Beginning Steps...
Beginning Excel
For today’s lesson, watch this video on introductory excel
terms and the anatomy of a spreadsheet.
Template Activity
Once you have completed watching the video, open an excel
spreadsheet to the file launch page.
Figure 3: File Launch Page
Locate the Template Search Bar and search for the term “library”
Figure 4: Template Search "Library"
What types of results do you see?
Share in the comments below.
Your results Should look something like those in Figure 5.
Take a few minutes to explore these templates, and try typing in some of the
fields to experiment. There are no ‘wrong’ answers here. Nothing we do today will
be saved. Have fun!
Figure 5: Template Search "Library" Results
There are thousands of templates available for download for Excel, which will make your life much easier for basic formatting. Once you move onto more advanced formatting it is more likely you will use “blank workbook” each time you start a new sheet, but for now, templates are a great place to get started.
Figure 6 Template Examples
In LESSON THREE We will be exploring further - you will be Creating Your First Workbook and beginning to format your sheet
Until Next Time!