[nabs-l] using excel

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

For selecting cells, press control g and then type the range. For example 
a1:a5, c1:c5 would select a1 through a5 and c1 through c5.

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From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:43 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] using excel


> Hi all,
>
> I suppose excel is pretty accessible, just more challenging with the 
> ribbon bar.
> What can you do with those charts like the pie and bar graph? Can you 
> label them, widen the bars, move the graph itself? Can you do all this 
> with the keyboard? I do not see how you can select and move an image 
> though with the keyboard.
>
>
> I’m trying to learn excel in an intro computer class and wondered what was 
> accessible. It is excel 2010.
> My professor is teaching me the excel commands she can find online; but 
> she is used to teaching via the mouse.
> Has anyone taken the hadley excel class or caroll center’s online class? 
> If so, what does it teach and did you like it? Hadley’s corespondence 
> class is free as are all classes but carroll center requires payment but 
> IMO it’s a reasonable fee.
>
> If anyone can tell me how to do these things in excel, I’d appreciate it. 
> I’m getting a little training through the department for the blind, but it 
> is not enough. We are covering more than excel so we only have one session 
> on it.
>
> I use jaws 13 and excel 2010.
> My questions:
> 1. Is it possible to use the fill handle and how?
> My classmates do this a lot.
> 2. How do you select a range of cells?
> 3. How do you widen cells?
> 4. How do you insert formulas telling it to add up columns? I know you 
> press equals, then sum, and separate the numbers with a colon. Would you 
> just type something like  =sum(c5:c8)
> 5. how do you tell jaws to read the column headers?
>
> Thanks
>
>
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