Translations:Basic Excel/9/en

Activity - examine an Excel workbook

Learning objectives

After the completion of this activity, you will be able to:

  • identify and open an Excel file
  • navigate from one worksheet to another
  • navigate within a single worksheet, using
    • scroll bars
    • menu system
    • combinations of shortcut keys
  • use zoom to view components of dataset
    • select an individual cell, or a range of cells
    • zoom to selection
  • inspect the contents of a cell
  • resize columns/rows
  • apply/remove 'freeze panes'
    • use freeze panes to keep selected rows and columns visible when scrolling around a worksheet
  • apply/remove an autofilter
    • use autofilter to inspect data.