{"id":992,"date":"2017-06-28T22:33:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T22:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=992"},"modified":"2022-07-25T19:27:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:27:59","slug":"entering-data","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/chapter\/entering-data\/","title":{"raw":"Entering Data","rendered":"Entering Data"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Add data to a table.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nExcel workbooks are used to organize data very clearly. Numerical data can be used in a variety of ways, some of which we will examine in later modules. The first step, however, is simply to enter data into a table.\r\n\r\nFirst, open a blank workbook. Next, click on the first cell for your data: this will almost always be A1.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/28222501\/enterdata1.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-994\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/28222501\/enterdata1.png\" alt=\"A blank Microsoft Excel sheet is open. There is a green box surrounding the first cell which is A1.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nIf you wish to organize your data in a column, you will hit ENTER to move to the next cell down. In this case, A2.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/28222626\/enterdata2.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-995\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/28222626\/enterdata2.png\" alt=\"A blank Microsoft Excel sheet is open. There is a green pointing downward signaling a transition of rows from cell A1 to cell A2.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nIf you wish to organize your data in a row, you will hit the Tab key to move to the next cell over. In this case, the next cell over is B1.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/28223227\/enterdata3.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-997\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/28223227\/enterdata3.png\" alt=\"A blank Microsoft Excel sheet is open. There is a green arrow pointing to the right indicating moving columns from A1 to B1.\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nEnter all of your data into each individual cell until you are ready to save your workbook.\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>Practice Question<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/39949b48-93d2-48d4-9e01-f5ae54aa4a4f\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Add data to a table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Excel workbooks are used to organize data very clearly. Numerical data can be used in a variety of ways, some of which we will examine in later modules. The first step, however, is simply to enter data into a table.<\/p>\n<p>First, open a blank workbook. Next, click on the first cell for your data: this will almost always be A1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/28222501\/enterdata1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-994\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/28222501\/enterdata1.png\" alt=\"A blank Microsoft Excel sheet is open. There is a green box surrounding the first cell which is A1.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you wish to organize your data in a column, you will hit ENTER to move to the next cell down. In this case, A2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/28222626\/enterdata2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-995\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/28222626\/enterdata2.png\" alt=\"A blank Microsoft Excel sheet is open. There is a green pointing downward signaling a transition of rows from cell A1 to cell A2.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you wish to organize your data in a row, you will hit the Tab key to move to the next cell over. In this case, the next cell over is B1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/28223227\/enterdata3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-997\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1844\/2017\/06\/28223227\/enterdata3.png\" alt=\"A blank Microsoft Excel sheet is open. There is a green arrow pointing to the right indicating moving columns from A1 to B1.\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enter all of your data into each individual cell until you are ready to save your workbook.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Practice Question<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_39949b48-93d2-48d4-9e01-f5ae54aa4a4f\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/39949b48-93d2-48d4-9e01-f5ae54aa4a4f?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_39949b48-93d2-48d4-9e01-f5ae54aa4a4f\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-992\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Enter Data into a Table. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Shelli Carter. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":20,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Enter Data into a Table\",\"author\":\"Shelli Carter\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"d6c3a08b-d223-46c1-a4ee-4981647b40af, 5b3fd20e-0885-4a5d-ad31-0ff9fd7302dc","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-992","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":975,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2868,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/992\/revisions\/2868"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/975"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/992\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=992"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=992"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-compapp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}