Lesson 6: Advanced Spreadsheet Skills Flashcards
allows
users to organize data in rows
an columns and perform
calculations on the data
Spreadsheet Software
It is a software application that enables a user to save, sort and manage data in an arranged form of rows and columns.
Spreadsheet
Rows and columns on a spreadsheet are collectively called
worksheet
Seven examples of Spreadsheet Software
LibreOffice Calc, OpenOffice.Org Calc, Google Sheets, Apple iWork Numbers, Kingsoft Office Spreadsheets, StarOffice Calc, Microsoft Excel
is a spreadsheet developed
by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android
and iOS. It features calculation, graphing
tools, pivot tables, and a macro
programming language
Microsoft Excel
Macro programming language in MS Excel is called
Visual Basic for Applications
How to open MS Excel
Windows Logo + R, then type excel then enter
horizontal line of
entries in a table.
Row
vertical line of
entries in a table.
column
identified with alphabetic headings
columns
identified with numeric headings
rows
the place where info. is
held in a spreadsheet
cell
the selected cell
active cell
the currently selected cell in a spreadsheet and is indicated by a bold outline that surrounds the cell
active cell
the box at
the top of each column
containing a letter
column heading
the row number
row heading
the cell address of the cell usually
combine letter and number (ex. A1, B4, C2)
cell reference
combining or joining two or more cells
merge
are predefined formulas and are already
available in Excel
functions
the bar that displays the contents of a cell
formula bar
returns the sum of x and y or
(all the numbers within the range)
=SUM(x,y) or =SUM(range)
returns the product of x and y
=PRODUCT(x,y)
returns the quotient of x divided by y
=QUOTIENT(x,y)
returns the difference of x subtracted by y
=x-y
returns the sum of x and y
=x+y
returns the product of x and y
=x*y
returns the quotient of x divided by y
=x/y
returns the difference of x subtracted by y
=x-y