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Working with Cells

Make a sketch
Draw out a sketch of how many rows and columns you will need in your BookLog. Do this on a piece of paper.

Create Data Area
To create the “table look” add borders to the cells
1. Highlight the cell area
2. “Right mouse” click and select the
Format Cells option
3. Select the Border Tab at the top
4. This allows you to outline the cells to create the table look. You can do wider borders or just selected sides.

Merge Cells
Sometimes you will need to merge 2 or more cells to make a larger cell.
1. “Right mouse” click and select the
Format Cells option
2. Select the Alignment Tab. This area allows you to control the way the text looks inside the cell.
3. Click the Merge cells box

Size Cells
To size columns and rows
1. Place the cursor on the outer gray grid area
2. When you have a 2 arrow cursor, click and drag the cell to the desired size
You can also use the Format Cell menu to resize cells


 

Hints for Cells

A cell is where you enter information in Excel.

Select Cells
Click on the cell to select cell. A “rope” line appears when a cell is selected.

To Enter Text
Double click a cell

To Format Cells
“right click” and select the format cells menu. With this pop up window you can control how things fit in cells

 

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