What is Excel 97?

Microsoft (MS) Excel 97 is a spreadsheet program designed for use on computers running the Windows Operating System (Version 3.1 or higher). Like all spreadsheets, Excel is ideal for recording, calculating, analyzing and graphing data. Excel has numerous built-in calculation formulas and formatting styles that you can apply to your work. You can also create your own formulas and customize your work to suit your specific needs.

What will be covered in this tutorial?

This tutorial will help you to learn more about the many tools in Excel. Instructions and examples are given for common tasks that can be performed by Excel. Several exercises are included to help you to practice using Excel. Skills that you will learn include:

• opening the application
• creating a worksheet
• saving your work
• entering data into the worksheet
• inserting columns and rows
• writing a formula
• applying a formula
• simplifying your work
• formatting your worksheet
• using functions in a workbook
• creating a chart or graph
• converting your worksheet to web format