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Spreadsheet
an interactive computer application
for organization, analysis and
storage of data in tabular form.
Spreadsheets developed as
computerized analogs of paper
accounting worksheets.
Blank Workbook
• Workbook – or spreadsheet file; like
a physical book with many pages.
• Worksheet – similar to the first page
in a book; where you enter
information
• Column – starts at the top of the
worksheet and goes to the bottom of
the worksheet and is identified by a
letter
• Row – starts at the left edge of the
worksheet and continues to the right
and is identified by a number.
• Cell – a box on the grid identified by the
intersection of a column and a row
• Active Cell – outlined by a bold
rectangle; current cell used to type
information
• Formula bar - displays the address of
the current cell along with the contents
of that cell.
o Formula Bar
• Name box - The left‐most section that
displays the address of the current cell
address
• Formula bar buttons - appears as a
rather nondescript button displaying
only an indented circle on the left and
the Insert Function button on the right;
Cancel (an X) and Enter (a check mark)
buttons appear between them.
• Cell Contents - it always shows you the
contents of the cell even when the
worksheet does not
TABS
• HOME – command buttons normally
used when creating, formatting, and
editing a spreadsheet
• INSERT – command buttons normally
used when adding particular elements
(including graphics, PivotTables, charts,
hyperlinks, and headers and footers) to
a spreadsheet
• PAGE LAYOUT - command buttons
normally used when preparing a
spreadsheet for printing or re‐ordering
graphics on the sheet
TABS
• FORMULAS – command buttons
normally used when adding formulas
and functions to a spreadsheet or
checking a worksheet for formula errors
• DATA – command buttons normally
used when importing, querying,
outlining, and subtotaling the data
placed into a worksheet’s data list
• REVIEW - command buttons normally
used when proofing, protecting, and
marking up a spreadsheet for review by
others
TABS
• VIEW – command buttons normally
used when changing the display of the
Worksheet area and the data it contains
New Worksheet
Status Bar