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EXCEL

WHAT IS EXCEL?
Microsoft Excel is a software program included in the
microsoft office suite, it is used to create spreadsheets,
which are documents in which data is laid out in rows
and columns like a big table. Due to its extreme versality
and power. Excel has become one of the most used
software program in the business world since its launch
in 1985. Indeed the personal computing renaissance of
the 1980s and 1990s was largely driven by the many uses
of excel and other spreadsheet software.
SPREADSHEET
A spreadsheet is a sheet of paper that shows accounting or other data in rows
and columns; a spreadsheet is also a computer application program that
simulates a physical spreadsheet by capturing, displaying and manipulating
data arranged in rows and columns.
There are 17
BASIC basicOF
PARTS parts of excel;
EXCEL
1.Quick Access Toolbar- Collection of buttons that provide one click access to
commonly used commands such as Save, Undo or Redo.
2.Title Bar- A bar that display the name of active workbook.
3. Ribbon- The main set of commands and controls organized task in Tab and
groups,
4. Column Headings- The letters that appear along the top of the worksheet to
identify the different columns in the worksheet.
5. Worksheet Window – a window that displays an excel worksheet, basically this
is where you work all the tasks.
6. Vertical Scroll Bar – Scroll bar to use when you want to scroll vertically
through the worksheet window.
7. Horizontal Scroll Bar- Scroll bar to use when you want to scroll horizontally
through the worksheet widow.
8. Zoom Controls- used for magnifying and shrinking of the active worksheet.
9. View Shortcuts- Buttons used to change how the worksheet content is
displayed. Normal, Page Layout or Page Break Preview.
10. Sheet Tabs- Tabs that display the name of the worksheet in the workbook.,
by default its name sheet 1, sheet 2, etc. You can rename this to any name the
best represent to your sheet.
11. Sheet Tab Scrolling Buttons- Buttons to scroll the sheets tabs in the
worksheet.
12. Row Headings- The number that appears on the left of the worksheet
window to identify the different rows.
13. Select All Button- A button that selects all the cells in the active worksheet.
14. Active Cell- The cell selected in the active worksheet.
15. Name Box - A box that displays the cell reference of the active cell.
16. Formula Bar - A bar that displays the value or formula entered in the
active cell.
17. Office Button Tab - It provides access o workbook level features and
program settings.
FORMULA FOR PRICE

All excel formulas begin with an equal sign (=) .


After the equal symbol, you enter either a calculation or function. For
example, To add up values in cells B1 through B5, You can either:
Type the entire equation:
=B1+B2+B3+B4+B5
Use the SUM function: =SUM(B1:B5)
Press the enter key to complete the formula. DONE!
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