Ms Excel
Microsoft Excel
Excel can be used to create temporary formulas to quickly check totals. Well, you won't have to do that anymore, thanks to AutocCalc.
What is Spreadsheet A Spreadsheet is a program like Excel that is used for storing, calculating and maintianing data. A spreadsheet consists of grids made of columns and rows, and is used to perform a variety of mathematical calculations with ease.
Interface
When you start Excel, it opens with a blank workbook, by default, the workbook is named Book1 and contains three worksheets: Sheet1, Sheet2 and Sheet3.
Apart from the common interface elements, such as the titlebar, menubar, toolbar, taskpane and status bar that appear in all Microsoft Office applications, Excel has a few other interface elements, such as active cell, namebox, formula bar and sheet tabs.
Interface | Description |
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Active Cell | This is the cell in which you are currently working. When you enter data, it is entered in the active cell. Only one cell is active at a time. A highlighted rectangular box around a cell indicates that the cell is the active cell. |
Name Box | It displays the cell address of the active cell. |
Sheet Tabs | The Sheet tabs appear above the status bar and display the names of the workshees. To make a worksheet active, click its corresponding sheet tab. |
New Workbook | It is task pane, which is the default task pane that appears when you open excel. You can use this pane to perform tasks, such as opening an existing workbook and creating a new workbook. |