This document contains information about Microsoft Excel including its history, versions released, features and functions. It provides details about Excel's capabilities for organizing, calculating and analyzing data using functions, pivot tables, macros and more. Key information includes:
- Excel is a spreadsheet software first released in 1985 that allows users to perform calculations and analysis on tabular data.
- Major versions were released in 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2010 with new features like support for VBA, XML, pivot charts, 64-bit processing and more.
- Excel uses workbooks and worksheets to store data in rows and columns. It has powerful functions for math, logic, tables, sorting, filtering and more.
-
1 of 19
Download to read offline
More Related Content
Excel
1. Group Members :
Harshala Thakur .
Juanita Kasbe .
Manisha Kunwar .
Pranita Gaykar .
Rajesh Mudaliyar .
2. Software developed and manufactured by Microsoft Corporation
that allows users to organize, format, and calculate data with
formulas using a spreadsheet system broken up by rows and
columns. The first software program similar to Excel was
released in 1982 and was called Multiplan. The first version of
the program was released for the Macintosh in 1985
3. Version/ Released Comments
1985 Version 1, for the Macintosh was released.
1993 A major upgrade. Included multi-sheet workbooks and
support for VBA.
1995 Known as Excel 95. The first major 32-bit version of
Excel**. Feature-wise, it's very similar to Excel 5.
1999
Known as Excel 2000. Can use HTML as a native file
format, "self-repair" capability, enhanced clipboard,
pivot charts, modeless user forms.
2003 It's called Microsoft Office Excel 2003.The new
features in this version are: (a) improved support for
XML, (b) a new "list range" feature, (c) Smart Tag
enhancements, and (d) corrected statistical functions.
Most users will not find the upgrade worthwhile.
2007 Finally, some major changes in Excel. For some, the
changes may actually be too major.
2010 New features include sparkline graphics, pivot table
slicers, an updated Solver, and a 64-bit version..
4. 1) Functions:- MATHEMATICAL: Add, subtract, div, multiply.
LOGICAL: average, sum, mode, product
Tables:- Tables are created with different fields e.g. -name, age,
address, roll no, so we add a table to fill these values.
2)
Sorting and Filter:- In sorting we can sort our data and also
filter our data so that repetitions will be removed.
3)
Macros:- Macros are used for recording events for further use.4)
Database:- We can add database from other sources with data
feature.
5)
Others :- Grouping, Data Validation, Clip Art, Hyperlink,
Chart & Data Base
6)
5. Ms- Excel consist of workbooks. Within each workbook there is an
infinite number of worksheets
Each worksheet contains columns and rows. There are total 1048576
Rows and Total 16384 Columns
1048576
16384
12. Excel and Financial Data
Data Types, Formulas, and
Functions
Excel's Other Uses
13. It is an Excel Function that is used within tables to help filter
through large volumes of data and select the appropriate data
based on given conditions.
Meaning
:
Formula
:
=VLOOKUP(E7,Sheet3!F:G,2,FALSE)
(lookup_value,table_array,col_index_num,range_lookup)
14. An Excel macro is a set of instructions that can be triggered by
a keyboard shortcut, toolbar button or an icon in a spreadsheet.
Macros are used to eliminate the need to repeat the steps of
common tasks over and over.
15. A PivotTable report is an interactive way to quickly
summarize large amounts of data.
A PivotTable report is especially
designed for:
Querying large amounts of data in many user-friendly ways.
Subtotaling and aggregating numeric data, summarizing data by
categories and subcategories, and creating custom calculations and
formulas
Expanding and collapsing levels of data to focus your results, and drilling
down to details from the summary data for areas of interest.
16. Moving rows to column or columns to rows (or "pivoting") to see
different summaries of the source data
Filtering, sorting, grouping, and conditionally formatting the most useful
and interesting subset of data to enable you to focus on the information that
you want.
Presenting concise, attractive, and annotated online or printed reports.
17. To Press
Start a formula = (EQUAL SIGN)
Edit the active cell F2
Paste a name into a formula F3
Define a name CTRL+F3
Calculate all sheets in all open workbooks F9
Calculate the active worksheet SHIFT+F9
Insert the AutoSum formula ALT+= (EQUAL SIGN)
Enter the date CTRL+; (SEMICOLON)
Enter the time CTRL+SHIFT+: (COLON)
Insert a hyperlink CTRL+K
Copy the value from the cell above the active cell into the cell
or the formula bar
CTRL+SHIFT+" (QUOTATION
MARK)
Alternate between displaying cell values and displaying cell
formulas
CTRL+` (SINGLE LEFT
QUOTATION MARK)
Copy a formula from the cell above the active cell into the cell
or the formula bar
CTRL+' (APOSTROPHE)
Insert the argument names and parentheses for a function,
after you type a valid function name in a formula
CTRL+SHIFT+A
18. Function Key SHIFT CTRL ALT CTRL+SHIFT ALT+SHIFT
F1
Display Help or
the Office
Assistant
What's This?
Insert a chart
sheet
Insert a new
worksheet
F2
Edit the active
cell
Edit a cell comment
Save As
command
Save
command
F3
Paste a name
into a formula
Paste a function into
a formula
Define a name
Create names by
using row and
column labels
F4
Repeat the last
action
Repeat the last Find
(Find Next)
Close the window Exit
F5 Go To
Display the Find
dialog box
Restore the window size
F6
Move to the next
pane
Move to the
previous pane
Move to the next
workbook window
Move to the
previous workbook
window
F7
Spelling
command
Move the window
F8
Extend a
selection
Add to the selection Resize the window
Display the
Macro dialog box
F9
Calculate all
sheets in all open
workbooks
Calculate the active
worksheet
Minimize the workbook
F10
Make the menu
bar active
Display a shortcut
menu (right click)
Maximize or restore the
workbook window
F11 Create a chart
Insert a new
worksheet
Insert a Microsoft Excel
4.0 macro sheet
Display Visual
Basic Editor
F12
Save As
command
Save command Open command Print command