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Navigation and mouse pointers - Microsoft Excel Tutorial
From the course: Excel 2013 Essential Training
Navigation and mouse pointers
As you work with Excel, many times you'll be using a mouse or a trackpad, and of course, the keyboard too. The mouse pointer, as we currently see it, is probably in its most common appearance; that of a three-dimensional plus sign, but the mouse pointer is context-sensitive. If we are about to make a change, for example, the width of a column, we're going to be positioning the mouse perhaps in the column itself, notice how the pointer now is a black down arrow or if we put on a column boundary, it's a double left right arrow. If we position it on a row boundary, it's a double up-down arrow. As we point into the menu, the mouse generally is an arrow. Also, notice that if you put the mouse pointer in the lower right-hand corner of the active cell, it becomes a different kind of plus--very thin--so we get used to the idea that the mouse pointer changes as we work with Excel. Now, in working with different workbooks, I currently have opened a workbook called 01-Getting Started. I also…
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What is Excel used for?1m 49s
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Using the menu system4m 30s
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The Quick Access Toolbar4m 41s
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The structure of a worksheet or workbook3m 41s
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Using the Formula bar1m 43s
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Using the Status bar2m 24s
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Navigation and mouse pointers2m 20s
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Shortcut menus and the Mini toolbar3m 24s
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Using the built-in help2m 54s
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Creating new files2m 11s
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