SPREADSHEETS

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SPREADSHEET
• A SPREADSHEET IS AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF A TABLE CONSISTING OF
A GRID OR RECTANGLES (CELLS) ARRANGED IN COLUMNS AND ROWS.
• EACH CELL CAN BE UNIQUELY FORMATTE TO DISPLAY NUMBERS, TEXT
DATA, AND FORMULAS.
• SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE IS SIMILAR TO WORD PROCESSING TABLES,
BUT SPREADSHEETS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO CRUNCH NUMBERS
AND ANALYZE DATA.
SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS
• MICROSOFT EXCEL – INCLUDED IN MICROSOFT OFFICE
• QUATRO PRO – INCLUDED WITH COREL WORDPERFECT
• OPENOFFICE.ORG CALC TM
• GOOGLE DOCS SPREADSHEETS TM
DIFFERENCE OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
• COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE BUNDLES – USUALLY INTEGRATED, MEANING THAT THERE
ARE VARIOUS OFFICE PRODUCTS TOGETHER WORK SEAMLESSLY.
• VENDOR SPREADSHEETS SOFTWARE – INCLUDES FEATURES THAT MAY NOT AVAILABLE
IN FREE VERSIONS. EXAMPLES INCLUDE GRAPHIC SAMPLES, PRINT FORMATTING WITH
CUSTOM HEADERS AND FOOTERS, FORMULA WIZARDS, DRAGGING A CELL DATA TO
POY TO OTHER CELLS, AND TOLS TO EXPEDITE CREATING A SERIES OF NUMBERS OR
WORDS, SUCH AS THE MONTHS OF A YEAR OR A SERIES OF QUARTERS OF A YEAR.
TIPS IN WORKING WITH SPREADSHEETS
• DESIGNING A SPREADSHEET THAT EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATES DOES NOT HAPPEN
BY ADOPTING A CASUAL APPROACH. SPREADSHEETS SHOULD BE CAREFULLY
DESIGNED AND ORGANIZED TO MAKE THEM USEFUL.
BASIC SPREADSHEET SKILLS
• DESIGN A SIMPLE TABLE
• NAME A WORKSHEET TAB
• APPLY A TEMPLATE
• INSERT A NEW WORKSHEET
• CREATE A SIMPLE FORMULA (ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE)
• USE BASIC FUNCTIONS (SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, COUNT)
• RESIZE COLUMNS AND ROWS TO DISPLAY DATA
• SORT CELL DATA
• USE SEARCH AND REPLACE
• FREEZE ROWS AND COLUMNS
• USE AUTOMATIC DATA ENTRY
• USE A SPELL-CHECK
• USE A CHART
• SAVE A WORKBOOK
• PRINT A WORKSHEET
INTERMEDIATE SPREADSHEET SKILLS
• CUSTOMIZE THE SPREADSHEET MENU
• DESIGN SPREADSHEETS USING DATA VALIDATION FEATURES
• CUSTOMIZE SPREADSHEETS USING CONDITIONAL FORMATTING FEATURES
• UE SIMPLE DATA ANALYSIS TOOLS
• CREATE/MODIFY A CHART
• IMPORT/EXPORT DATA IN TEXT FORMAT
• LINK SPREADSHEET DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES
• APPLY PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE SPREADSHEET DESIGN
• CREATE COMPLE FORMULAS
• CREATE/MODIFY A PIVOT TABLE
• CREATE A FORM
• CREATE A REPORT
• LINK AND EMBED TABLES INTOWORD PROCESSING DOCUMENTS
• USE DATA PROTECTION
• PASSWORD PROTECT A WORKBOOK
• DEMONSTRATE COMPETENCY USING TWO SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS
• SHARE/COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS ON A PREADSHEETS DESIGN
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ADVANCED SPREADSHEET SKILLS

• CREATE FORMULAS THAT USE

LOGICAL AND STATISTICAL
OPERATIONS
• USE ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS
TOOLS
• CREATE A DAHSBOARD
• CREATE A NEW TEMPLATE
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