This document provides instructions for hands-on practice with sorting and filtering data in Microsoft Excel. It defines a database as data stored in rows and columns in Excel, like a table. Sorting arranges items in a sequence by some criteria, while filtering groups items with similar properties. The steps to sort data in Excel are to highlight the rows/columns to sort, select "Data" then "Sort", choose the column to sort by, and select the sort order. Filtering allows grouping and displaying only certain items.
This document provides instructions for hands-on practice with sorting and filtering data in Microsoft Excel. It defines a database as data stored in rows and columns in Excel, like a table. Sorting arranges items in a sequence by some criteria, while filtering groups items with similar properties. The steps to sort data in Excel are to highlight the rows/columns to sort, select "Data" then "Sort", choose the column to sort by, and select the sort order. Filtering allows grouping and displaying only certain items.
• Excel is a combination of rows and columns, and these rows and
columns store our data which in other terms are named as records, as excel is the most common tool we store the data in excel which makes it as a database, when we put data in excel in some form of tables in rows and columns and give table a name that is a database in excel, we can also import data from other sources in excel given the format of the data is in proper with the excel format.
• Sorting is any process of arranging items systematically, and has
two common, yet distinct meanings: ordering: arranging items in a sequence ordered by some criterion; categorizing: grouping items with similar properties.
• Steps to Sort data in excel
• Highlight the rows and/or columns you want sorted.
• Navigate to "Data" along the top and select "Sort." • If sorting by column, select the column you want to order your sheet by. • If sorting by row, click "Options" and select "Sort left to right." • Choose what you'd like sorted. • Choose how you'd like to order your sheet. • Click "OK. Filtering data in MS Excel Answer the following questions:
1. What do you mean by database? Give an example of database.
2. What is the use of sort feature in MS Excel? 3. What is the use of filter feature in Ms excel? 4. Write the steps in your own words to perform sorting on data. 5. Write the steps in your own words to perform filtering on data. 6. PRACTICAL: Create an excel sheet of names of 8 students on your computer with their marks in ENG, MATHS, SCIENCE, SST,HINDI(out of 100).Now try and sort the data from highest to lowest according to the marks in Science.