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Search and Replace within Excel Worksheet

Search and Replace Data Within Excel Worksheet :- To look for the data which is entered by the user ,  Choose Edit -> Find .  To  Replace the data , click on Replace . Button Or Choose Edit -> Replace .  

Navigating within Excel worksheet

  With Mouse :- You can move the mouse pointer to move to any cell of any worksheet of the workbook. This is done through:- 1. Click on up-arrow or down -arrow button on the scroll bar . 2. Click on the sheet tabs. 3.Click on any cell . 4. To move quickly to any cell choose Edit ->Go to  With Keyboard  TO Move                                                                   KEY PRESSED  Right ,Left ,Up ,Down one cell                                 Arrow Keys Up or Down one screen                                              Pg Up or Pg Down  Beginning of row          ...

MS Excel for Range Names

A name can be given to a single cell or a range of cells ( e.g.B3:F9). The range name can be used in place Of these cell references .Also the range specified for a range name can be modified. To define a name ,following points have to be considered . 1. Name contain only letters from A-Z., or a-z, numbers 1-9.     The period ( .) and the underscore ( _ ) . 2. Maximum length can be up to 255 characters . 3. Name cannot be same as cell reference like $F10$ or F10 . 4.  Spaces are not allowed .

Cell References

T here are 16384 rows and 256 columns in one worksheet .The first cell is labelled as A1 (column as A and Row number as 1) or R1C1 . Example :- 3C3 refers to row 3 column 3 and is equivalent to C3. Thus he last cell is labelled as IV16384. This is called the cell address And they reused to identify the cell . Cell reference are given in different ways: Relative -This refers to the cell relative to the given position . Example: Enter the following values : In cell A3 enter the value 34 In cell A4 enter the value 23 In cell A5 enter the value 89 In cell A6 enter the formula =A3+A4+A5 Copy this formula to the cell A7,and see the result. Observe the formula entered in cell A7.It is A4+A5+A6.The formula entered in cell A6 means the sum of the values given in the three cell given above the current cell. Therefore when we move down , the relation specified in the formula was copied (  I . e . the three values given above the current cell which is A7 now ) Absolute -  This refers to ...

To Create a Custom List

Create a Custom List . 1. Enter the given list starting from cell L5 to L8 .      *Left       *Right       *UP      *Down  2. Select this range of cells . 3. Select Options .. from Tools menu. 4. Select Customs tab from the Custom dialogue box. 5. Click on OK. OR 1. Select Tools -> Options . 2. Click on Custom List tab. 3. Type the custom list in the List Entries Box. 4. Click on OK. Data , If written incorrectly , can be edited by following ways: 1. Select the cell with some value to be edited . 2. Press F2 and using Backspace key erase the previous entry. you can retype the correct data. OR Simply select the cell and retype the entry . To bring back the previous entry either click on Undo button on Standard Toolbar or choose Edit-> Undo option. OR Pressing Alt + Backspace or ctrl-Z keys can also be used to perform the undo task. OR To clear the cell entry , select the cell to be cleared and press Del...

Enter And Edit Data

The various kinds of entries that can be made in a cell are : Text - First select the cell in which the data has to be entered and type - in the text. Press Enter Key to finish your entry . The data will be displayed in the active cell  as well as in the formula Bar . To enter digits as text ( calculations cannot be done using these kind of entries ) use an apostrophe(') as the first character . Number -Numbers include digits from 0 to 9 and some special characters like: $ % + - / ( ) , . E e Date and Time -Date and Time entries are interpreted in a special way in Excel. They are represented as numbers for Excel given to each day from 01.01.1900 ( Serial number 1 ) to 31.12.2078 (serial number 65380 ). Although when you type a date in the cell like 01/01/2022, It will be displayed as it is. Example : Ty[e TODAY ( ) in a blank cell and press Enter Key .( This function will display the system date and time ). Data in Series - You con fill a range of cells either with the same ...

Getting Started With Excel

Open the workbook to start your work on a worksheet .At times , you might required name to insert or Delete a worksheet , and cells to be selected . Create a Workbook  -Select the New ..command from the File menu. The workbook is opened by Default Name of BOOK1. Open a Workbook - To open an existing workbook ,sheet Open option from the File menu . Names of The Recently used files are listed in the file menu and can be selected by merely clicking on the name Of the file to be opened . Find a Workbook - Choose  File ->Open command .Select Find File . option from the dialogue box That is opened .Consequently ,another dialogue box is opened in which the details like name ,directory are to be given. Insert a Worksheet - To insert a workbook between two worksheets choose Worksheet option from the Insert menu. Delete a Worksheet -To remove a worksheet from the workbook ,select Delete Sheet  from the Edit menu. A dialogue box will appear to confirm this action. Move the ...