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MS EXCEL 2003
 
SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE
 
Spreadsheet software is application software where the working area isdivided into rows and columns. This type of software is used forcalculations of huge data. With this software user can also createcharts, pie charts, pivot table etc.
EXAMPLES
 
1.Lotus 1-2-32.Symphony3.MS Excel
 
MS EXCEL 
 
MS Excel is a windows based spreadsheet package. This is developed byMicrosoft Corporation. In MS Excel re-calculation is done automatically. The working area of MS Excel is divided into rows and columns. Withthe help of MS Excel a user can create the details of any calculativefields (area). We can also create chart, pie chart & pivot table..ect .
 
Versions of MS Excel:1.Excel 20002.Excel 20033.Excel 2007
 
Steps to open Microsoft Excel
 
Click on start.
Go to programs.
Go to Microsoft Office.
Click on MS Office Excel 2003
 
OR1.Click to start.2.Click to Run.3.Type “excel4.Press Enter.
 
WORKBOOK
 
 The files created using MS Excel is known as a
workbook
. Theextension name of MS Excel workbook is
.XLS.WORKSHEET
 
 
 The pages present in MS Excel workbook are known as worksheets. Bydefault there are three worksheets in a newly created workbook. Asingle worksheet contains
65,536
rows and
256
columns. And in excel2007 is 1,048,576 rows by 16,384 columns
 
ROW HEADERS
 
 There are 65,536 rows numbered as 1,2,3,……..65,536. First rownumber is
1
and last row number is
65.536
.
 
1.
If you want to see the number of rows available in a worksheet,press Ctrl+
. It will display the number of rows.
1.
If you want to go to the beginning of the row, press Ctrl+
 
COLUMN HEADERS
 
 There are 256 columns named as
A,B,C,…………..IV.
First columnname is
A
and last column name is
IV
.
 
CELL 
 
 The intersection of column and a row is known as a cell. Each cell hasname or a cell address. The cell address is consists of column as letterand row as number. Total cells in a work sheet are 65536 x 256[Rows*Columns] is 16777216.
 
TYPES OF DATA
 
 The MS- Excel entries can be made in an active cell (selected cell) byentering any type of data. The Data type used are:-```````````````````````
Text data:-
It include any combination of letters, numbers &keyboard symbols. A cell can contain up to 32000 characters. The text data in a cell is always
left aligned.
Number data: -
It include digits from 0-9 & some specialcharacters like $, %, +, _,*, etc. Date and time are also stored asnumbers. The number data in a cell is always
right aligned
.
 
Note:-
When a formatted number does not fit in a cell, #### (hash) sign,is displayed.
 
CELL SELECTOR
 
 
 The mouse pointer in an Excel worksheet is converted into a plus (+)sign, this sign is known as a
cell selector
. With the help of a cellselector a user can select a cell or group of cells (range).
 
RANGE OF CELLS
 
Range is a group of cells (also called as a
 block
) selected generally tomake the cell formatting.
 
FILL HANDLE
 
When a cell is selected a plus(+) sign appears at the right end corner of the selected cell. This sign is known as a
fill handle
. It is used to copythe contents of a cell (it may be a formula or any other value).
 
How to use the fill Handle.1: to get the serial number starting from 1 to desired..Eg:Steps:
 Type 1 & 2
Select both
Use fill handle & drag it down as per your requirement2: To get Week
 Type Monday
Use fill handle till you get Sunday
 
3: To get Months
 Type January
Use fill handle until you get DecemberNote: Make sure that your spelling is correct
FORMULAS
 
Formulas are entered into the cell to perform calculations. A formulabegins with an equal (=) sign. Once the formula is entered, the result will be displayed in the cell & the formula will be displayed in theformula bar (
 fx 
). If the formula entered is wrong, error values are storedin the cell.= (Expression 1 Operator Expression 2)= (A1+B1)
 
FUNCTIONS
 
Functions are the pre-coded computer instructions saved in a singlename. The importance of functions is, this function shortens theformula. With the help of functions, complex functions can also becreated.
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