Lesson 8

Getting Started (Introduction to Spreadsheet, continued)

When you first open the Spreadsheet application you will see a number of rows and columns (a kind of grid), a menu and toolbar. Each small part of the grid is called a cell. Each cell in a spreadsheet has a name. A cell name is defined by its column letter and row number. A cell’s name is often referred to as the cell’s address.

Naming or giving a cell an address:

Part I

In this part, we will learn how to move around a spreadsheet

1. Different ways to Move the Active Cell

2. Entering Text into Cells

3. Changing a Text Cell into a Math Cell

Part I


Practice Exercises

Before beginning the practice exercises, open a word document, type in the following information and then save it as Lesson8 in your CASIO folder within My Documents:

  1. Please open the Spreadsheet application and clear the window.
  2. Make cell B7 the active cell.
  3. Get a screen capture and paste it into your Lesson 8 document (under a title of PART I).
  4. Type the word Sum into cell A1 and make it bold.
  5. Get a screen capture. Add two blank spaces following the first screen capture and then paste this one.
  6. Type 5+10+15 into cell A2 and change the cell so that it shows the sum (the number 30).
  7. With A2 active, click on the toolbar button to see the contents of cell A2.
  8. Get a screen capture with the cell viewer window open. Add two blank spaces following the second screen capture and then paste this one.