Revision Notes: Working in Excel | Computer Science - Class 5 PDF Download

Introduction

The Excel Interface

Working with Sheets

Creating/Deleting Sheets
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.

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.

Result:

Delete a Worksheet
To delete a worksheet, right click on a sheet tab and choose Delete.
For example, delete Sheet4, Sheet2 and Sheet3.

Result:

Renaming Sheets

Copying / Moving Sheets

• Right click on the sheet tab of Sales 2010.
• Choose Move or Copy.
  
• The 'Move or Copy' dialog box appears.
• Select (move to end) and check Create a copy.
  
• Click OK.

Result:

Note: you can even copy a worksheet to another Excel workbook by selecting the specific workbook from the drop-down list (see the dialog box shown earlier).

Move a Worksheet
To move a worksheet, click on the sheet tab of the worksheet you want to move and drag it into the new position.
For example, click on the sheet tab of Sheet4 and drag it before Sheet2.
Result: