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Ti Ratta.pk :where students come first aaceammcasnssasneae 1. What i spreadsheot? Spreadsheet program suse fog calculations It provides workshet o niet data, A worksheet 1s a collection of rows and columns. It allows you to make different chiculations using formulas and built-in functions. We can also display our data using charts and figures. 2 List some application of Spreadshest ‘Some important applications of spreadsheet program are as follows: + [can be used by corporations to track profit and losses ‘+ Economists can gerierate growth graphs of country’s economy + Women can manage their houschold budgets Q.3. List three benefits of spreadsheet. ‘* Ttincreases the ease and speed of calculations. ‘© Itiseasy to modify information and recalculate automatically. * Ti provides facility to visually display numeric data as a chart or graph. (4 Discus the basi feature ofepreadsheet software Some important features are Grid of Rew and Columns, Formulas, Built-in Functions, ‘Commands, Text Manipulation and Printing. [a Ratta.pk :where students come first Chapter 9 => Spreadsheet Software 235 Q.5. What do you know about Worksheet? Worksheet is where data is entered. It consists of columns ahd rows to enter data. (Q.6, What is Cell and cell address? ‘The intersection of row and column is called cell. A cell holds data. Cells may contain text, numbers, graphical pattems or formulas. Cells are identified by combination of column letter and row number. The fifth cell in the second column is known as cell BS. This is known as the cell's address or cell coordinates. Q.7, What is Active Cell of Excel? Active cell is the cell where the cursor is blinking or which is selected. Q.8. List different types of data in Excel. Different types of data in Excel are Label, Values, Dates and Formula. Q.9. What is Merge and Center option in Excel? Merge and Center option merges and centers the selected data of multiple cells. The ‘merge and center functions are combined on this icon Q,10. What do you mean by Relative Referencing? Calling cells by just their column and row: labels such a5 "Al" is called relative referencing, If @ formula containing relative referencing is copied from one cell to another, Excel changes cell addresses relative to the new cell address. QuI1. Describe Absolute Referencing, | Calling cells by column and row labels along with ”S” such as “SA1" is called absolute referencing. If a formula containing absolute referencing, is copied from one cell to another, Excel does not change cell addresses. (Q.12. What is Formula? Formulas are the instructions that perform calculations on the sheet. A formula begins with an equal sign (=) followed by one or more values to calculate. (Q.13. What is important of parentheses in formulas? ‘The expressions inside parentheses are performed before the other expressions. Parentheses are used to change the predefined operator precedence. Q.14. What are functions? Functions are built-in formulas that dre used to perform complicated calculations. Functions are an efficient way of performing mathematical operations. Q.15. What are arguments? ‘Arguments are the values that are given to’a finction for calculations. Arguments are written in parenthesis after function name, Q.16. What is difference between formulas and functions? Formula is a mathematical expression given by user to perform some calculations Functions are predefined formulas for complicated calculations. Functions are more efficient than formulas. But formulas are more flexible: Q.17. List any five functions of Spreadsheet. . Some important functions af Excel are Countlf, Concatenate, Average, Max, and Min. Ta Ratta.pk :where students come first 236 IT Sories > Computer Studies Q.18. What are nested functions in Spreadsheet? ‘A function within a function is calfed nested function. In this case, the inner function is executed béfore the outer function. Q.19. What do you know about spreadsheet Charts? Charts are used fo present data in a visual format. Data is entered in worksheet before creating a chart. Q.20. What do you understand by named. ao Named Ranges are the names that are defined to represent a cell or cell range'on a worksheet. Range names can further be used in formulas instead of cell addresses or ranges. They also make it easier to use, maintain and understand the formula in the worksheet. Q.21. What is difference between active cell and passive cell? Active coll is the cell in which data is entered or edited at a given time. A cell must be activated before entering data. A cell that is not currently selected. is called passive cell. The data cannot be inserted or deleted in a passive cell. Q.22. What is difference between ward processor and spreadsheet? Word processor is a type of application that provides the facility to create and edit documents. Spreadsheet is a type of application that provides the facility of caleulations. Data in word processor is inserted in documents. Data in spreadsheet is inserted in worksheets. Q.23, What is difference between worksheet. and workbook? Worksheet is a place where the user enters all data. It consists of columns and rows There are 256 columns and 65536 rows in a worksheet. A workbook is a group of worksheets which are saved as one file. Each workbook in Excel contains 3 worksheets by default. Q.24. What is 3D sheet? Early spreadsheet programs provided only one worksheet at a time. Thé workbook could contain just one worksheet, The new spreadsheets are called 3D worksheet. A 3D worksheet is like a pad of worksheets. It is due to this feature that data in one worksheet can be'used in the calculations of another-worksheet of same or different workbook.

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