Computer Skills/Basic/Spreadsheets

Basic spreadsheets includes recognizing user interface elements and entering data.

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for basic spreadsheets include:
 * Recognize structure and purpose
 * Recognize the active cell
 * Know how to enter data
 * Interpret simple spreadsheets and data
 * Conduct a search in a simple database

Multimedia

 * 1) YouTube: Excel 2010: Navigating Excel 2010
 * 2) YouTube: Excel 2010: Environment
 * 3) YouTube: Excel 2010: Creating Workbooks
 * 4) YouTube: Excel 2010: Cell Basics
 * 5) YouTube: Excel 2010: Modifying Cells, Rows, and Columns
 * 6) YouTube: Excel 2010: Format Cells
 * 7) YouTube: Excel 2010: Saving
 * 8) YouTube: Excel 2010: Printing
 * 9) YouTube: How to Find and replace data in Excel 2010

Activities
These activities may be completed using any spreadsheet application (Microsoft Excel, LibreOffice Calc, Google Spreadsheet, Apple Numbers, etc.):
 * 1) Start your spreadsheet application.  It should automatically open with a new, blank spreadsheet.
 * 2) Identify columns (letter labels) and rows (number labels).
 * 3) Identify the active cell (A1).  Use the cursor keys to move around the spreadsheet and continue to identify the active cell.
 * 4) Return to cell A1.  Enter your name in cell A1.
 * 5) Move to cell A2.  Enter your age in cell A2.  If you prefer not to enter your age, you can enter the number for the month you were born (January = 1, etc.).
 * 6) Use Print Preview to see the page layout for your spreadsheet.
 * 7) Print your spreadsheet.
 * 8) Save your spreadsheet.
 * 9) Review Excel-Easy: Find & Select.  Download the find-select.xls file and complete the activities listed.
 * 10) To interpret simple spreadsheets and data, identify the fastest car and model and the most expensive car and model in the Find & Select Sheet1 worksheet.