Share Your Feedback

Find & Fix Excel Mistakes: Beginner Practice Exercises

Sharpen your Microsoft Excel skills by identifying and correcting common statement errors with these beginner-friendly practice exercises.

🧪 Fix & Find Questions

🟢 Beginner Fix & Find

A student says that a worksheet is a collection of workbooks. Identify and fix the mistake.
🔍 View Issue & Fixed Solution

Issue: The student confused the relationship between workbook and worksheet.

✅ Fixed Solution
```
A worksheet is a single spreadsheet, and a workbook is a collection of worksheets.
```
Someone describes rows as vertical divisions in Excel. Identify and fix the mistake.
🔍 View Issue & Fixed Solution

Issue: Rows are horizontal, not vertical.

✅ Fixed Solution
```
Rows are horizontal divisions; columns are vertical divisions in Excel.
```
A user says the cell reference includes only a number. Identify and fix the mistake.
🔍 View Issue & Fixed Solution

Issue: A cell reference must include both a column letter and a row number.

✅ Fixed Solution
```
A proper cell reference includes both the column letter and the row number, like A1 or B2.
```
A user refers to the active cell as the last cell in a worksheet. Identify and fix the mistake.
🔍 View Issue & Fixed Solution

Issue: The active cell is the currently selected cell, not the last one.

✅ Fixed Solution
```
The active cell is the one that is currently selected, not necessarily the last one in the worksheet.
```
Someone says the Title Bar displays the contents of the active cell. Identify and fix the mistake.
🔍 View Issue & Fixed Solution

Issue: The Title Bar displays the workbook name, not cell content.

✅ Fixed Solution
```
The Title Bar shows the workbook name; the Formula Bar displays the content of the active cell.
```