Introduction To Microsoft Excel And Definitions Of Terms

Introduction To Microsoft Excel And Definitions Of Terms

 



Microsoft Excel is an electronic spreadsheet package that helps you to manage analyze and provide a graphical presentation of your data.


This package is often used in financial institution such as banks, insurance house, account division of any organization e.t.c.


Other example of electronic spreadsheet

Include lotus 1, 2, 3 supercale, viscalee, Quatropo e.t.c. Of course, Excel does more than just crunch members. you can create sophisticated charts and graphs with just a few mouse clicks to help analyze trends, and patterns in your data.


Due to its flexibility of its rows and columns

Excel is perfect of keeping track of lists, helping you sort, group group and find data even in huge collections.


             DEFINITION OF TERMS


  1. Workbook: A workbook is another name for an excel file it consists of various worksheets.you dont actually center data or perform calculations in workbook instead, these files designed to store and organise worksheets, each of which holds data you enter. It is just like a file holder, which holds many files that consists of related informations.


  1. Worksheet: A worksheet is an area where you enter your information. It consists Of rows and columns, the columns are vertical and are indicated by letters from A to IV, while rows are horizontal and are indicated by numbers. Worksheet consists of 256 columns and rows.



Column Heading

A

B

C

1

A1

B1

C1

2

A2

B2

C2

3

A3

B3

C3

4

A4

B4

C4

5

A5

B5

C5



  1. Cell: cell is the intersaction of rows and columns, cell can be identified by its column

  2. umber and row number e.g cells A3. AK 200, B10 e.t.c.

  3. Cell pointer: its is rectangular box, that appear in the worksheet it indicates the current cell.

  4. Mouse pointer: This is cross like + shape that appeared on the worksheet area.

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