MICROSOFT EXCEL

PRESENTED BY: LORDELYN HOPE BIACO

THE EXCEL WORKSHEET

• WORKSHEET ARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT EXCEL

USES TO STORE AND DISPLAY INFORMATION.
BUILT FROM A GRID OF ROWS AND COLUMNS, A
WORKSHEET IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND ONCE
YOU KNOW THE BASICS. GET STARTED WITH OUR
STEP BY STEP GUIDE.
 1. TOOLBARS

• EXCEL’S TOOLBARS PROVIDE ONE-

CLICK ACCESS TO MANY COMMON
COMMANDS.
 2. NAME BOX

• THE NAME BOX DISPLAYS THE

COORDINATES OF THE CURRENT CELL.
 3. CURRENT CELL

• THE CURRENT CELL IS INDICATED BY THE

BLACK HIGHLIGHT AROUNT IT.
 4. ROWS

• ROWS IN THE WORKSHEET ARE IDENTIFIED BY

NUMBER.
 5. WORKSHEET TAB

• EXCEL DOCUMENTS CAN CONTAIN MANY

WORKSHEETS. YOU CLICK ON A TAB TO
SELECT EACH ONE.
 6. STATUS BAR

• MOST OF THE TIME, YOU’LL SEE ‘READY’

HERE, INDICATING THAT EXCEL IS WAITING
FOR YOU TO INPUT INFORMATION. EVEN
WHEN IT’S WORKING ON HUGE
CALCULATIONS, EXCEL RARELY KEEPS YOU
WAITING.
 7. COLUMnS

• WORKSEET COLUMS ARE REFERRED TO BY

LETTERS A TO Z FOR THE FIRST 26 COLUMNS;
THEN AA FOR THE 27TH, AB FOR THE 28TH AND
SO ON.
 8. FORMULA BAR

• THE FORMULA BAR DISPLAYS THE CONTENTS

OF THE CURRENT CELL. IF IT’S A FORMULA,
YOU SEE THE FORMULA RATHER THAN THE
ANSWER. THIS LETS YOU CHECK YOUR MATH.
 9. MENU BAR

• LIKE OTHER PROGRAMS, EXCEL HAS DROP-

DOWN MENUS THAT LIST ALL COMMANDS.
CLICK ONCE ON ANY WORD IN THE MENU BAR
AND A LIST OF COMMANDS DROPS DOWN.
 10. SCROLL BARS

• TO MOVE AROUND THE WORKSHEET, YOU USE

THE SCROLL BARS.
THANK YOU!!