Microsoft Excel 2010 Scavenger Hunt - Beginner The commands in Microsoft Excel 2003 are similar to that of Microsoft Excel 2010 except the placement is different. This scavenger hunt will help you get acquainted to Microsoft Excel 2010. Remember, there is always more than one way to complete a task. Launch Microsoft Excel 2010 and notice the new look. 1. Examine the screen. How many items are located on the ribbon interface (the old menu tabs)? Name them: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. 2. The File Tab is new in 2010. This is similar to the 2003 File Menu. a. What information does the Info Tab provide? b. What can you find under the Recent Tab? c. What useful templates are located under the New Tab? d. How do I create a new document? Explain. Let s explore some of the commands on the Home Tab. 3. With all Microsoft Excel tabs you can identify their purpose by hovering over the item with your mouse. a. Name at least five items that you would use during the day under this tab. i b. Which icon would you use to insert rows or columns into a spreadsheet? c. Name at least two commands that you are not familiar with and investigate what they do to help you better understand Excel?, d. Where do I go to change the row height or column width under this tab?
e. Where icon would you use to change the data into either ascending or descending order? f. What is conditional formatting and how does it work? g. What icon would you use to merge cells? h. Which icon deletes rows? i. What does the AutoSum command do? j. Explain what Fill does? k. What are the options for the Paste command? l. Under the bottom ribbon you will find the words Font and Paragraph among others. If you click the box to the right of those words, what similarities do you notice from Excel 2003? Explain. 4. Take a moment to reflect on the Home Tab commands and how placement of these location of the commands you may use. Let s explore some of the commands under the Insert Tab. a. Name at least five items that you may use under this tab. i b. Which command is new to you? Explain what it is and how it is used? c. What is the purpose of Screenshot? Explain. d. What is the purpose of SmartArt? Explain.
e. Name three chart options under this tab? f. What is the purpose of a PivoTable (you may have to use help to answer this)? g. How do you add a Footer to a sheet? h. Insert a picture by clicking on the Picture Tab. When the picture is loaded, what new Ribbon Tab appears? i. Name at least eight items that are available under this tab. i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. j. Experiment with the Remove Background command. Once it is clicked, what editing commands are available? i. Where is the back button located in case you want to go back? ii. Experiment with the different options such as picture adjustments, layouts, styles, and effects. 1. Which is your best feature? 5. Take a moment to reflect on the Insert Tab commands and how placement of these location of the commands you use on a daily basis. Let s explore some of the commands under the Page Layout Tab. a. Name at least five items that you may use under this tab. i
b. Which command is new to you? Explain what it is and how it is used? c. What is Background used for? Explain. d. What is Themes and how is it used? Take a moment to reflect on the Page Layout Tab commands and how placement of these location of the commands you may use. Let s explore some of the commands under the Formula Tab. e. Name at least one tab you recognize. i. Name at least five items that you would like to know more about and documenting how they used. You may need to use the help function or your favorite search engine to accomplish this task. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Take a moment to reflect on the Reference Tab commands and how placement of these location of the commands you may use. Let s explore some of the commands under the Data Tab.
7. Name at least one tab you recognize. a. Name at least five items that you would like to know more about and documenting how they used. You may need to use the help function or your favorite search engine to accomplish this task. i 8. Take a moment to reflect on the Mailings Tab commands and how placement of these location of the commands you use on a daily basis. Let s explore some of the commands under the Review Tab. a. Name at least one tab you recognize. b. Name at least five items that you would like to know more about and documenting how they used. You may need to use the help function or your favorite search engine to accomplish this task. i 9. Take a moment to reflect on the View Tab commands and how placement of these location of the commands you may use.
Microsoft Excel 2010 Scavenger Hunt Quiz: Can you find all of the commands? Where can I go to 1. change the zoom level of the document? 2. clear all contents for a cell? 3. sort? 4. change margins? 5. save? 6. align the edges of selected objects? 7. Print? 8. insert a function? 9. add a header or footer? 10. underline text? 11. change cell size? 12. wrap text? 13. date and time functions? 14. filter cells? 15. delete duplicate rows? 16. freeze panes? 17. insert clipart? 18. get help? 19. create custom views? 20. split window? 21. insert a picture?
22. insert a bar chart? 23. work with macros? 24. show formulas? 25. evaluate a formula? 26. track changes? 27. italicize text? 28. insert a table? 29. insert a pie chart? 30. change themes? 31. add a hyperlink? 32. add columns on a page? 33. bold text? 34. format cells? 35. work with fonts? 36. work with boarders? 37. work with fill to fill in a cell? 38. crop a picture? 39. add a comment? 40. use the text function? 41. Underline text? 42. change the page margins? 43. center text within a cell? 44. work with name manager? 45. find and replace? 46. change the background color of the screen?
47. create a line chart? 48. work with pivot tables? 49. work with an area chart? 50. work with text alignment? 51. protect sheets? Please retain this document as it can serve as a reference sheet for Microsoft Excel 2010.