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Spreadsheets

Why Should I Care?

Being able to make a table, or a graph, is really useful. You can use this skill for personal reasons, like planning a wedding, or your personal budget. You can also use it to write better papers for school.

This lesson has 3 parts

  • Cells and Tables
  • Making Graphs
  • Copy to Word

What are Spreadsheets?

The second most important software on your computer, after the word processor, is probably the spreadsheet. The most commonly used software for this is called Microsoft Excel, but there are others available such as Google Sheets, Apple Numbers and Apache OpenOffice. This lesson is based on Excel, the industry standard.

  • Cells and Tables

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  • Making Graphs

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  • Copy to Word

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References and Further Reading

APA style references

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