Ten Minute Guide to Excel 97

Selecting a Range

To select a range using the mouse, follow these steps:

1. To select the same range of cells on more than one worksheet, select the worksheets (see Lesson 9).

2. Move the mouse pointer to the upper-left corner of a range.

3. Click and hold the left mouse button.

4. Drag the mouse to the lower-right corner of the range and release the mouse button. The selected range is highlighted.

There are some techniques that you can use to quickly select a row, a column, an entire worksheet, or several ranges, as shown in Table 10.1.

Table 10.1. Selection Techniques

To Select This	Do This
Several ranges	Select the first range, hold down the Ctrl key, and select the next range. Do this for each range you want to select.
Row	Click the row heading number at the ...