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Lesson 1: Typing in cells

  1. Click cell A2, type Milk and press Enter
  2. Click B2 and type 2
  3. In row 3: Bread, amount 1
ABC
1ItemAmount
2
3
4Eggs30
5Cheese2
6Delete me
7
  • A2 = Milk
  • B2 = 2
  • A3 = Bread
  • B3 = 1

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Your first Excel lesson: what a cell is, how to type text and numbers, and how to fix and delete them. Enter moves down one cell. Tab moves to the next column. F2 or a double-click opens the cell for editing without erasing what is inside.

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