Description

The basic elements of building spreadsheets will be introduced. 

Topics will include building formulas, copying, moving and pasting cells, formatting, and printing spreadsheets.  

• How Excel can save time with repetitive calculations. 
• Overview of the ribbons. 
• Understanding how the menus are organized. 
• Commands that affect cells vs. columns, vs. worksheets. 
• Knowing the logical hierarchy of Excel makes users more comfortable in this environment. 
• Building formulas. 
• Calculations and summing of values. 
• Copying cells. 
• Having the computer automatically fill in a range of cells with equal incremental values. 
• Creating reusable lists. 
• Moving cells. 
• Formatting values. 
• Adding $ signs to numbers, displaying different numbers of decimals. 
• Modifying the layout of the spreadsheet. 
• Adjusting column sizes. font changes, cell alignment, bold, italics, underline. 
• Movement keys. 
• Shortcuts on moving. 
• Printing.

Ginnie Floraday has consulted and taught technology courses for over two decades. Floraday’s primary areas of expertise include corporate training and database development in Microsoft Access. She trains and consults remotely and on-site in various platforms, including the Microsoft Office Suite, Blue Beam Revu, and iOS (iPad, iPhone). Floraday encourages her clients to explore and use the tools in order to build a more comfortable relationship with the software.