text: **Try This Yourself:**
  
  *Before starting this exercise you*
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  *MUST open the file E705*
  *Ranges_1.xlsx...*
  
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   Click on cell***B7***to select it 
  
  *Because it is the only cell*
  *selected it is the active cell…*
  
   Hold down the 
  
   key and 
  
  click in cell***E10***
  
  *Even though a range has been*
  *selected, the active cell is B7 – it*
  *appears in a different colour and*
  *its contents appear in the*
  *formula bar. You can keep the*
  *range selected and change the*
  *active cell within the range using*
  *the keyboard…*
  
   Press 
   several times and 
  
  watch the various cells become 
  active through the selection 
  
   Click in cell***B7***, hold down the 
  
  mouse button, and drag down to 
  cell***C10***before releasing the 
  mouse 
  
  *The previous selection has*
  *disappeared and the range B7*
  *to C10 is now selected…*
  
   Press 
  
  deselect the selected cells and 
  return the cell pointer to cell***A1***