Chapter-3 (Working In Excel)



Question: How to work with sheets in MS-Excel?

Answer: Select a Worksheet. When you open Excel, Excel automatically selects Sheet1 for you. The name of the worksheet appears on its sheet tab at the bottom of the document window. To select one of the other two worksheets, simply click on the sheet tab of Sheet2 or Sheet3.

Question: How to rename a worksheet in MS-Excel?

Answer:

 

Rename a Worksheet

By default, the worksheets are named Sheet1, Sheet2 and Sheet3. To give a worksheet a more specific name, execute the following steps.

1.      Right click on the sheet tab of Sheet1.

2.      Choose Rename.

Question: How to Insert and Delete a Worksheet?

 

Answer:

 

Insert a Worksheet


You can insert as many worksheets as you want. To quickly insert a new worksheet, click the Insert Worksheet tab at the bottom of the document window.

Delete a Worksheet

To delete a worksheet, right click on a sheet tab and choose Delete.

1. For example, delete Sheet4, Sheet2 and Sheet3.

Question: How to insert new row and column in MS-Excel?

Answer: Hold down the Shift key and then use the Down arrow key to select multiple cells. Press Alt-4 to insert multiple rows at once. Select one or more rows by way of the worksheet frame with your mouse, and then press Alt-4, or click the Insert Sheet Rows icon on the Quick Access Toolbar with your mouse.

Question: How to delete cell, rows & Sheet columns in MS-Excel?

Answer:

1.      Select the cells, rows, or columns that you want to delete.
2.      On the Home tab, in the Cells group,
3.      To delete selected cells, click the arrow next to Delete, and then click Delete Cells.
4.      To delete selected rows, click the arrow next to Delete, and then click Delete Sheet Rows.
5.      To delete selected columns, click the arrow next to Delete, and then click Delete Sheet Columns.

Question: How to hide row in MS-Excel?


Answer:

1.      Select the rows or columns that you want to hide.
2.      On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Format.
3.      Do one of the following:
1.      Under Visibility, point to Hide & Unhide, and then click Hide Rows or Hide Columns.
2.      Under Cell Size, click Row Height or Column Width, and then type 0 in the Row Height or Column Width box.

Question: How to change the width and height of row or column in MS-Excel?

Answer: If you are working in Page Layout view (View tab, Workbook Views group, Page Layout button), you can specify a column width or row height in inches. In this view, inches are the measurement unit by default, but you can change the measurement unit to centimeters or millimeters (On the File tab, click Options, and then click the Advanced category).

 Question: How to find and select data in given range in MS-Excel?

Answer:

To find a word, use these steps:
1.      On the Home tab, click Find & Select,
2.      The 'Find and Replace' dialog box appears.
3.      Type the text you want to find. For example, type Ferrari.
To select a data range, use the Go To feature as follows:
  1. Click any cell in the data range. For instance, to select the data range A1:C9 (shown below) you could select any cell from A1 to C9.
  2. Press [F5].
  3. In the Go To dialog, click the Special button in the bottom-left corner.
  4. In the resulting dialog, click the Current Region option.
  5. Click OK, and Excel will select the current data range.
Question: Explain view menu in MS-Excel?

Answer: 

Normal - The default document view for most word processing tasks.
Page Break Preview - Before printing, make sure the page breaks appear where you want them
Toolbars - Displays or hides toolbars. The right pointing arrow indicates a list of toolbars. To add one slide down to the name of the toolbar and click to select.
Formula Bar - Remove or display the bar which displays cell address and data entered into the active cell
Header and Footer - Adds or changes the text that is displayed at the top or bottom of every page of the document
Comments - Hidden comment give further information about cell contents. Comments are displayed when you move the cursor into the cell, however this command causes all comments on a page to be displayed.
Full Screen - Hides most screen elements so you can see more of your document
Zoom - Controls how large, or small, the current document appears on the screen. 

Question: Explain grid lines in MS-Excel?

Answer: Gridlines are the faint lines that appear around cells in Excel.

1.      Select one or more worksheets.
2.      On the View tab, in the Show/Hide group, clear the Gridlines check box.

Question: Explain freeze panes in MS-Excel?

Answer: 

1.       View tab > click Freeze Panes > Freeze Top Row.
2.      Scroll down to the rest of the worksheet.

Question: What is Side by Side and Synchronous scrolling in MS-Excel?

Answer: When you have a large collection of data in an Excel spreadsheet, you may find you need a simple method for manipulating the data or for comparing the data to that of another spreadsheet. Fortunately, Excel includes some powerful features that, when used in combination, will save time and make your job easier.

go to View and click View Side by Side which will give you an option to view both Excel files in horizontal, vertical, cascade, etc. Choose the view that best suits your needs.
I want to compare the data simultaneously, throughout the Excel files. To do that, there is an option called Synchronous Scrolling, which is under View Side by Side. Just click Synchronous Scrolling. This option lets you scroll both files at the same time.