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Selecting Cells in a Worksheet
Apart from entering data into a worksheet, Excel 2016 also provides the facility to perform various
other operations with data such as modifying, inserting, moving/copying and deleting. To perform all
these operations, we first need to select the cell that contains data. Excel 2016 allows us to select a
single cell or a group of cells. To select:
Single Cell: Click on the cell to select it.
Group of Cells or Range: Click on the first cell from where you want to start the selection and drag
the mouse diagonally up to the cell to which you want to make selection. You can also select a range
of cells by using the Shift key. Click on the first cell and then press and hold the Shift key down, and
click on the last cell up to which you want to make selection.
Entire Row/Column: Click on the row heading to select the entire row or click on the column heading
to select the entire column.
Entire Worksheet: Click on the Select All button located below the Name box to select the entire
worksheet. Shortcut key to select the entire worksheet is Ctrl + A.
Modifying Cell Content
Excel 2016 provides two ways to modify or change the content of a cell. One is editing the content in
Edit mode and other is overwriting or replacing the entire content of the cell directly. To activate the
Edit mode and change the content of a cell, follow the given steps:
Step 1: Select the cell in which you want to edit the content.
Step 2: Double-click on the cell whose content you want to change. The Edit mode is activated and
a blinking cursor is appeared in the clicked cell.
Edit mode
active
Editing cell content
You can now make the required changes. After making all the changes, press the Enter key from the
keyboard. The changed data is displayed in the cell. You can also click the cell that contains the data
that you want to edit, and then press F2 key.
Another way is to select the cell that you want to edit, and then click anywhere in the formula bar and
make the required changes.
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