202R0/0 MS Excel Overview

MS Excel is a tool for managing data, really numerical data,such as sales figures or weather data! Sometimes it is used for keeping records like an address book or catalogue. Without doubt its real strength is in managing and manipulating numbers so you dont have to. You can

• input all types of data, text, numbers, currency, date/time etc
• arrange your data in the grid provided, for organisation. This grid can be altered as required
• use different worksheets (pages) to build a workbook (spreadsheet), keeping information in one place
• apply formatting (bold, colour etc) to your values
• carry out calculations on your numerical values (including dates etc)

Introduction: How I made a Household Account

Getting Started with Excel