Basic Excel 2003 Spreadsheet Tutorial

Adding the Date and a Range Name

Basic Excel 2003 Spreadsheet Tutorial

© Ted French

Adding the Date in Excel 2003

Note: For help on these steps, refer to the image above.

It is normal to add the date to a spreadsheet. Built into Excel 2003 are a number of DATE functions that can be used to do this. In this tutorial we will use the TODAY function.

1. Click on cell C4.
   
   
2. Type = TODAY ( )
   
   
3. Press the ENTER key on the keyboard.
   
   
4. The current date should appear in cell C4

Adding a Range Name in Excel 2003

1. Select cell C6 in the spreadsheet.
   
   
2. Click on the Name Box.
   
   
3. Type "rate" (no quotes) in the Name Box.
   
   
4. Cell C6 now has the name of "rate". We will use the name to simplify creating formulas in the next step.

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• Excel 2003 Step by Step Tutorial
• Entering Data into Excel 2003
• Widening Columns in Excel 2003
• Adding the Date and a Range Name
• Adding Formulas in Excel 2003
• Excel 2003 Formatting - Changing Data Alignment
• Excel 2003 Formatting - Number Formatting
• Excel 2003 Formatting - Changing cell background color
• Excel 2003 Formatting - Changing Font Color