You have basic computer skills such as using a mouse, navigating through Macintosh, and surfing the Internet. You have also used paper-based systems to store data that you run calculations on. You now want to migrate that data to an electronic format. In this course, you will use Microsoft® Office Excel 2004 for Macintosh to manage, edit, and print data.
Course Objectives
You will create and edit basic Microsoft® Office Excel 2004 for Macintosh worksheets and workbooks.
Prerequisites
To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Wintrac course or have equivalent knowledge:
- Macintosh OS X: Introduction
If you have taken an introductory course for an earlier version of the Macintosh operating system, this will also meet the prerequisite.
Target Student
This course is designed for persons who desire to gain the skills necessary to create, edit, format, and print basic Microsoft® Excel 2004 for Macintosh worksheets.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- create a basic worksheet.
- modify a worksheet.
- perform calculations.
- format a worksheet.
- develop a workbook.
- print the contents of a workbook.
- customize the layout of the Excel window.
Delivery Method
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Course duration
1 Day(s)
Course outline
Lesson 1: Getting Started with Excel
- Topic 1A: Explore the Excel Environment
- Topic 1B: Navigate in Excel
- Topic 1C: Select Data
- Topic 1D: Enter Data
- Topic 1E: Save a Workbook
- Topic 1F: Obtain Help
Lesson 2: Modifying a Worksheet
- Topic 2A: Move and Copy Data Between Cells
- Topic 2B: Fill Cells with a Series of Data
- Topic 2C: Edit Cell Data
- Topic 2D: Insert and Delete Cells, Columns,
and Rows
- Topic 2E: Find, Replace, and Go to Cell Data
- Topic 2F: Spell-check a Worksheet
Lesson 3: Performing Calculations
- Topic 3A: Create Basic Formulas
- Topic 3B: Calculate with Functions
- Topic 3C: Copy Formulas and Functions
- Topic 3D: Create an Absolute Reference
Lesson 4: Formatting a Worksheet
- Topic 4A: Change Font Size and Type
- Topic 4B: Add Borders and Color to Cells
- Topic 4C: Change Column Width and Row Height
- Topic 4D: Merge Cells
- Topic 4E: Apply Number Formats
- Topic 4F: Create a Custom Number Format
- Topic 4G: Align Cell Contents
- Topic 4H: Apply an AutoFormat
- Topic 4I: Apply Styles
Lesson 5: Developing a Workbook
- Topic 5A: Rename Worksheet Tabs
- Topic 5B: Reposition Worksheets in a Workbook
- Topic 5C: Insert and Delete Worksheets
- Topic 5D: Copy and Paste Worksheets
- Topic 5E: Copy a Workbook
Lesson 6: Printing Workbook Contents
- Topic 6A: Set a Print Title
- Topic 6B: Create a Header and a Footer
- Topic 6C: Set Page Margins
- Topic 6D: Change Page Orientation
- Topic 6E: Insert and Remove Page Breaks
- Topic 6F: Print a Range
Lesson 7: Customizing Layout
- Topic 7A: Split a Worksheet
- Topic 7B: Arrange Worksheets
- Topic 7C: Freeze and Unfreeze Rows and Columns
- Topic 7D: Hide and Unhide Worksheets
Platform Requirements
Hardware Requirements
For this course, you will need one computer for each student
and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum
hardware components:
- 800 Mhz PowerPC G4.
- 256 MB of SDRAM.
- 434 MB of available hard disk space is recommended for installing
Excel by using the Office Setup Assistant; 460 MB for installing Excel by
dragging the Microsoft Office 2004 folder to your hard disk. The hard disk
should be in Mac OS Extended (HFS+) format, the default format for Mac OS
X.
- A CD-ROM drive.
- A mouse or other pointing device.
- A 1024 x 768 or higher resolution monitor.
- Network cards and cabling for local network access.
- Internet access (see your local network administrator).
- A printer (optional).
- A projection system to display the instructor's computer screen.
- For this course, it is assumed that you are using a keyboard
that does not require the use of function key combinations.
Software Requirements
- Mac OS X v 10.3
- Microsoft® Office 2004 for Macintosh.
