LibreOffice-Suite-Calc-6.3/C2/Working-with-Cells-in-Calc/English-timed
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00:01 | Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Working with Cells. |
00:06 | In this tutorial, we will learn to: |
00:09 | Enter numbers, text, date and time in a spreadsheet |
00:15 | Use the Format Cells dialog box |
00:19 | Navigate between cells and |
00:22 | Select items in rows and columns |
00:27 | This tutorial is recorded using
Ubuntu Linux OS version 18.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 6.3.5 |
00:41 | First we will learn how to enter data in the cells. |
00:46 | Let’s open our Personal-Finance-Tracker.ods file. |
00:52 | This file has been provided to you in the Code files link on this tutorial page. |
00:59 | Please download and extract the file. |
01:03 | Make a copy and then use it for practising. |
01:08 | Now type some text in any empty cell by clicking on the cell and typing using the keyboard.
Press Enter. |
01:18 | The text is left-aligned, by default. |
01:22 | One can change the alignment by clicking any one of the Alignment icons on the Formatting Bar. |
02:30 | Let's undo what we typed. |
01:33 | Press Ctrl+Z keys on the keyboard to undo. |
01:39 | In this spreadsheet, we had already typed the column headings earlier. |
01:45 | In Calc, we can differentiate the headings from other data by adding a style to it. |
01:53 | To do that, click on cell A1.Then hold the left mouse button and drag the cursor upto cell G1. |
02:04 | Now release the left mouse button. |
02:07 | We can see that all the headings got highlighted. |
02:12 | Now click on Styles menu in the menu bar. |
02:16 | We can see various heading styles.
I will select Accent 2. |
02:24 | Now click randomly on any cell to unselect the headings. |
02:30 | Notice that the headings are now highlighted with a grey colour background. |
02:36 | In the Items column, we’ll type the names of a few items one below the other.
Type the text as shown here. |
02:47 | In order to enter numbers in the cell, click on the cell and type the number.
Then press Enter. |
02:57 | Remember to always press the Enter key after every data-entry. |
03:03 | To enter a negative number, either type a minus sign before it or enclose it within parentheses. |
03:13 | By default, numbers are right-aligned and negative numbers have a leading minus symbol. |
03:20 | Let us delete these entries. |
03:23 | Select all the cells to be deleted by holding the Shift key and clicking each cell.
Now press the Delete key on the keyboard. |
03:36 | In the SN column, we want the serial number of each item one below the other. |
03:43 | So click on cell A2 and enter numbers as 1, 2, 3 one below the other. |
03:53 | Remember to press Enter key after typing each number. |
03:58 | In order to auto-fill the serial numbers in the subsequent cells, click on the cell A4. |
04:06 | Click on a little black box that is visible at the bottom-right corner of the cell. |
04:13 | Drag it till cell A7 and release the mouse button. |
04:19 | We see that cells A5, A6 and A7 get auto-populated with the subsequent serial numbers. |
04:28 | We will now enter the cost of each item under the heading Cost. |
04:35 | Click on the cell C3 and type the expense for House rent as Rupees 6000.00 |
04:45 | Now, what if we want the number with the Rupee symbol? |
04:51 | Clear the value typed in cell C3 by pressing Ctrl and Z keys together. |
04:59 | Right-click on the cell C3 and select the Format Cells option. |
05:05 | This will open the Format Cells dialog box. |
05:09 | The first tab is Numbers. Click on it if not already selected. |
05:16 | Here we can see various options under Category. |
05:21 | Number, Percent, Currency, Date, Time and many more. |
05:29 | We will select Currency. |
05:31 | Various currency symbols from across the world are displayed in the Format list. |
05:39 | By default, INR Rupee English (India) is selected in the Format drop-down. |
05:46 | If not, click on the drop-down and select it from the displayed list. |
05:51 | Below the Format drop-down, we can see some sample values based on our selection. |
05:58 | We see minus Rupee 1234 decimal zero zero is selected for INR Rupees English India. |
06:10 | We can see the selected format in the small preview area on the right. |
06:16 | Below the Category section, we have another section named as Options. |
06:22 | Using this, we can increase or decrease the number of Decimal places and Leading zeroes. |
06:30 | When we do so, we can see the changes in the sample value and in the preview area. |
06:37 | We will retain the default values. |
06:41 | To add a comma between the values, check the Thousands separator checkbox. |
06:48 | One can also change the font style by clicking on the Font tab. |
06:54 | It has various options for Family, Style and Size. |
06:59 | Explore Font Effects and other tabs to learn more about them on your own. |
07:07 | We will learn about the options in the Alignment tab in a later tutorial. |
07:13 | Let’s click on the OK button at the bottom right corner. |
07:18 | Now type 6000 in cell C3 and press Enter. |
07:24 | Notice that the number 6000 is represented as Rupees 6000 with 2 decimal places. |
07:34 | Now, let's select cells C4 to C7 by holding the Shift key and clicking the cells. |
07:43 | Hold the CTRL key and select cell G2 also. |
07:48 | Notice all the selected cells are highlighted. |
07:52 | Right-click on any of the highlighted cells and select Format Cells. |
07:59 | Choose the same options as before. |
08:03 | Click on the OK button at the bottom right corner. |
08:07 | Click any cell in the spreadsheet to deselect the cells. |
08:13 | Next, we type the amount for all the items one below the other, as shown here. |
08:22 | Under the heading Account, we’ll type the salary for the month as 30,000. |
08:29 | Let’s move on to the Date column.
Click on the cell F2. |
08:36 | For entering date in Calc, select the cell and type the date, as shown. |
08:42 | Here I have used a forward slash between the date elements. |
08:47 | We can also separate the date elements with a hyphen. |
08:52 | Or use text such as 05 June 2020. |
08:59 | Calc recognizes a variety of date formats. |
09:02 | We can also customize the date formats according to our requirement. |
09:09 | To do so, right-click on the cell and select Format Cells option. |
09:16 | Click on the Numbers tab.
Under the Category section, select Date. |
09:22 | Under the Format section, select the date format based on your requirement.
I will choose 31/12/1999. |
09:36 | Notice the display in the preview area. |
09:40 | Based on our selection, the Format code will get updated.
In my case it is DD, MM and YYYY. |
09:52 | Once we have updated the format, click on the OK button at the bottom right. |
09:58 | Next, let us try some time options. |
10:02 | Click on any random cell.
Type the time as shown. |
10:08 | I have separated the time elements with colons. |
10:12 | To further customize the time format, right-click on the respective cell and select Format Cells. |
10:20 | Click on Numbers tab at the top |
10:23 | Under Category, choose Time and the desired format under Format.
I will choose 13:37:46. |
10:35 | Notice the display in the preview area. |
10:39 | Also, the Format code is displayed below as HH:MM:SS |
10:48 | One can change the Format code directly as well. |
10:51 | Click on OK button at the bottom right. |
10:56 | Let us delete all the time entries from our spreadsheet. |
11:01 | We will now learn how to navigate within a spreadsheet from cell to cell. |
11:07 | We can access a particular cell by simply clicking on it with the cursor. |
11:13 | This changes the focus to the new cell. |
11:17 | This method is most useful when the two cells are far apart. |
11:22 | Another method of accessing a particular cell is by using the cell reference. |
11:28 | Click on the Name Box at the top left corner, which is located below the Font Name. |
11:35 | Erase the existing cell reference and type the cell reference of the cell you want to go. |
11:42 | I will type B4 and press Enter. |
11:47 | Observe that cell B4 gets highlighted. |
11:52 | We can also navigate between cells using the keyboard. |
11:57 | Press the Tab key to go to the next cell in a row. |
12:02 | Shift + Tab to go to the previous cell in a row. |
12:07 | Enter to go to the next cell in a column. |
12:12 | Shift + Enter to go to the previous cell in a column. |
12:17 | Next, we’ll learn how to select a range of contiguous cells with the cursor. |
12:24 | First click on a cell and hold down the left mouse button. |
12:29 | Drag the cursor on the sheet. |
12:32 | Once the desired block of cells is highlighted, release the left mouse button. |
12:38 | We see that the selected cells get highlighted. |
12:42 | Next, we’ll learn how to select multiple columns or rows that are not contiguous. |
12:59 | Click on the first column or row that you want to select. |
12:55 | Now hold down the Shift key and click the last column or row that we want to select.
We see that the selected cells get highlighted. |
13:08 | Let’s learn to select multiple columns or rows that are not contiguous. |
13:14 | Click on the first column or row that you want to select. |
13:19 | Hold down the Control key. |
13:21 | Now click on all of the subsequent columns or rows that you want to select. |
13:29 | We see that the selected cells get highlighted. |
13:34 | Save the file by pressing Ctrl+S keys on the keyboard. |
13:40 | Now close the file by clicking the X icon on the top right corner. |
13:46 | This brings us to the end of this tutorial, let us summarize. |
13:52 | In this tutorial, we learnt to:
Enter numbers, text , date and time in Calc |
14:01 | Use the Format Cells dialog box |
14:05 | Navigate between cells and |
14:09 | Select items in rows and columns |
14:13 | As an assignment
Open Spreadsheet-Practice.ods |
14:19 | Under Serial Number type the serial number from 1 to 5 one below the other and Align Center. |
14:27 | Add column headings Date and Time with the same text format |
14:33 | Enter some values in those columns |
14:37 | Use the Format Cells dialog box options to format the cells |
14:43 | Refer to the Code files link for the data. |
14:47 | Save and close the file |
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