Wednesday 20 September 2017

A Short And Simple Introduction To MS Excel Programming

By Dorothy Nelson


Excel is a popular and highly useful spreadsheet software developed by Microsoft, thirty years ago. Since it was first created and launched, it has gone through a vast number of updates and changes into the program people know now. Even though it has been around for a long time now, it continues to be the most widely used software for this specific purpose.

Through this, men and women are able to create spreadsheets and format them in any way they want. Furthermore, compiling them into workbooks and building models for data analysis has been made much more convenient and easier. Discover the basic functions of MS Excel Programming, which you can find in the following paragraphs below.

After you turn on your laptop or personal computer, look for the shortcut on your desktop to open it. If not, you will find it in a folder in your computer called program files. After it loads up on your screen, create a new file by clicking on the appropriately named button on the upper left hand portion of the screen.

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.

When working, you will have three worksheets available by default and each one can be used according to your preference. You may also rename each one for better reference and sheet one is the default that opens up. The software lets you create as many sheets as you need and you can easily do so by clicking the add button found below.

Once you start working, consider adding a title for each cell. This makes it easier for you to identify the purpose for each one because you have labeled it properly. When you want to make changes with regard to its label, you are able to easily do so by clicking on it once more.

At this point, you will need to learn how to save your file. You can do this by clicking the office button, or clicking file and then selecting the appropriate option. This will allow you to choose the destination folder where it will be stored, as well as the name you want to give it.

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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