Unit 4: Spreadsheet Skills

Lesson 1
Familiarizing with
Spreadsheet Application

Empowerment Technologies
Senior High School Applied - Academic
What do you think is
the use of
spreadsheets?

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 How do you
think a
spreadsheet
can help you
present
numbers and
figures?

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 ● Define basic terms related to
Excel.
Learning ● Identify the different parts of
Objective an Excel document.
s ● Discuss the different tabs
At the end of the found on the ribbon.
lesson, you
should be able to ● Demonstrate the basics in
do the following:
using cells.
● Perform basic formatting.
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Are you familiar with these mathematical expressions?
Do you still use calculators?

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Manual Computation

● essential to daily life, specifically the

four basic arithmetic operations
● used for on-the-spot computation

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How would you compute a certain problem if you
cannot even perform the mathematical operations
manually?

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Budget List
1. Form a group of three and answer the table on the
next slide.
2. Gather the data needed to show one’s daily
allowance and break it down according to the table
on the next slide.
3. Compute your daily total expenses.
4. Compare your data with the data you have gathered
from your other groupmates.
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Budget List
Student Name Food Transporta Savings Others TOTAL
Expenses tion Cost

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Budget List

● After gathering data and filling out the

table on the previous slide, create a
simple bar graph to compare your
expenses with your classmates’.
● Make sure to place proper legends to
avoid confusion.

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Budget List
1.Who among the three of you has the
biggest savings from your daily
allowance? Who among you loves to eat
and thus has more expenses on food?
Who among you has the most
miscellaneous expenses?

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Budget List

2.How did you compute the daily total

expenses for you and your classmates?
Was it easy? What if you need to gather
and compute the total expenses of
twenty (20) of your classmates, would it
be easy? Why or why not?
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Budget List
3.Do you think the data was easier to
understand with a graph? Why or why
not? Do you think using Microsoft Excel or
Google Sheets to represent data as you
did in your activity will make any
difference?
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What is Microsoft
Excel?

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 Excel is a
spreadsheet
software used to
input and analyze
data and is a part
of the Microsoft
Office Suite.

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What are the
basic terms
to familiarize
yourself with
in Excel?

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Workbook
● the term for
Excel document
Spreadsheet
● portion (a page)
of the workbook
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 Formulas
● work like
normal
arithmetic
operations
but the equal
sign (=) must
be entered
first before
other values
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Functions
● specialized
operations
with
assigned
names of
actions that
use formulas
and return
values
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Parts of an Excel
Document
●Quick Access
Toolbar
●Ribbon
●Name Box
●Formula Bar

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 Parts of an
Excel
Document
● Column
Letter
● Row Number
● Sheet Tabs
● Status Bar

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What are the different tabs found in
the ribbon of Excel documents?

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 ●File Tab
●Home Tab
●Insert Tab
●Draw Tab
●Page Layout
●Formulas Tab
●Data Tab
●Review Tab
●View Tab
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What are the other spreadsheet
options?

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 spreadshee
t
● Rearrange
spreadshee
t
● Rename,
color, move,
delete
spreadshee
t
● Protect
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Aside from entering data, what
can we do with cells in Excel?

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● Select an entire row
or column
● Select a group of
cells
● Insert or delete a
row or column
● Adjust the size of
rows and columns

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How can we change the format
of the data inside the cells?

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 Basic
Formatting
● Font face,
size,
alignment,
and colors
● Number
formats
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Practice 1
Open Microsoft Excel on
your computer. Check each
tab on your spreadsheet
application and find the
specified tool on the next
slide. Categorize each tool
based on the tab where you
can find it. Write your
answers on the table given
on the next slide.
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● Print ● Table ● Font Size ● Thesaurus
● Lasso ● Save As ● Look Up & ● Calculate
Selection ● Get Data Reference Now
● Insert Bar From ● Translate ● Page Break
Chart Access ● Adjust Preview
● Cell Styles ● Sort Margins ● Print Area

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 File Tab Home Tab Insert Tab

Draw Tab Page Layout Tab Formulas Tab

Data Tab Review Tab View Tab

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Practice 2
Give at least five (5)
fields in which
Spreadsheet is useful.
Explain why and how it
is useful in those fields.

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Based on the image,
answer the following
completely in your
own words:
Which part is referred
to by the each number
indicated? What is its
function?
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Answer the following
comprehensively:
With your knowledge in adjusting
cells and basic formatting, create a
simple board game using your
chosen spreadsheet application.
Some suggestions that you can start
with are Chess, BattleShips, or
Scrabble. After finalizing your idea,
you can start creating your own
game. Save a soft copy and present
your game in front of the class.
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 Wrap Up
A Workbook is the document itself when you
open your Excel. A Spreadsheet on the other
hand is just one portion of your document.

Formulas in Excel works as your normal

arithmetic operations but you need to place an
equal sign (=) before performing any operation
between two or more values. Functions on the
other hand are specialized operations with
assigned names of actions that use formulas 36
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As you open an Excel document, you will see
the following parts:
○ Cell that contains the input ○ Quick Access Toolbar that
values shows the commonly used tools
○ Row Number such as Undo, Redo, and Save
○ Column Letter ○ Spreadsheet Tab where you
○ Name Box that shows the name can see the different sheets
of the selected cell which contains available on your workbook
a column letter and a row number ○ Status Bar where you can see
○ Formula Bar for the the current status of your
computations document and the view shortcuts
○ Ribbon which contains tools
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The Ribbon contains different Excel Tabs that
contain the different tools depending on your
needs. The different tabs you can check are File,
Home, Insert, Draw, Page Layout, Formulas,
Data, and Review.

Spreadsheets are important because they contain

the information and data. You can add, delete,
move, customize, protect, and edit these sheets
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Cells contain the values you have input. There
are ways to adjust, select, add, or delete cells
based on your needs.

Basic formatting allows you to change the

look of your data tables.

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