Adding, Editing, Deleting contents of the Cell

by: Engr. Esmeraldo T. Guimbarda Jr.

RENAMING CELLS

Cells can be renamed. This helps you to locate the specific cell that you are looking for. To do this, click on a cell that you want to rename (1), then go to Name Box which is located at the left side of the Formula Bar (2) , and type in the new name of the cell (2). Press Enter to save changes.

ADDING CONTENTS TO CELLS

You can put anything you want in a cell. Some of which are numbers, letters, and dates. To add a content to a cell, click on a specific cell, then type in any word or number you want. For example, you can type in the word “Hello” and press Enter. Repeat the above steps to add more contents to different cells.

EDITING CONTENTS OF CELLSIf you want to change the content of a specific cell, do this by double-clicking on the cell that you want to edit/change, then type in the new content and press Enter. Another way of editing content is to use the Formula Bar. Click on the cell you want to edit. Go to the Formula Bar and highlight the current content in it if you want to edit the whole content, then type in the new content and press Enter.

DELETING CONTENTS OF CELLS

If you want to delete the content of a cell, click on the cell that you want to delete, then press Backspace or Delete.

Activity:Open Microsoft Excel

Click on Start ► All Programs ► Microsoft Office ► Microsoft Excel or double-click on the Microsoft Excel shortcut on the desktop.

Input Contents.

Click on the first cell, which is A1, and type in “Jewelry Store”. Then on cells A3, B3, and C3. Type in “Item Name”, “Date Delivered” and “Number of Stocks”, respectively.

Under Item Name, type in “Beads”, “Strings”, “Stones”, “Diamonds”, and “Rocks” respectively. One word per cell only.

Under Date Delivered, type in “3/11/2012”, “3/20/2012”, “4/1/2012”, “4/10/2012”, respectively. One word per cell only.

Under Number of Stocks, type in “100”, “250”, “80”, “300”, respectively. One word per cell only.

Rename a cell.

Click on cell A1, go to Name Box and type in “business”. Press Enter.

Edit a cell.

Click on cell B4 which is “3/11/2012”. Edit it bydouble-clicking the cell and typing in the new date which is “3/1/2012”. Press Enter.

Delete a cell.

Click on cell A8 which is “Rocks”, and pressBackspace or Delete.

Save File.

To save the document, go to File then click Save As.Upon clicking Save, the Save As window will show. Locate where you want to save your file then type the name of file in the File Name box. ClickSave. Your file is now saved.