Course outline for
Microsoft Office Excel 2007 - Foundation

Section 1: Getting Started

Lesson 1.1: Starting Out

What is Microsoft Excel 2007?

Opening Microsoft Excel

Interacting with Excel

Closing Excel

Step-By-Step

Lesson 1.2: About Workbooks

Creating a New Workbook

Opening a Workbook

Saving a Workbook

About Excel File Types

Closing a Workbook

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 1.3: Exploring your Workbook

Using Worksheets

The Active Cell

Selecting Cells

Exploring a Worksheet

The Zoom Feature

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 1.4: Getting Help in Excel 2007

Using the Help Screen

About Online Help

About Offline Help

Step-By-Step

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Section 1: Case Study

Section 1: Review Questions

Section 2: The New Interface

Lesson 2.1: The Quick Access Toolbar

The Default Buttons

Adding Buttons

Removing Buttons

Customizing the Toolbar

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.2: The Home Tab

Clipboard

Font

Alignment

Number

Style

Cells

Editing

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.3: The Insert Tab

Tables

Charts

Illustrations

Shapes

Links

Text

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.4: The Page Layout Tab

Themes

Page Setup

Scale to Fit

Sheet Options

Arrange

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.5: The Formulas Tab

The Function Library

Defined Names

Formula Auditing

Calculation

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.6: The Data Tab

Get External Data

Connections

Sort and Filter

Data Tools

Outline

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.7: The Review Tab

Proofing

Comments

Changes

Step-By-Step

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Section 2: Case Study

Section 2: Review Questions

Section 3: Excel Basics

Lesson 3.1: Working With Excel 2007

Columns, Rows, Cells, and Ranges

Creating Worksheet Labels

Entering and Deleting Data

Printing Your Worksheet

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 3.2: Basic Excel Features

What is AutoFill?

What is AutoSum?

What is AutoComplete?

Working with Basic Formulas

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 3.3: Moving your Data

Dragging and Dropping Cells

How to Cut, Copy, and Paste Cells

How to Cut, Copy, and Paste Multiple Cells and Items

How to Use Paste Special

How to Insert and Delete Cells, Rows, and Columns

Using Undo, Redo, and Repeat

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 3.4: Smart Tags and Options Buttons

What Are Smart Tags?

Setting Smart Tag Options

The Error Option Button

The AutoFill Option Button

The Paste Option Button

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 3.5: Editing Tools

Using AutoCorrect

Using Spell Check

Using Find and Replace

Adding Comments

Step-By-Step

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Section 3: Case Study

Section 3: Review Questions

Section 4: Editing Your Workbook

Lesson 4.1: Modifying Cells and Data

Changing the Size of Rows or Columns

Adjusting Cell Alignment

Rotating Text

Creating Custom Number and Date Formats

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 4.2: Cell Formatting

Conditional Formatting

The Format Painter

Cell Merging and AutoFit

Find and Replace Formatting

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 4.3: Enhancing a Worksheet's Appearance

Adding Patterns and Colors

Adding Borders

Working with Styles

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 4.4: Working With Charts, Part 1

Creating a Chart

Formatting a Chart

Modifying Charts with the Layout Tab

Manipulating a Chart

Enhancing a Chart with Shapes and Graphics

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 4.5: Working with Charts, Part 2

Changing the Type of Chart

Changing the Source Data

Working with the Chart Axis and Data Series

Saving a Chart as a Template

Step-By-Step

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Section 4: Case Study

Section 4: Review Questions

Section 5: Printing and Viewing your Workbook

Lesson 5.1: Using the View Tab

Using Normal View

Using Full Screen View

Using Page Layout View

Page Break Preview

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 5.2: Managing a Single Window.

Creating a New Window

Hiding a Window

Unhiding a Window

Freezing a Pane

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 5.3: Managing Multiple Windows

Switching Between Open Workbooks

Arranging Workbooks

Comparing Workbooks Side by Side

Synchronous Scrolling, Resetting a Window, and Saving a Workspace

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 5.4: Printing your Workbook

Opening Print Preview

Using the Print Preview Tab

Quick Printing

The Print Dialog

Using Page Setup

Step-By-Step

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Section 5: Case Study

Section 5: Review Questions

Index