Pabello, Rhaiza P.

March 13, 2020

Research Work 1 C1A1Y

1. What are electronic spreadsheets? Fill up the table below on the development milestones of electronic
spreadsheets.

An electronic spreadsheet is a software application that enables a user to save, sort, and manage
data in an arranged form of rows and columns. It stores data in a tabular format as an electronic
document. It is based on and is similar to the paper-based accounting worksheet.

Date and Timeline Milestones and Development

1969 Rene Pardo and Remy Landau co-invented LANPAR in 1969.
LANPAR (Language for Programming This electronic spreadsheet type application was used for
Arrays at Random) budgeting at Bell Canada, AT&T, Bell operating companies,
and General Motors.
1979 VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet that combined all
VisiCalc essential features of modern spreadsheet applications. This
is by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston. Unaware of LANPAR
at the time, PC World magazine called VisiCalc the first
electronic spreadsheet.
1980 SuperCalc was a spreadsheet supplication published by
SuperCalc Sorcim in 1980, and originally bundled as part of the CP/M
software package included in Osborne 1 portable computer.
1982 Lotus 1-2-3 made it easier to use spreadsheets and it added
Lotus 1-2-3 integrated charting, plotting, and data capabilities.
1985 Excel was one of the first spreadsheets to use a graphical
Microsoft Excel interface with pull down menus and a point and click
capability using a mouse pointing device. With its graphical
user interface, it was easier for most people to use.
2005 Equipped with a rich internet application user experience
Web based spreadsheets the best web based online spreadsheets have many of the
features seen desktop spreadsheet applications. Some of
them such as EditGrid, Google Sherets, Smartsheet, or Zoho
Sheet also have strong multi0user collaboration features or
offer real time updates from remote sources.

2. Identify the parts of an MS-Excel screen. Give the function of each part.
a. The Ribbon
The Ribbon is designed to help you quickly find the commands that you need to complete a
task. Commands are organized in logical groups, which are collected together under Tabs.
b. File Menu
Here you will find the basic commands such as open, save, print, etc.
c. Quick Access Toolbar
The place to keep the items that you not only need to access quickly, but want to be
immediately available regardless of which of the Ribbon's tabs you're working on.
d. Tell Me
This is a text field where you can enter words and phrases about what you want to do next and
quickly get to features you want to use or actions you want to perform.
 e. Formula Bar
A place where you can enter or view formulas or text.
f. Expand Formula Bar Button
This button allows you to expand the formula bar. This is helpful when you have either a long
formula or large piece of text in a cell.
g. Worksheet Navigation Tabs
By default, every workbook starts with 1 sheet.
h. Insert Worksheet Button
Click the Insert New Worksheet button to insert a new worksheet in your workbook.
i. Horizontal/Vertical Scroll
Allows you to scroll vertically/horizontally in the worksheet.
j. Normal View
This is the “normal view” for working on a spreadsheet in Excel.
k. Page Layout View
View the document as it will appear on the printed page
l. Page Break Preview
View a preview of where pages will break when the document is printed.
m. Zoom Level
Allows you to quickly zoom in or zoom out of the worksheet.

3. What are the three types of data that we can use in MS-Excel?
a. Labels (text) are descriptive pieces of information, such as names, months, or other identifying
statistics, and they usually include alphabetic characters.
b. Values (numbers) are generally raw numbers or dates.
c. Formulas are instructions for Excel to perform calculations.
4. List at least 10 keyboard shortcuts that are applicable in MS-Excel.
a. Ctrl+N: Create a new workbook
b. Ctrl+O: Open an existing workbook
c. Ctrl+S: Save a workbook
d. F12: Open the Save As dialog box
e. Ctrl+W: Close a workbook
f. Ctrl+F4: Close Excel
g. F4: Repeat the last command or action. For example, if the last thing you typed in a cell is “hello,” or if
you change the font color, clicking another cell and pressing F4 repeats that action in the new cell.
h. Shift+F11: Insert a new worksheet
i. Ctrl+Z: Undo an action
j. Ctrl+Y: Redo an action

5. Give a few tips and tricks applicable in MS-Excel 2010 that can help any user for easier worksheet
manipulation. Kindly use the table below:

Process Functions
Ctrl+Shift There are much faster ways to select a dataset than using the mouse and
dragging the cursor. Click in the fi rst cell you want to select and hold
down Ctrl+Shift , then hit either the down arrow to get all the data in the
column below, up arrow to get all the data above, or left or right arrow to
get everything in the row (to the left or right, of course).  
AutoFill Begin the series and move the cursor on the screen to the lower-right
part of the last cell—the fi ll handle. When it turns into a plus sign ( +),
click and drag down to select all the cells you need to fi ll. They'll
magically fi ll using the patt ern you started. And it can also go up a
column, or left or right on a row.
Flash Fill Flash Fill will smartly fi ll a column based on the patt ern of data it sees in
the fi rst column (it helps if the top row is a unique header row). For
example, if the fi rst column is all phone numbers that are formatt ed like
"2125034111" and you want them to all look like "(212)-503-4111," start
typing. By the second cell, Excel should recognize the patt ern and display
what it thinks you want. Just hit enter to use them.  
Text to Columns Say you've got a column full of names, fi rst next to last, but you want two
columns that break them out. Select the data, then on the  Data tab (at
the top) click Text to Columns. Choose to separate them by either
delimiters (based on spaces or commas—great for CSV data values) or by
a fi xed width. Fixed width is uti lized when all the data is crammed into
the fi rst column, but separated by a fi xed number of spaces or period.
The rest is like magic, with extra opti ons for certain numbers.
Multiple Cells, For some reason, you may have to write the same thing over and over
Same Data again in cells in a worksheet. That's excruciati ng. Just click the enti re set
of cells, either by dragging your cursor, or by holding the Ctrl key as you
click each one. Type it on the last cell, then hit  Ctrl+Enter—and what you
typed goes into each cell selected.