Welcome to SRT 2Mr. Davis and Mr. Evans

A1/B4 - B310

Microsoft Excel & VBA

What should you expect to learn in this unit?

• Handling data• Displaying data• Working with formulas• Working with names and other

references• Programming

Objectives for today:A proficient student will be able to…• …use built in Excel functions by

using the help file to use new functions.

• …display data using high quality charts in Excel by using real life data to create a chart.

References

• =A1• =$A$1• =$A1• =A$1

The “$” keeps the column or row from changing when the formula is copied.

Directions• Login to the computer.

– User ID: Student First and Last Name– Password: Ahstudentid

• Open the file labeled “Day1_Workbook.xlsx”. You will find this in the I: drive

Challenge #1

• Create a multiplication table.

Example 1

• We will use the help file and/or the function library to generate 10 random integers between 1 and 10.

Complete the following with Excel

• How many radians are in 90o? (B1)• Repeat the word in cell A1, 10 times.

(B2)• Mean of the numbers in A4:A20. (B4)• Automatically displays the name of

the person that is indicated by the number in B21. (C21)

Data set #1: Weather Data

• About 10 variables• Station 41010 – Canaveral East 120NM east of

Cape Canaveral• 6-meter NOMAD buoy

Questions for data set #1:

• What are two variables that you would expect to be related.

• How could we display this data?

Objectives for today:A proficient student will be able to…• …use built in Excel functions by

using the help file to use new functions.

• …display data using high quality charts in Excel by using real life data to create a chart.