How to Configure Team Club Tournament Results in Microsoft Excel

Configure tournament results in Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application produced as part of the Office suite of productivity software. While frequently used as a data collection, storage and analysis tool, Excel has many features available to allow users to create a variety of documents. In addition to features contained within the program, users may download a variety of pre-formatted templates to use, such as tournament brackets, with which you can configure team club tournament results.

Things You'll Need

• Microsoft Excel

Instructions

1. Launch Microsoft Excel. Click the Microsoft "Start" button and select the Microsoft Excel option. The following steps use Excel 2007, but a similar process applies to earlier versions of the program. If you do not have Excel 2007, it is available as part of the free trial of Office from the Microsoft website (see Resources).

2. Access the Microsoft Office "Templates" page. Click the "Microsoft Office" button in the upper left corner of Excel and select "New." Click the "Microsoft Office Online" option under the "Templates" section. This action launches a browser that will connect to the "Microsoft Office Online" templates page.

3. Type "tournament" into the "Bing" search field on the templates page and click the search icon. Select a tournament bracket template that suits your needs from the displayed results. Hover the cursor over the template to view a larger thumbnail and click the "Download" button. The bracket will automatically open in Excel. You may also click the thumbnail to navigate to a page that is specific to the template and contains some information on it. You may then use the "Download" button on that page.

4. Edit the tournament bracket to suit the needs of your particular team club. Highlight and type directly into cells to enter team names. Delete or insert rows and columns by highlighting and clicking the "Insert" or "Delete" options in the "Cells" section of the "Home" tab. Select the "Save As" option under the "Microsoft Office" button to save the tournament bracket for use.

References

• Microsoft Office: Where Do I Find Templates?
• Microsoft Office: Insert or Delete Cells, Rows, or Columns

Resources

• Try Microsoft Office 2007: Download Microsoft Office Software