Basics of Microsoft Excel by VICTORIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND DESIGN LIMITED

Create a new workbook

pad5372 — 2025-08-07 10:33:40 UTC

Excel documents are called workbooks. Each workbook has sheets, typically called spreadsheets. You can add as many sheets as you want to a workbook, or you can create new workbooks to keep your data separate.

Click File, and then click New.
Under New, click the Blank workbook.

Enter data manually

pad5372 — 2025-08-07 11:43:04 UTC

To manually enter data:

Click an empty cell.
For example, cell A1 on a new sheet. Cells are referenced by their location in the row and column on the sheet, so cell A1 is in the first row of column A.
Type text or a number in the cell.
Press Enter or Tab to move to the next cell.

Apply cell borders

pad5372 — 2025-08-07 11:43:43 UTC

Select the cell or range of cells that you want to add a border to.
On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the arrow next to Borders, and then click the border style that you want.

Enter data in series

pad5372 — 2025-08-12 14:24:54 UTC

To fill data in a series:

Enter the beginning of the series in two cells: such as Jan and Feb; or 2014 and 2015.
Select the two cells containing the series, and then drag the fill handle across or down the cells.