SCI 626: FAQ's About Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a program that is used to produce spreadsheets. Users can create formulas, fonts, and characters that are unique to one specific cell instead of having to apply these things to the entire document. It is the most widely used application for creating spreadsheets.

FAQ's

1. How can I protect my work from being deleted or altered by someone else?
- To protect your sheet, go to 'Tools'; select 'Protect Sheet'; then, type in a password; confirm your password, and your sheet is protected!

2. I need to add another sheet to my workbook, but there are no more tabs at the bottom.
- Simply right click next to the last tab, then select 'Insert Sheet'.

3. I would like to adjust the size of the rows and columns.
- Go to 'Format'; select either 'column' or 'row'; next, select 'height' or 'width' and adjust the size as needed.

4. Instead of running over into the next cell, I'd like my characters to remain in a single cell.
- Select 'Format'; then, choose 'cells'; click on the 'alignment' tab; then, select the 'wrap text' box

5. I made an error in a cell and didn't notice until I had moved on to the next cell. When I went back to fix the error, everything in that cell disappeared.
- If you have to go back and edit a cell, select the cell, but do any editing at the top of the spreadsheet in the 'input line' (it kind of looks like an address bar). Once you are done, click on the green check-mark next the input line to move out of the cell.