Excel Help Function and Using “Keyboard Shortcuts” By: Derrick Griffin.

Excel Help Function and

Using “Keyboard Shortcuts”

By: Derrick Griffin

How to Access Excel Help

• Step 1: Use the question mark in the upper right hand corner to access the “Excel Help.”

Excel Help

• Step 2 : Click on the link that says “Keyboard Shortcuts”

Keyboard Shortcuts

How to Use Keyboard Shortcuts

Step 3: Keyboard Access to the Ribbon:

• The Keyboard ribbon is designed to give you shortcuts for your top menu bar (Home,Page Layout, Formulas, etc.)• To activate the shortcuts press the ALT key on your keyboard

Directions stated about the shortcuts

Shortcuts may Help When Creating Charts

• For Example: ALT + N = Insert without having to use the mouse• Under insert you would then see an option for charts

Insert a Chart

Step 4: Insert Data into a Blank Excel Worksheet

Step 5: ALT+N to Highlight Insert

Tab.

Then select a chart to create for

your data.

Insert Tab

Hint: If you’re having trouble creating a chart, refer back to the help function in the top right hand corner where you may view a video that teaches you how to create a chart.

Step 6: Example- Under Bar Chart select a clustered 3-D

chart

Step 7:

Select Data

Step 8: This is the box that will always pop up when creating a

chart.

Excel Help Function accessible from Here as well

Step 9:• Data Range: Implies the numbers or data

collected from the chart

(Chart Data Range are the numbers on the left)

Step 10:

Enter a “seriesname” to provide a title

Step 11: Add Axis Labels

Excel Help Function is there throughout every step.

Highlight the namesin the data

Step 12: • To add labels use shortcut ALT+JA to go to

layout• Then press W which will select “Data

Labels” for you

Step 13

Step 14:• Finally click on show which will show the data

labels and that should be your final product

Hyperlink to My Example

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