Microsoft Excel Manual Version 1 Purpose and Overview 10/20/2015 The purpose of this manual is to provide an overview Training, Evaluation & System Support of Microsoft Excel tools and functions which are most useful to improve daily operational efficiency. www.umw.edu/tess Companion Manuals: Commerce Manager Manual 1 Table of Contents PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2 SECTION I: WHAT IS EXCEL? ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 WHAT CAN I DO WITH THIS? ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 SECTION II: CELLS, ROWS, AND COLUMNS ......................................................................................................................................... 4 WHAT IS A CELL? ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 WHAT ARE ROWS AND COLUMNS? ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 INSERTING ROWS AND COLUMNS ................................................................................................................................................................... 4 SECTION III: NAVIGATION .................................................................................................................................................................. 6 MOVING BETWEEN CELLS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6 SELECTING MULTIPLE CELLS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 SELECTING ENTIRE ROWS AND COLUMNS ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 SELECTING MULTIPLE ROWS AND COLUMNS ................................................................................................................................................... 6 SECTION IV: FORMATTING ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 CELLS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 TABLES ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Choosing a Table Style to Create a Table ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Adjust the Table Style ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Creating or Deleting a Custom Table Style ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Removing a Table Style .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Converting a Table to a Range of Data .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Formatting Table Elements ............................................................................................................................................................ 11 Pivot Tables .................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 CONDITIONAL FORMATTING ....................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Highlight Cells Rules ....................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Greater Than ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Less Than ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Between .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Equal To ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Text That Contains ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 A Date Occurring ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Duplicate Values ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Top/Bottom Rules ........................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Top 10 Items .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Top 10% ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Above Average .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Data Bars ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Color Scales ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 New Rule......................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Clear Rules ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Manage Rules ................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 SECTION V: SEPARATING TEXT WITHIN A CELL ................................................................................................................................ 27 SECTION VI: SORTING ...................................................................................................................................................................... 28 ALPHABETICAL ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 NUMERICALLY ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 MULTI-LEVEL SORTING .............................................................................................................................................................................. 29 SORTING BY CELL COLOR ........................................................................................................................................................................... 31 2 SECTION VII: FILTERS 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