• SUBJECT: COMPUTING

TOPIC: SPREADSHEET CELLS AND CELL REFERENCES

• WEEK: IV
• CLASSS: YEAR 5
• Date: May 8th, 2023
WHAT TO LEARN TODAY IS:
• SPREADSHEET CELLS AND CELL
REFERENCES
PREVIOUS LESSON
 SPREADSHEET(EXCEL)

• WHAT IS MICROSOFT EXCEL?

• Excel is an electronic spreadsheet program.

• An electronic spreadsheet is a computer

software program that is used for storing,
organizing and manipulating data.
 EXCEL(SPREADSHEET) USAGE

• EXCEL(SPREADSHEET) USAGE
• Electronic spreadsheet programs were originally based
on paper spreadsheets used for accounting.
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• The basic layout of computerized spreadsheets is the
same as the paper.
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• Related data is stored in tables which are collections of
small rectangular boxes called cells organized into
rows and columns.
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 EXCEL(SPREADSHEET) USAGE

• Current versions of Excel and other spreadsheet

programs can store multiple spreadsheet pages
in a single computer file.
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• The saved computer file is often referred to as a
workbook.

• And each page in the workbook is a separate

worksheet.
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 HOW EXCEL WORKS

• An Excel document is called a Workbook.

• A workbook always has at least one Worksheet.
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• Worksheets are the grid where you can store and
calculate data.

• You can have many worksheets stored inside a

workbook, each with a unique worksheet name.
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 HOW EXCEL WORKS

• Worksheets are laid out in columns (vertical)

and rows (horizontal).

• The intersection of any given row and column is

called a cell.
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• Cells are where you enter any information.
 HOW EXCEL WORKS

• A cell will accept a large amount of text, or you

can enter a date, number, or formulae.
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• Each cell can be formatted individually with
distinct border, background color, and font color,
font size and font type.
NEXT: WEEK IV LESSON

TOPIC: SPREADSHEET CELLS AND CELL REFERENCES

SPREADSHEET CELLS AND CELL REFERENCES

• When you look at the Excel screen or any other

spreadsheet screen, you will see a rectangular table
or grid of rows and columns, as shown in the image
below.

• In newer versions of Excel, each worksheet contains

at most 1,048,576 rows and 16,384 columns.
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• The horizontal rows are identified by numbers (1, 2,
3) and the vertical columns by letters of the alphabet
(A, B, C).
SPREADSHEET CELLS AND CELL REFERENCES

• For columns beyond 26, columns are identified by two

or more letters such as AA, AB, AC or AAA, AAB, etc.
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• The intersection point between a column and a row,
as mentioned, is the small rectangular box known as a
cell.
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• The cell is the basic unit for storing data in the
worksheet, and because each worksheet contains
millions of these cells, each one is identified by its cell
reference.
SPREADSHEET CELLS AND CELL REFERENCES

• A cell reference is a combination of the column

letter and the row number such as A3, B6, and
AA345.

• In these cell references, the column letter is

always listed first.
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