- 1). Click "Start," hold your mouse over "Programs" and select "Microsoft Excel" from the menu. The program will open to a new spreadsheet.
- 2). Click on the Microsoft Office button in the top left of the toolbar, which will pull down a menu that allows you to create a new spreadsheet and open a spreadsheet you have already created. Next to the Microsoft Office button is a disk image, which allows you to save your current spreadsheet, and two arrows that allow you to undo and redo your most recent action.
- 3). Click "Insert" in the toolbar, and select "Rows" or "Columns."
- 4). Type in a designated height and/or width, and click "OK." This will change the size of your vertical cells (rows) and horizontal cells (columns). To quickly change the width or height of a row or column, click and drag the edges of the letters along the top (columns) or numbers down the left side (rows).
- 5). Click inside a cell, and type to enter information.
- 6). Click the drop-down menus for font style and size on the left of the toolbar; directly below that, you can choose rich text and color options for your text and cells. You can click on various cells or use your arrow keys to move up and down or side to side. Edit information already in a cell in the field over the spreadsheet along the bottom of the toolbar. Delete all of the information in a cell by clicking the cell to highlight it, then pressing your "Delete" key.
- 7). Click the Microsoft Office button, and click "Save."
- 8). Click on the location or folder in which you want to save your spreadsheet.
- 9). Type a name for your spreadsheet in the "File Name" field, and click "Save."
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