Microsoft Office Excel 2008: Level 1 (Macintosh)

Overview

You followed traditional bookkeeping practices to store transaction details in ledgers. It is quite a task to glean information from these ledgers and perform calculations. You want to migrate the ledger data to an electronic format so that the task of performing complex calculations is easy. In this course, you will store data electronically, update it, and run reports . You will also learn how to create charts, sort, and filter data.

Course Objectives

You will create and edit basic Microsoft� Office Excel� 2008 worksheets and workbooks.

Prerequisites

You should be familiar with personal computers. You should be comfortable with the Macintosh environment and be able to use it to manage information on the computer. Specifically, you should be able to launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and, manage files and folders. You should have completed the following courses or possess equivalent knowledge:

Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard): Introduction
Mac OS X v10.3: Introduction

Target Student

This course is designed for people who already have knowledge of Microsoft� Office 2000 or Microsoft� Windows� 2000 (or above), and for those who desire to gain the skills necessary to create, edit, format, and print basic Microsoft� Office Excel� 2008 worksheets. 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:

Mac computer with an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 1.83 GHz, a PowerPC G5, or a PowerPC G4 (500 MHz or faster) processor
512 MB RAM or more
10 GB hard disk or larger (at least 1.5 GB free hard disk space for Office installation)
DVD drive
Keyboard and mouse or other pointing device
1024 x 768 resolution monitor (recommended)
Network cards and cabling for local network access
Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
Printer (optional) or a printer driver
Projection system to display the instructor’s screen

Platform Requirements

Mac OS X

Software Requirements

Microsoft® Office 2008 for Mac
Mac OS X version 10.5 or later

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

explore the Microsoft Office Excel 2008 environment and create a basic worksheet.
perform calculations.
modify a worksheet.
format a worksheet.
print workbook contents.
manage large workbooks.

Course duration

1 Day Course outline

Lesson 1: Creating a Basic Worksheet: Topic 1A: Explore the User Interface; Topic 1B: Navigate and Select in Excel; Topic 1C: Obtain Help; Topic 1D: Enter Data and Save a Workbook; Topic 1E: Customize Toolbars and Menus
Lesson 2: Performing Calculations: Topic 2A: Create Basic Formulas; Topic 2B: Calculate with Functions; Topic 2C: Copy Formulas and Functions
Lesson 3: Modifying a Worksheet: Topic 3A: Manipulate Data; Topic 3B: Insert and Delete Cells, Columns, and Rows; Topic 3C: Search for Data in a Worksheet; Topic 3D: Spell Check a Worksheet
Lesson 4: Formatting a Worksheet: Topic 4A: Modify Fonts; Topic 4B: Add Borders and Colors to Cells; Topic 4C: Change the Column Width and Row Height; Topic 4D: Apply Number Formats; Topic 4E: Position Cell Contents; Topic 4F: Apply Cell Styles
Lesson 5: Printing Workbook Contents: Topic 5A: Print Workbook Contents Using Default Print Options; Topic 5B: Set Print Options; Topic 5C: Set Page Breaks
Lesson 6: Managing Large Workbooks: Topic 6A: Format Worksheet Tabs; Topic 6B: Manage Worksheets in a Workbook; Topic 6C: Manage the View of Large Worksheets