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MS Excel `

MS EXCEL

use of spreadsheets in organizing and


analyzing data
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Active Cell

Formula Bar
Column Letter
Name Box

Row Number

Sheet Tab
MS Excel Features
 Windows-based application
 Workbooks
 Data entry forms
 Large data management capacity
 Data analysis
 Functions
 Database
 Sorting and Filter
 Page layout
 Windows-based application
- has toolbars, shortcut menus,
AutoCorrect, Online help and
Wizards
 Workbooks

- containers that hold one or more


worksheets
 Data entry forms
- You can create custom data entry forms
within a worksheet
 Large data management capacity
- A worksheet can contain 1,048,576 rows and

16,384 columns
- A single cell can contain a maximum of 32,767
characters
- column width: 255 characters
- row height: 409 points
- One workbook can contain a maximum of 255
worksheets
 Data analysis
- allow users to present data in different ways
to facilitate analysis

 Functions
- MATHEMATICAL: Add, subtract, divide,
multiply.
LOGICAL: average, sum, mode, product
 Database
- add database from other sources with data feature
 Sorting and Filter
- sort and filter the data so that repetitions will be
removed
 Page layout
- themes, colors, sheets, margins, size, backgrounds,
breaks, print, titles, sheets height,
width, scaling, gridness, headings,
views, bring to front of font or back
alignment, etc. will be used
Uses in Education
 as a calculator
 Statistical analysis
 Displayinghistograms of students results or
student response to exams or questions
 Computing grades
 Database
Advantages
 provides a visual representation of data
 reduces the difficulty of plotting data and
allows students a means for interpreting the
data
 generate charts and graphs in seconds
 compare data between any two or more
variables
Advantages

 students can see how different types of graphs


and charts can be used to represent the same
series of data
 Sent through Emails
 Widely used
 Secure
 Portable
Disadvantages
 Many students have little prior Excel experience
 Makes data analysis so easy that some students may
think that they came to their conclusions too quickly
without taking enough time to thoroughly check
everything for accuracy and reliability
 Costly
 Viruses
 Loss of Data
 Difficult to Use
THANK YOU!

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