Jalandhar April 3 (Jaswinder Singh Azad)- Department of Economics, Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar, organised a two-day workshop on ‘Basics of Excel‘ for its B.A. and B.Sc students. Tally Instructor, Mr. Gagan Jyoti was the resource person, who told students about the usefulness of workbooks and worksheets and talked about its other aspects too. He discussed with students in detail regarding the worksheets, rows, columns, cells, font, basic formulas, moving and copying worksheet etc. He made them understand its various functions such as SUM, Average, finding a Minimum and Maximum Value, and understanding Error Messages.
Also, he explained them how to do quick total analysis through charts and by formatting cells. Besides, he threw light on Page Layout, Margins, Orientation, Page size, Print Titles, and Scale Pages that are to be taken care of before printing a worksheet. Subsequently, students discussed their queries with Mr. Gagan Jyoti and he responded to all their queries satisfactorily.
Principal, Dr. Neerja Dhingra appreciated the efforts of Mr. Gagan Jyoti for imparting the instructions on ‘Basics of Excel’. She expressed that in today’s time computers are pivotal and Excel is utmost necessity and proves to be of great help in making assignments and projects. Dr. Dhingra congratulated Dr. Simkee Dev, Assistant Professor in Economics, for successfully conducting this workshop and encouraged her to conduct similar workshops in future too.
