INTRO TO FAK ET Flashcards
- Allows user to organize data in rows and columns and perform calculations on the data.
- These rows and columns collectively are called
Worksheet.
Spreadsheet Software
Examples of Spreadsheet Software
Examples of Spreadsheet Software
• LibreOffice Calc
• OpenOffice.org Calc
• Google sheets
• Apple iWork Numbers
• Kingsoft Office Spreadsheets
• StarOffice Calc
• Microsoft Excel
horizontal line of entries in a table
Row
vertical line of entries in a table
Columns
the place where information is held in a spreadsheet
Cell
the selected cell
active cell
the box at the top of each column containing a letter
column heading
the bow at the left side that contains numbers
row heading
- the cell address of the cell usually combines with letters and numbers
Cell reference
combining or joining two or more cells
Merge
an expression which calculates the value of a cell
Formula
- are predefined formulas and are already available in excel
Functions
- the bar that contains the contents of a cell
Formula bar
• Allows you to create documents and combine or merge them with another document or cata file.
• Commonly used when sending out advertising materials to various recipient.
Mail Merge and Label Generation
• Create a document and just copy and paste it several times then just replace the details sepending on whom you send it to.
But what if you have hundreds or thousands of recipients? Would not that take too many hours?
What if you have a small database of information where you can automatically generate those letters?’
Manual Method