Lab report
Applications of Information and
Communication Technology
BS Civil Engineering
Submitted By:
Abdullah Gul
Reg No:- 24-CIVIL-021
Submitted to:
Ms. Maliha khan
Department of Civil Engineering
HITEC University taxila
Heavy Industries Taxila Education City
Experiment # 5
5.1 Title
Working with Microsoft Office Excel
5.2 Objective
Objective of this lab session is to understand Basics of Microsoft Office Excel.
5.3 Exercises
Perform the following exercises in excel and make a detailed report, explaining each step.
5.3.1 Exercise 1
Objective
Learn how to use relative, absolute, and mixed cell references to perform dynamic
calculations in Excel, understand how references change when formulas are copied.
1. Set Up Data:
o In an Excel worksheet, enter the following data: Cell A1: 10, Cell B1: 20, Cell
A2: 5, Cell B2: 15
2. Relative Reference Practice:
o In Cell C1, write a formula using a relative reference to add the values in A1
and B1.
o Copy the formula to C2 and observe the change in the reference.
3. Absolute Reference Practice:
o In Cell D1, write a formula using an absolute reference that adds the value in
A1 to B1, ensuring that the cell reference A1 remains fixed.
o Copy the formula to D2 and observe how the absolute reference impacts the
result.
4. Mixed Reference Practice:
o In Cell E1, create a formula using a mixed reference that keeps only the row
or column fixed (e.g., A$1 + B1).
o Copy the formula to E2 and observe the behavior of the mixed reference.
5.3.2 Exercise 2
Objective
Learn how to sort, filter, format, and clean data in Excel by practicing data sorting, filtering,
conditional formatting, text-to-columns, and duplicate removal.
1. Set Up Your Data
Open a New Excel Workbook.
Create the Following Column Headers in Row 1:
o A1: Name
o B1: Email
o C1: Date of Birth
o D1: Department
o E1: Salary
o F1: Location
Enter Sample Data (or paste it from a source) from Rows 2-15 with the following
guidelines:
o Include names, emails, birth dates, department names, salaries, and locations.
o In the Email column, ensure there are a few duplicated email addresses.
o In Location, use a city/state format (e.g., “New York, NY”).
o In the Salary column, enter values ranging from $30,000 to $90,000.
2. Sort Data by Multiple Columns
Sort by Department and then by Salary:
o Select the entire dataset.
o Go to Data > Sort.
o Sort first by Department (A to Z) and then by Salary (Largest to Smallest).
Verify the Order:
o Ensure that records are grouped by department and within each department,
salaries are sorted from highest to lowest.
3. Filter Data by Criteria
Enable Filtering:
o Select Row 1 (headers) and go to Data > Filter to add filter dropdowns to
each column.
Filter by Department:
o In the Department column, use the filter to show only records from a specific
department (e.g., "Sales").
Apply a Salary Filter:
o In the Salary column, filter to show records with salaries greater than
$50,000.
4. Apply Conditional Formatting
Highlight High Salaries:
o Select the Salary column.
o Go to Home > Conditional Formatting > Highlight Cell Rules > Greater
Than.
o Set the rule to highlight salaries greater than $70,000 with a chosen format
(e.g., bold and green fill).
Highlight Specific Locations:
o In the Location column, use conditional formatting to highlight cells
containing “NY” with a chosen format (e.g., bold and yellow fill).
5. Use Text to Columns
Split Location into City and State:
o Select the Location column.
o Go to Data > Text to Columns.
o Choose Delimited and select Comma as the delimiter.
o Click Next, then Finish to split the city and state into separate columns.
o Label the new columns as City and State.
6. Remove Duplicate Email Addresses
Select the Email Column:
o Go to Data > Remove Duplicates.
o In the Remove Duplicates dialog, select only the Email column and click OK.
Verify Results:
o Confirm that any duplicate email addresses have been removed and only
unique emails remain.
5.3.3 Exercise 3
Objectives
Introduction to MS Excel files, Workbooks, Worksheets, Columns and Rows.
Formatting Worksheets.
AutoFill, Numeric formats, previewing worksheets.
Figure 5-1: Overview of Exercise 1
Open a new workbook
and save the file with
the name “Payroll”.
2. Enter the labels and
values in the exact cells
locations as desired.
3. Use AutoFill to put
the Employee Numbers
into cells A6:A8.
4. Set the columns
width and rows height
appropriately.
5. Set labels alignment
appropriately.
6. Use warp text and
merge cells as desired.
7. Apply borders,
gridlines and shading to
the table as desired.
8. Format cell B2 to
Short Date format.
9. Format cells E4:G8 to
include dollar sign with
two decimal places.
1. Open a new workbook and save the file with the name “Payroll”.
2. Enter the labels and values in the exact cells locations as desired.
3. Use AutoFill to put the Employee Numbers into cells A6:A8.
4. Set the columns width and rows height appropriately.
5. Set labels alignment appropriately.
6. Use warp text and merge cells as desired.
7. Apply borders, gridlines, and shading to the table as desired.
8. Format cell B2 to Short Date format.
9. Format cells E4:G8 to include dollar sign with two decimal places.
10. Calculate the Gross Pay for employee; enter a formula in cell E4 to multiply Hourly
Rate by Hours Worked.
11. Calculate the Social Security Tax (S.S Tax), which is 6% of the Gross Pay; enter a
formula in cell F4 to multiply Gross Pay by 6%.
12. Calculate the Net Pay; enter a formula in cell G4 to subtract Social Security Tax from
Gross Pay.
13. Set the work sheet vertically and horizontally on the page.
14. Save your work.
5.3.4 Exercise 4
Objectives
Using Formulas.
Header and Footers
Figure 5-2: Overview of Exercise 2
Open a new workbook
and save the file with
the name “Call
Statistics”.
2. Delete Sheet 2 & 3
and rename Sheet 1 to
(Call Statistics).
3. Enter the labels and
values in the exact cells
locations as desired.
4. Set the row height of
rows 1 & 3 to size 30;
and rows 4 until 10 to
size 20.
5. Set labels alignment
appropriately.
6. Use Warp Text,
Orientation and merge
cells as desired.
7. Apply border,
gridlines and shading to
the table as desired.
8. Format column E to
include euro (€) sign
with two decimal places.
9. Format cell B12 to
include % sign with 0
Decimal places.
10. Calculate the Calls
per Hour, enter a
formula in cell D4 to
divide numbers of calls
by
Hours worked. Using
AutoFill, copy the
formula to the
remaining cells.
11. Calculate the Bonus.
Enter a formula in cell
E4 to multiply ‘Calls per
Hours’ by the
fixed Bonus Rate in cell
B12. Using AutoFill, copy
the formula to the
remaining cells.
12. Calculate the
‘TOTAL’.
13. Set the worksheet
vertically and
horizontally on the page.
14. Create a header that
includes your name in
the left section, and
your ID number in
the right section. Create
the footer that includes
the current Date in the
centre.
1. Open a new workbook and save the file with the name “Call Statistics”.
2. Delete Sheet 2 & 3 and rename Sheet 1 to (Call Statistics).
3. Enter the labels and values in the exact cells locations as desired.
4. Set the row height of rows 1 & 3 to size 30; and rows 4 until 10 to size 20.
5. Set labels alignment appropriately.
6. Use Warp Text, Orientation, and merge cells as desired.
7. Apply border, gridlines, and shading to the table as desired.
8. Format column E to include euro (€) sign with two decimal places.
9. Format cell B12 to include % sign with 0 Decimal places.
10. Calculate the Calls per Hour, enter a formula in cell D4 to divide numbers of calls by
Hours worked. Using AutoFill, copy the formula to the remaining cells.
11. Calculate the Bonus. Enter a formula in cell E4 to multiply ‘Calls per Hours’ by the
fixed Bonus Rate in cell B12. Using AutoFill, copy the formula to the remaining cells.
12. Calculate the ‘TOTAL’.
13. Set the worksheet vertically and horizontally on the page.
14. Create a header that includes your name in the left section, and your ID number in the
right section. Create the footer that includes the current Date in the center.
5.3.5 Exercise 5
Objectives:
Number, Commas and Decimal numeric formats.
Working with Formulas (Maximum, Minimum, Average, Count and Sum).
Percentage Numeric Formats.
Figure 5-3: Overview of Exercise 3
1. Create the worksheet shown above.
2. Set the column widths as follows: Column A: 8, Column B: 14, Columns C & D: 15,
3. Columns E & F: 14.
4. Enter the formula to find COMMISSION for the first employee. The commission rate
is 2% of sales, COMMISSION = SALES * 2%
5. Copy the formula to the remaining employees.
6. Enter the formula to find TOTAL SALARY for the first employee where: TOTAL
SALARY = SALARY + COMMISSION
7. Copy the formula to the remaining employees.
8. Enter formula to find TOTALS, AVERAGE, HIGHEST, LOWEST, and COUNT
values.
9. Copy the formula to each column.
10. Format numeric data to include commas and two decimal places.
11. Align all column title labels horizontally and vertically at the centre.
12. Create a Header that includes your name in the left section, page number in the centre
section, and your ID number in the right section.
13. Create footer with DATE in the left section and TIME in the right section.
14. Save the file with name Exercise 3.
5.3.6 Exercise 6
Objectives
Working with the IF Statement.
Figure 5-4: Overview of Exercise 4
For the above table find the following:
1. TAX (If ITEM PRICE is less than 100, TAX is 50, otherwise it should be 100).
2. TOTAL PRICE BEFORE TAX =NO. OF ITEMS * ITEM PRICE.
3. TOTAL PRICE AFTER TAX = TOTAL PRICE BEFORE TAX + TAX.
4. RATE (If TOTAL PRICE AFTER TAX > 3500 then the rate is “HIGH”, otherwise it
is REASONABLE.
5. Find Count of Items, Average of Taxes, Min Item PRICE, and Max Item PRICE.
6. Save file as Exercise 4.
5.3.7 Exercise 7
Objectives:
Working with Sum IF and Count IF statements.
Inserting Charts.
Figure 5-5: Overview of Exercise 5
1. Create the worksheet shown above.
2. Set the Text alignment, Columns width and high appropriately.
3. Use AutoFill to put the Series Numbers into cells A5:A7.
4. Format cells C3:G7, C8:E11, C13:E13 to include dollar sign with two decimal places.
5. Find the Average Sales and Maximum Sales for each City.
6. Find the Total Sales for each Month.
7. Calculate the Profit for each month, where profit = Total Sales – Cost
8. Calculate the 10% Bonus, which is 10% of the Profit.
9. Find the Total Sales for each Month; only for sales greater than 30,000.
10. Find the No of Sales for each Month; only for sales greater than 30,000.
5.3.8 Exercise 8
Objectives
Working with Sum IF and Count IF statements.
Inserting Charts.
1. Open a new workbook and create the above worksheet.
2. Make sure that your worksheet looks like the picture (Alignment, Shedding, Borders,
Wrap text, Orientation …).
3. Find the entire customer IDs.
4. Format Colum E & D to Currency with dollar sign and two decimal places.
5. Find the Total Annual Purchases for each City.
6. Find the Average Annual Purchases for each Education.
7. Find the total number of customers from each gender.
8. Find the total annual salary for each gender in each city.
9. Create the following Chart:
5.4 Conclusion
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