February 20, 2008

Tracking Expenses

1. Click Start.

2. Place your mouse over "All Programs."

3. Click Microsoft Excel.

4. Title your spread sheet "Tracking Expenses"

5. Now we want the title to be centered.

6. Click on Cell A1.

7. Hold down the mouse button and drag over to I1.

8. Click the Center and Merge Button. 

9. On Cell A2 type March 1.  This will automatically turn into 1-Mar.

10. Press the right arrow key on the keyboard to the right and type the amount.

11. Press the right arrow key on the keyboard tot he right and type the category.

12. Continue doing this until the month is done.

13. 

14. Click on Cell B2 where the first amount was typed.

15. Hold down the Shift Key on the keyboard.

16. Press the down arrow until all the amounts are covered plus one extra cell. 

17. Click the Greek Letter Epsilon.  It stands for auto sum.