Working with a spreadsheet is not as natural as working with a Word document. It may take considerable experience before you will feel entirely comfortable. In Project 1 you formatted data in an existing spreadsheet. In Project 2 you will learn the basics about creating a spreadsheet yourself and editing its contents. You'll learn how configure the various settings, to enter data, to show all the data, to do simple calculations, to use the basic views, and to print your results with the settings that you want. After this project you will be able to create a simple spreadsheet. It might not be pretty, but it will get the job done.
First, however, we need to check how your computer and your copy of Excel are set up. Otherwise what happens when you follow the directions won't be what is described. It's terribly confusing when you do not know where to go to straighten things out!