To Launch Microsoft Excel 97:
1. Click the START button
2. On the START menu, point to PROGRAMS
3. On the PROGRAMS menu, click MICROSOFT EXCEL
Entering and Saving Data in a Spreadsheet
1. Select the cell and type your label, value or formula
2. When you would like to save your work, save the file by:
3. Clicking FILE from the File pull-down menu
4. Click SAVE AS...
5. Type in a Filename
6. Select the drive and folder where the file should be saved in the Save in: box
7. Click the SAVE button
Changing and Deleting the contents of a cell:
1. To CHANGE the contents of a cell, click in the cell where you want the data to appear and type the new data
2. To DELETE text, select the cell and type the Delete Key on the keyboard
If you want to Copy the data in a spreadsheet:
1. Select the cell or cells you wish to copy
2. From the Edit pull-down menu, choose Copy
3. Choose the cell where you want the copied data to go
4. Choose PASTE from the Edit pull-down menu
To Move text:
1. Select the cells you wish to move
2. From the Edit pull-down menu, choose CUT
3. Choose the cell where you want the text to go
4. Choose PASTE from the Edit pull-down menu
To Insert a CHART into your document:
1. Select the data that contains the information for the chart
2. Click on the CHART WIZARD button on the Standard Toolbar
1. Place your insertion point where you want the TABLE to go
2. From the TABLE pull-down menu, choose INSERT TABLE
3. Specify the number of Rows and Columns
4. Click OK
5. Type your text into to cells, move to the next cell by pressing the TAB key
To Insert a Picture into your document:
1. Place your insertion point where you want the picture to appear
2. Choose PICTURE from the Insert pull-down menu
3. Specify if you want the picture from a file or from Clip Art, they choose the file or clip art image you want
4. Click the INSERT button
To Spell Check a Document:
1. Put your insertion point at the beginning of the document
2. From the TOOLS pull-down menu, choose SPELLING AND GRAMMAR
3. Make your choices as Word finds the words that are not in its dictionary
To PRINT a Document
1. Click FILE from the pull-down menu
2. Click PRINT
3. Click OK