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Microsoft Excel is a program used to create **__spreadsheets__**. A spreadsheet is made up of __**columns**__ (up and down - labeled with letters) and **__rows__** (across - labeled with numbers). The individual boxes on a spreadsheet are called **__cells__**. (Ex. the first cell in a spreadsheet is referred to as A1.) A new document in Excel is called a __**Workbook**__ - made of 3 spreadsheets.
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(Use this tutorial if you would like more information about how to use Excel: Excel Tutorial)


 * ACTIVITY:**
 * The goal of this activity is to enter data and create a basic graph using Microsoft Excel.**
 * Pretend you have a bag of Skittles or M&M's.**
 * Think of 5 colors and assign a number to each color. (Ex. red-3, blue-8, yellow-10, green-5, purple-12)**
 * 1) Open Microsoft Excel.
 * 2) Save as... to your documents folder as yourname_excel.xls.
 * 3) Click on cell A1 and type Colors.
 * 4) Click on cell A2 and type Amount.
 * 5) Type the colors in cells A2-A6.
 * 6) Type the amounts in cells B2-B6.
 * 7) When finished, highlight all of the data.
 * 8) Click on Charts at the top.
 * 9) Choose Column or Pie Chart.
 * 10) Add a Chart Title.
 * 11) Adjust the colors in your chart to match your colors in your data table.
 * 12) When you are finished with one chart, create another, Column or Pie, different from the first one you created.
 * 13) Click View > Header and Footer. Add you name to the top left section of the Header.

Save the file & hand in the document:
 * 1) Click File > Save
 * 2) Quit Excel
 * 3) Click on your Documents folder > show in Finder
 * 4) Drag the saved file into the 2013 > Drop Box