button” (only when entering da into acell) + The information in the selected cell is also displayed in the “formula bar” above th worksheet. Entering Information / The Formula Bar To enter information in a cell, just start typing. When you are done either — Press the Enter Key — Press an arrow key ~ Clic onthe “cheek, button” (only when entering da into acell) + The information in the selected cell is also displayed in the “formula bar” above th worksheet. Double Click to Modify a Cell + To modify the contents Ba > XV fi hello there ofa cell double click on A epee ce | the cell. * Then use the right, left arrow keys and the Insert and Delete keys to modify the data. + When you are done: — Press the Enter key or — Click on the check box. hello there! Double click to change “hi there” to “hello there” ==SS 5 ] = 7EERESEEREEEES Names of Rows, Columns and Cells 10 Column Names cetters) & Row Names (aumbers) * The columns of the worksheet are named with letters * The rows are named with numbers Selected | Cell

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