Excel Chapter 1 MC Flashcards
Excel is an electronic version of a(n) ____.
Spreadsheet
Excel stores its documents as files called ____.
workbooks
The contents of an active cell are displayed in the ____.
formula bar
A chart can be displayed ____.
in a worksheet or a chart sheet
The name given to an Excel workbook before you rename it is ____.
Book1
You can have more than ____ cells in each worksheet.
17 billion
“AD” is an example of a ____.
column heading
Row headings identify each row using a different ____.
number
The intersection of a row and column is known as a ____.
cell
To go to column A of the current row, click ____.
Home
By default, an Excel workbook is made up of ____ worksheets.
three
An Excel worksheet can have a maximum of ____ columns in a worksheet
16,385
To make A1 the active cell, press which of the following keys?
Ctrl+Home
The active cell has a ____ border.
thick
There are ____ ways to view the current worksheet.
three
Text data is any combination of ____.
letters, numbers, and some symbols
To complete a cell entry, press the ____ key.
Enter
Text is ____-aligned in cells.
left
The characters +, -, *, and / are examples of ____.
arithmetic operators
The expression used to calculate values displayed in a worksheet is called a(n) ____.
formula
An Excel formula always begins with a(n) ____.
equals sign
The formula used to multiply cell A1 by cell C1 is ____.
=A1*C1
To divide the value of a cell by some number, use the ____ operator.
/
A(n) ____ is a group of cells.
range
Removing the contents of a cell is known as ____ a cell.
clearing
To view formulas, rather than the resulting values in a worksheet, switch to ____.
formula view
To select a nonadjacent range, select an adjacent range, press and hold ____ and then select other adjacent ranges.
Ctrl
Excel provides the ability to create new worksheets and new ____ sheets
chart
To select a large range of cells, click the first cell in the range, press and hold ____, and then click the last cell in the range.
Shift
Copying a range of cells is similar to moving a range, except that you must press the ____ key while you drag the selection to its new location.
Ctrl
