This part contains an instruction, task or a skill which you need to sow evidence of being able to do Once you have completed a task and shown evidence of it write the date underneath the task instruction 1/5/2016 This is an example of how to use this checklist / evidence document Insert screenshots and add an explanation to show how you performed that task or skill e.g. The screenshot here shows how to save a document as a different file type you click on File then Save as then in the Save as type drop down menu you select the appropriate file type. Note: you might need to change the position of the screenshot this is down by clicking on the image then selecting Position from the Format menu. You can chose whatever you think is the most appropriate positioning of the image. You can also Crop the screenshot from the Format menu if needed. Open and close the spreadsheet application Open and close spreadsheets Create a new spreadsheet based on a default template Save a spreadsheet to a location on a drive Save a spreadsheet under another name Save a spreadsheet as another file type e.g. template, text file Switch between open spreadsheets Working With Spreadsheets Set user preferences user name, default folder to open and save spreadsheets Personalising your spreadsheet can be found under the popular tab Enhancing Productivity 1
Use available help functions Use magnification / zoom tools Display and hide built-in toolbars Recognise good practice in creating lists avoid blank rows & columns in the main body of the list, insert blank row before total row, ensure cells bordering the list are blank Enter a number, date, text in a cell Select a range of adjacent cells, range of non-adjacent cells, entire Edit cell content Use the undo / redo command Use the search command for specific content in a Sort a cell range by one criterion in ascending, descending numeric order Sort a cell range by one criterion in ascending, descending alphabetic order Edit & Sort Copy the content of a cell, cell range within a, between s, between open spreadsheets Use the auto fill tool / copy handle tool to copy, increment data entries Move the content of a cell, cell range within a, between Copy & Move 2
s, between open spreadsheets Delete cell contents Select a row or column Select a range of adjacent rows or columns Select a range of nonadjacent rows or columns Insert, delete rows and columns Modify column widths, row heights to a specified value Modify column widths to optimal width or height Freeze, unfreeze row and/or column titles Rows & Columns Switch between s Insert a new Delete a Recognise good practice in naming s: use meaningful names rather than accepting default names Copy, move and rename a within a spreadsheet Worksheets Recognise good practice in formula creation: refer to cell references rather than type numbers into formulas Create formulas using cell references and arithmetic operators (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) Identify and understand standard error values associated with using Arithmetic Formulas 3
formulas: #NAME?, #DIV/0!, #REF! Understand and use relative cell referencing Understand and use absolute cell referencing Use sum Use average Use minimum Use maximum Use count Use counta Use rounded functions Use the logical function if (yielding one of two specific values with comparison operators (=, >, <) Functions numbers to a specific number of decimal places numbers with a separator to indicate thousands numbers without a separator to indicate thousands a date style a currency symbol numbers as percentages Numbers Change font size Change font type Apply formatting to cell contents: bold, italic, underline, double underline Contents 4
Apply different colours to cell content Apply different colours to cell background Copy the formatting from a cell Copy the formatting from a cell range to another cell Copy the formatting from a cell range Apply text wrapping to contents within a cell Apply text wrapping to contents within a cell range Align cell contents horizontally, vertically Adjust cell content orientation Merge cells Centre a title in a merged cell Add border effects to a cell: lines, colours Add border effects to a cell range: lines, colours Alignment Create a column chart from spreadsheet data Create a bar chart from spreadsheet data Create a line chart from spreadsheet data Create a pie chart from spreadsheet data Select a chart Change the chart type Move a chart Resize a chart Delete a chart Create Add a chart title Edit 5
Remove a chart title Edit a chart title Add value / number data labels Add percentage data labels Change chart area background colour Change chart area legend fill colour Change the column colours in a chart Change the bar colours in a chart Change the line colours in a chart Change the pie slice colours in a chart Change the font size and colour of a chart title Change the font size and colour of a chart axes Change the font size and colour of a chart legend text Change margins: top, bottom, left and right Change orientation: portrait, landscape Change paper size Adjust page setup to fit contents on a specified number of pages Add, edit and delete headers and footers in a Insert and delete page numbering information into headers and footers Insert and delete date and time into headers and footers Insert and delete the filename into headers and footers Setup 6
Insert and delete the name into headers and footers Check and correct spreadsheet calculations and text Turn display of grid lines on and off for printing purposes Turn display of row and column headings on and off for printing purposes Apply automatic title row(s) printing on every page of a printed Preview a Print a selected cell range from a Print an entire Print a number of copies of a Print the entire spreadsheet Print a selected chart Check & Print 7