we don’t actually need this tab, we Remove it.
Remove tab «Aleksey»
And it disappeared.
Tab commands are located under the ribbon with the tabs. When opening a file, we see the commands of the «Home» tab, since the «Home» tab opens by default. If we move to another tab, for example, the «Formulas», then we will see the commands of this other tab.
To access individual cells inside a spreadsheet, the Cell names are used. The Cell name is a combination of its column (denoted by the Latin letter A, B, C, D …) and its row number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 …). In total, there are more than 16,000 columns and more than a million rows in the Excel file on one sheet, that is, more than 16 billion cells on each sheet.
Cell «A1»
Object name field.
By default, there we see the name of the active cell in which the table cursor is located therefore, the active cell is often called «Highlighted». We can select any object: a cell, a group of cells, a table, a graph and assign (by typing) any name in this field of the object name, for example «Table1», in order to further refer to the named object by its specific name.
object name «Table1»
In practice, this feature is often used when working with a lot of arrays and in long formulas to shorten them. In other cases, it is not recommended to specify the names of objects without a necessity.
The Function Wizard button is used for quick search and insertion into the active cell of any of the built-in Excel functions. We will get acquainted with the basic built-in Excel functions later.
Function Wizard
The Formula bar shows the contents of the Active Cell. If the active cell contains a constant, then both in the cell and in the formula bar we will see this constant, for example «2». But if the active cell contains a formula, for example "=2+2», then in the formula bar we will see the formula itself, and in the cell, we will see the result of the formula – «4». The text of the formula contained in the cell can be edited.
Formula bar
The labels with the Names of the sheets are at the very bottom of the window. Sheets can be renamed, added, deleted, renamed again.
Names of the sheets
There can be hundreds of sheets in a single Excel file. But in practice, they are usually limited to 10, maximum 20 sheets. The thing is that when there are a lot of sheets, it becomes inconvenient to search for information.
Scrollbars allow you to see adjacent areas of the sheet that are not currently visible. The row scroll bar is on the right, and the column scroll bar is at the bottom of the sheet. We hover the mouse cursor over the viewing direction, click the left mouse button and do not let go until we find ourselves in the place that we are interested in seeing. If we scroll through several rows or columns, we stop seeing the active cell, but at the same time, we will still see which cell is active in the object name field.
we will still see cell «A1» in the object name field
Please note: the active cell itself does not shift at the same time. It’s still A1.
To make another cell active, use the mouse or keyboard arrows instead of scroll bars. To select another cell with the mouse, just hover the mouse cursor over another cell, for example D1, and click the left mouse button.
To select cell «D1», just hover the mouse cursor and left-click
You can also move the active cell using the arrows on the keyboard, which are located in the lower right corner of the keyboard.
Filling in the file with the initial information
Now let’s go back to our task and start filling in the file with the initial information.
Let’s open the first of the sent files «Information from the director’s secretary».
As you can see, there is not complete information on the task: there is no Date of birth, no Date of employment, no Experience years and Age. But at the same time, there is information that was not required by the assignment: a Work phone and an E-mail.
file «Information from the director’s secretary»
We will copy all this information into our «Employees» file on a separate sheet, which we will call «Information from secretary».
In order to rename «Sheet1» to the name «Information from secretary», hover the mouse cursor over «Sheet1», press the right mouse button, select «Rename» and type in «Information from secretary», then press the «Enter» key.
select «Rename»
and type in «Information from secretary», then press the «Enter» key.
type in «Information from secretary»
Copy operation
Before copying, it is necessary to highlight the cell that we are going to copy. «Highlight» means to stand on a cell with a tabular cursor. This can be done using the arrows located on the keyboard in the lower right corner.
You can also select a cell using the mouse cursor. Hover the mouse cursor, for example, on the cell «G26» and click the left mouse button. To highlight the entire copied range, we stand on its corner cell, for example «G26». Click on the left mouse button and, without releasing this button, drag the cursor to the opposite corner. And only after bringing it to the end – we release the left mouse button pressed.
Thus, the entire block of cells is highlighted.
the entire block of cells is highlighted
Let’s repeat it again. We stand on the cell «A1», press the left mouse button and drag the cursor now to the lower opposite corner. When dragged – release the left mouse button.
