In this project, you will work on an attendance log for a 16-week college course. For one section of the course, you will set up the sheet to print as an attendance sign-in sheet. For another section, you will set up the sheet to print as an attendance report for the administration office. This is a long project. Be sure to save often!
Skills needed to complete this project:
- Naming Worksheets
- Changing the Color of Sheet Tabs
- Moving and Copying Worksheets
- Grouping Worksheets
- Modifying Column Widths and Row Heights
- Changing the Worksheet View
- Adding Headers and Footers
- Applying Themes
- Splitting Workbooks
- Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
- Deleting Worksheets
- Freezing and Unfreezing Rows and Columns
- Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Columns
- Changing Worksheet Orientation
- Setting Up Margins for Printing
- Scaling Worksheets for Printing
- Showing and Hiding Worksheet Elements
- Printing Selections, Worksheets, and Workbooks
- Printing Titles
- Inserting Page Breaks
1. Open the start file EX2013-SkillReview-4-1. The file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the project file name if directed to do so by your instructor, and save it.
2. If the workbook opens in Protected View, click the Enable Editing button in the Message Bar at the top of the workbook.
3. Rename Sheet1 and change the color of the sheet tab.
a. Right-click on the Sheet1 tab, choose Rename, and type: TTH1230
b. Press [ENTER].
c. Right-click the sheet tab again, point to Tab Color, and select Red, Accent 2, Darker 25%.
4. Make a copy of the TTH1230 sheet.
a. Right-click the sheet tab and select Move or Copy... to open the Move or Copy dialog.
b. In the Before sheet box, select Sheet2.
c. Check the Create a copy check box.
d. Click OK.
5. Name the new sheet TTH340 and change the tab color.
a. Right-click the new TTH1230 (2) sheet tab, choose Rename, and type: TTH340
b. Press [ENTER].
c. Right-click the sheet tab again, point to Tab Color, and select Yellow
6. Group sheets TTH1230 and TTH340 so you can apply formatting changes to both sheets at once.
a. Click the TTH1230 sheet tab, press and hold Ctrl, and click the TTH340 sheet tab. Now any changes made to one of the sheets will be made to both sheets.
b. Verify that [Group] appears in the title bar, indicating that the selected sheets are grouped.
7. Resize column A in both worksheets at once to best fit the data by double-clicking the right border of the column heading.
8. Add a header and footer to both worksheets at once.
a. Switch to Page Layout view by clicking the Page Layout button on the status bar.
b. Click in the center section of the header.
c. On the Header & Footer Tools Design tab, in the Header & Footer Elements group, click the File Name button. The code &[File] will be entered in the center section of the header. Once you click somewhere else, this will display the name of your file.
d. Click in the right section of the header and type your own name.
e. On the Header & Footer Tools Design tab, in the Navigation group, click the Go to Footer button.
f. Click in the center section of the footer.
g. On the Header & Footer Tools Design tab, in the Header & Footer Elements group, click the Sheet Name button. The code &[Tab] will be entered. Once you click somewhere else, this will display the name of the sheet.
h. Click in the right section of the footer.
i. On the Header & Footer Tools Design tab, in the Header & Footer Elements group, click the Current Date button. Once you click somewhere else, this will display the current date.
j. Click in any cell of the worksheet and click the Normal button on the status bar.
9. Ungroup the sheets by clicking on any other sheet, such as Sheet3. Verify that the same formatting was applied to both sheets and that they are now ungrouped.
10. Apply the Facet theme to the workbook.
a. On the Page Layout tab, in the Themes group, click the Themes button to display the Themes gallery.
b. Notice that as you hover the mouse pointer over each option in the Themes gallery, Excel updates the worksheet to display a live preview of how the theme would affect the worksheet.
c. Click the Facet option.
11. Select the TTH1230 sheet. It can be difficult to work with such a wide worksheet. Scroll to the right to see the end of the semester, and you can no longer see the student names. Split the screen into two views of different parts of this worksheet.
a. Click cell D1. On the View tab, in the Window group, click the Split button. Now you can scroll each pane separately, but it is all still the same worksheet. You can drag the split bar to the right or left as needed.
b. Scroll to show the student names and the last few weeks of the semester on your screen.
c. Click the Split button again to return to normal.
12. Insert a new row to add a new student to the list.
a. Right-click on the row heading for row number 9 and select Insert. b. Click the Insert Options button that appears immediately below where you right-clicked, and select Format Same As Below. c. Enter the new student name: Alloy, Craig
d. Enter his student ID #: 1350699
13. Justin Parry has decided to drop the class. Delete the entire row for Justin by right-clicking on the row heading for row number 23 and selecting Delete.
14. Select the TTH340 sheet. Because this sheet was copied from the 12:30 pm class worksheet, the student names and ID numbers are not those of the students in the 3:40 pm class. Copy the student data from Sheet3, and then delete Sheet3 when it is no longer needed.
a. Copy the student names and ID numbers from Sheet3.
b. Paste the copied names and ID numbers to the TTH340 sheet, overwriting the existing student names and ID numbers.
c. Delete Sheet3 by right-clicking on the sheet name and selecting Delete.
d. When Excel displays the message telling you that you can't undo deleting sheets, click the Delete button to complete the action.
15. Use the Freeze Panes option to keep rows 1:8 and columns A:B visible at all times.
a. Verify that the TTH340 sheet is selected, and click cell C9.
b. On the View tab, in the Window group, click the Freeze Panes button, then click the Freeze Panes option.
c. Verify that you selected the correct point at which to freeze panes. Scroll down and to the right. Are rows 1:8 and columns A:B visible regardless of where you scroll?
16. Modify sheet TTH340 to print as an attendance sign-in sheet.
17. First, hide the student ID numbers by right-clicking on the column B heading and selecting Hide.
18. Set the page layout options.
a. On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click the Orientation button, and select Landscape.
b. On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click the Margins button, and select Narrow.
c. On the Page Layout tab, in the Scale to Fit group, expand the Width list and select 1 page, and expand the Height list and select 1 page.
d. On the Page Layout tab, in the Sheet Options group, click the Print check box under Gridlines.
19. Print only the part of the worksheet to use as the attendance sign-in sheet.
a. Select the appropriate cells to print as an attendance sign-in by selecting cells A1:C29.
b. Click the File tab, and then click Print to display the Print page.
c. Under Settings, click the Print Active Sheets button to expand the options, and select Print Selection.
d. If your instructor has directed you to print the attendance sign-in list, click the Print button.
e. Click the Back button to exit Backstage.
20. At the end of the semester you will need to print all the attendance records to turn in to the administration office. Let's do this for the TTH1230 class worksheet.
21. First, complete the worksheet data by entering P for present or A for absent for each day and student. NOTE: This step is not graded; enter these values any way you would like.
22. Hide the attendance sign-in column by right-clicking the column C heading and selecting Hide.
23. Modify the worksheet so column A and rows 1 through 8 will print on every page.
a. On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click the Print Titles button.
b. Click in the Rows to repeat at top box, and then click and drag with the mouse to select rows 1:8. When you release the mouse button, you should see $1:$8 in the box.
c. Click in the Columns to repeat at left box, and then click with the mouse to select column A. When you release the mouse button, you should see $A:$A in the box.
d. Click OK.
24. Preview how the worksheet will look when printed and make adjustments from the Print page to keep the report to four or fewer pages.
a. Click the File tab to open Backstage, and then click Print.
b. Verify Print Active Sheets is selected under Settings.
c. Under Settings, click the Fit All Columns on One Page button to expand the options, and select No Scaling.
d. Note that the current settings will cause the worksheet to print on six pages.
e. Under Settings, click the Portrait Orientation button and switch to Landscape Orientation instead.
f. Under Settings, click the Normal Margins button, and select Custom Margins... to set your own margins.
g. In the Page Setup dialog, on the Margins tab, change the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right values to .5. Click OK.
h. Under Settings, click the No Scaling button, and select Fit All Rows on One Page.
25. Modify the worksheet page breaks so weeks 1-8 print on the first page and weeks 9-16 print on the second page.
a. Click the Back button to exit Backstage.
b. If necessary, scroll to the right so columns T:V are visible. Note that the current page break occurs between columns U and V (after week 9).
c. Click cell T1.
d. On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click the Breaks button, and select Insert Page Break. This inserts a page break to the left of the selected cell (after week 8).
e. Click the File tab, and then click Print to preview how the change will affect the printed pages.
f. If your instructor has directed you to print the worksheet, click the Print button.
g. Click the Back button to exit Backstage.
Attachment:- khaled almuhaidib-ex2013-skillreview-4-1.rar