Create Spread Sheet TTLM For Basic Clerical Works
Create Spread Sheet TTLM For Basic Clerical Works
Introduction
Welcome to the module “creating and using spread sheet”. This
learner’s guide is prepared to help you achieve the required competence in
“basic clerical works level I”. This will be the source of information for
you to acquire knowledge and skills in this particular occupation with
minimum supervision or help from the trainer.
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Presentation and layout of your data should much with task and organizational
requirements.
Define the purpose and uses of a spreadsheet
A spreadsheet is like an electronic ledger sheet and it is one element/component of the Microsoft
office applications. Spreadsheet is a software program that allows users to enter and manipulate
data. It can be used to automate calculations or analyze numeric information. Spreadsheets are often
used to automate accounting tasks, budgeting, or any application that requires many calculations.
In order to use the spreadsheet or excel program you should follow the following activities.
Opening Excel:
Double click the Excel Icon on the desktop or
Click start button all programs Microsoft office Microsoft Excel
Start New office document under general tab, blank worksheet
Parts of an Excel spreadsheet or windows
Example:
Menu bar displays/lists the names of the application menus.
Formula bar as you type text or number into the active cell, it appears in the formula
bar or it shows your action on the work sheet active cell.
Title bar shows the title of the opened sheet or active sheet/window and found at the
top of the window.
Toolbars (such as standard and formatting toolbars) allow you to execute
commands with a single click.
Office button menu bar tool bars title bar help button
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Sort by name
Then by basic salary
Then by bonus
Click OK
contents of the formula, values or texts stored in the cells. This only changes the font size, color,
style of text or values.
Font style box font size font style left right merge and font color
Or font face alignment alignment center
All formulas in Excel, no matter how complex, always begin with the same steps as follows:
Click on the cell where you want the formula's result to be displayed or select the cell in which
you want to type a formula
Type an equal sign (= ) to let Excel know you are creating a formula.
Type cell references in either uppercase or lower case or use the mouse or the arrow keys to
select cells as you type the formula
Press the enter key to complete the formula
Many formulas in Excel perform basic mathematical calculations such as subtraction and multiplication.
For these formulas, after the steps listed above, we only need to add, in the correct order, the data to be
used in the calculations and the mathematical operators that tell Excel which mathematical operation to
perform.
Rather than enter the data directly into a formula, it is better to enter the cell references where the data
is located into the formula.
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If you later change your data the formula automatically updates to show the new result in certain
instances, using cell references makes it possible to copy formulas from one location to another in a
worksheet. The easiest and best way to add cell references to a formula is to use pointing, which means
to click with the mouse pointer on the cell containing the data you want added to the formula.
Functions
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Instruction
The IF function we are using in this tutorial asks if the value in column A is greater than
the value in column B. If it is, the IF function will place the statement "A is larger" in
column D. If it is not, the IF function will place the statement "B is larger" in column D.
Our IF function will be entered into cell D1 on excel worksheet and it looks like this:
=IF(A3 > B3,"A is larger","B is larger"). Hence, to see the if function, compare the
columns on the table below as instructed under column D on excel worksheet.
Example:
The result is B is larger because A1 (250) is not greater than B1 (500) in the above
worksheet.
N.B: the two text statements "A is larger" and "B is larger" should be enclosed in double
quotations. In order to add text to an Excel IF Function, it must be enclosed in quotation
marks.
If you want to make grade for a subject with a give mark list you should follow this formula.
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=IF(A1> =90,"A" ,IF(A1> =80,"B" ,"C")). In plain English this formula says: if the value of cell A1 is equal or
higher than 90 the result/grade in the cell where this formula resides is the capital letter "A" , if the
value in cell A1 is 80 or greater then the result is "B" else the result is "C" . Examples of Basic Excel
IF
The basic IF formula looks like this =IF(A1=100,9,8). In plain English it means if the value of cell A1 is 100
the value in which this formulas resides is 9 otherwise it is 8.
If functions: function is built in formula on excel. Using if function we can calculate payroll tax and
assign grades. Example, if Helen’s monthly earning is 2400 birr and it is found on column 4 and row
2, income tax for Helen can be calculated as follows:
=if(D2<=150,0,if(D2<=650,D2*10%-15,if(D2<=1400,D2*15%-47.5,if(D2<=2350,D2*20%-
117.5,if(d2<=3550,D2*25%-235,if(D2<=5000,D2*30%-412.5,if(D2>5000,D2*35%-662.5)))))))
=365 birr
Instruction
1. Calculate gross earning, pension, tax, other deduction and net pay
N.B for tax use the above formula, deduction for Abay 7% of basic salary and pension
for permanent employees is 6% but Samrawit is a contract worker
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1 Maths 3 B
2 English 2 A
3 Biology 4 C
4 Chemistry 3 F
5 Physics 2 D
Total
Cumulative grade
points
Instruction:
SUM
=SUM(A1,B6,G6) or =SUM(A1+B6+G6) will return the sum of the values in cells A1, B6 and
G6
=SUM(A1:A23) will return the sum of the values in cells A1 to A23
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=SUM(A1:A23,F3:F34) will return the sum of the values in cells A1 to A23 plus the sum of the
values in cells F3 to F34
SQRT
To extract the square root of a number you will use a formula like:
=SQRT(16) that will result in 4 because 4 multiplied by 4 is 16 or
=SQRT(A1) that will also result in 4 if the value in cell A1 is 16.
POWER
You can raise a number to a power (multiplying it by itself a certain number of times with this
function. Hence:
=POWER(4,2) will result in 16 (4 times 4) or
=POWER(A1,2) will also result in 16 if the value in cell A1 is 4.
Example:
If you want the second or third largest value or the second smallest value, use LARGE and
SMALL like this:
=LARGE(A1:A5,2), =LARGE(A1:A5,3), =SMALL(A1:A5,2)
As a matter of facts you can forget about MIN and MAX with:
=LARGE(A1:A5,1), =SMALL(A1:A5,1)
Example:
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In the above example A1:C2 is range of cells and 2 is column number. So 56 is the lager number
in column 2. If we want to see the small number only we change the word large by small.
Instruction
2. Calculate average
3. Make grade for each subject and students using if functions
4. Make the column heading font size is 18, bold italic and green color
Self check 2
1. What does it mean spread sheet?
2. Columns and rows are defined by _____ and _______ respectively.
3. Cells are defined by the _______ and ________ at which they intersect.
4. ________ is a working area that you can store, manipulate, calculate, and analyze data.
5. ____are defined by the column and row at which they intersect.
CONDITIONS OR SITUATIONS FOR THE OPERATIONS: before starting using spread sheet first
identify the task and organization requirements on layout of the data and data presentations
and other all things to be completed.
EQUIPMENT TOOLS AND MATERIALS: Computer, excel Microsoft office
PROCEDURE: Choose New from the file menu in 2003 or on office button on 2007 Microsoft
office
Select blank workbook
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PRECAUTIONS: Be careful from touching any electric power and save your documents properly
before you close your program.
Microsoft Office Excel supports to use or create numerous types of charts to help you
display data in ways that are meaningful to your audience or users of your data .
Chart enables you to compare your data easily by graphs. When you want to create a
chart or change an existing chart, you can choose from a wide range of chart subtypes
available on excel. In addition, you can also modify the chart type and its layout using
formatting features. In order to create a chart first you should create a table and use
the steps below.
Select the data or range of cells that you want to use for creating chart
Click on insert memu and click on column in chart control group
From 2-D Select the first one
From the layout tab you can edit the title of the chart, horizontal axis, vertical axis and
legend as you want.
Create a table using the figure below to create a chart on excel 2003 using the steps below
3. When the Chart Wizard window appears, click Column in the Chart Type list.
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This dialog box comes in the fourth step on Microsoft excel 2003 but on 2007 you can move the
chart into new sheet by clicking the design tab and move chart button at the right corner of the
windows.
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Exercise 1
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Instruction
Pie chart: pie chart is a type of chart that shows the portion/part of a the whole graph
Example of pie chart
Step two: from the insert menu click the pie chart type and the following figure will be appeared and
click on the selected 2-D pie chart subtype
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After that the following pie chart will be appeared with data label
Step three: to move the chart into a new chart sheet click on the design tab and click on the move chart
at the right corner to select its location.
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When you click the move chart the following location dialog box will be appeared and check the new
sheet option box to move this chart into new sheet and then click ok.
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Exercise 2
Instruction
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LO 4: finalize spreadsheet
4.1 ensure spreadsheet and any accompanying charts are previewed, adjusted and printed in
accordance with organizational and task requirements. All activities should be previewed for
the completeness, accuracy, layouts or appearance in consulting with the task requirements
and organizational requirements to adjust them and resource availabilities. Based on the task
requirements print the material if necessary during that time and this also avoids the
technological inconvenience. To print your document you should follow the following steps:
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From the print preview windows you can adjust margin and paper orientations
When you finish your work you can close the print preview window
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Selected part active sheet all contents entire work book all contents number of copies
Hence, you can choose all pages if you want to print all pages, range of pages if you want to
print some amount of pages, active sheet if you want to print only the active or opened sheet,
selection if you want to print the selected range of cells and entire book if you want to print all
contents of the whole work book or all worksheets in the work book. N.B you should check type
of printer and number of copies before you print the document.
Click ok
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4.2 ensure data input meets designated time lines and organizational requirements for speed
and accuracy. This tells us required data is available on time with greater accuracy.
4.3 Name and store spreadsheet in accordance with organizational requirements for next time
and exit the application without data loss/damage. After you finished working on Microsoft
Excel Workbook, you have to save it before you exit. File name of your work must be relevant
with your work and easily identifiable by every users of the document. To save or store a new
workbook or an existing workbook with a new name:
Choose save as from the file menu and the save as dialog box will be displayed.
Type a name for the file in the file name box or accept the proposed name.
You can use as it is or select different drive or location of your document from the list in
the save in box.
Click the OK button.
N.B: be careful the location of your file!
After you have finished your work and stored it in a proper location you can exit from /close
your program or windows. To close your program you should follow the following steps:
Use any of the following techniques to close the program after you finished working on it:
Click on the close(X) button in the upper right corner of the program’s windows (title
bar)
Make sure the program’s windows is active and then press Alt+F4
Choose File Exit from the program’s menu bar.
Right click on the button for the program group in the status bar and choose close.
Double click on the control menu icon at the upper left corner of the windows.
LAP TEST
Name:_____________________________Date__________________________
Time started_______________time finished__________________
Instructions: you are required to perform the following:
1. Admas University, Misrak TVET college requires some tasks to perform
on excel such as:
Creating simple spreadsheet
Preparing payroll using formulas
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Selected exercises
1. A credit association gives loan to peasants and the
peasants return the money with its interest (interest rate is 10% ) the amount of money one
peasant can get depends on the number of family he/she has. The money is given based on the
following rule.
1-5 500
6-10 1000
11-15 1500
>15 2000
A B C D E
1 Dawit Nigus 4
2 Helen Senay 1
3 Berhe Hagos 6
4 Shewit Meles 13
5 Sisay Tesfay 17
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6 Belete Lema 8
7 Angesom Hiluf 10
Average
total
a. Calculate the amount given based on the rule given above using if function
b. Calculate the interest using the given interest rate
c. Calculate the amount returned (amount given + interest)
d. Calculate the AVERAGE value of each column
e. Calculate the TOTAL value of each column
2. Hani super market is paying its employees a certain amount of basic salary plus a
commission that is based on their performance. The following table shows the monthly basic salary
of workers and the total sales by each person in a month. The commission is paid to each worker
based on the following rules.
If the total sales in a month is less than or equal to 10,000 birr then no commission.
If it is more than 10,000 birr and less than or equal to 25,000 birr then a commission of 3% is
paid on the amount above 10,000.
And finally the commission is increased to 4.5% for the additional amount more than 25,000
birr.
Average
INSTRUCTION
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1. Insert one column between total sales and gross earning and name it as
commission
2. Calculate commission based on the above rules.
3. Calculate gross earning ( basic salary + commission)
4. Calculate average value of each column
5. Sort the data in descending order of employee
6. Save the file with your name
7. Create a 3-D pie chart that shows gross salary of employees and add data labels
3. Give grades for each students using if function from the table below
no name maths mark grade
points
1 Abeba 84
2 Dawit 91
3 Helen 72
4 Berhe 49
5 Shewit 58
Cummula
Total GPt
Grade
Grade
Grade
Grade
Grade
Grade
Credit
Credit
Credit
point
point
point
hour
hour
hour
tive
1 Abeba 3 C 2 A 4 D
2 Dawit 3 B 2 F 4 F
3 Helen 3 D 2 D 4 A
4 Berhe 3 A 2 B 4 C
5 Shewit 3 F 2 C 4 B
Instruction
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5. preparation of payroll
No name
allowanc
deductio
deductio
pension
Net pay
Earning
Basic S.
Other
Gross
Total
Time
Over
tax
n
1 Abeba 1500 e
250 1500
3 Helen 1550
5 Shewit 1400
Instruction
1. calculate Gross earning, pension 6%, tax in the Ethiopian system, other
deduction 4%, total deduction and net pay
2. calculate total and average
N.B Helen is contract worker
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