Microsoft Excel Basics

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Microsoft Excel 2010 (Excel)

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The speadsheet program in microsoft office 2010.

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Spreadsheet

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Is a grid of rows and columns in which you enter text, numbers and the results of calculations.

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Worksheet

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A computerized spreadsheet is called a worksheet.

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Workbook

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File used to store worksheets is called a workbook.

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Sheet tab

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The name of each worksheet appears in the sheet tab at the bottom of the worksheet window.

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Active worksheet

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The worksheet that is displayed in the work area is called the active worksheet.

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Column

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Columns of the worksheet appear
vertically and are identified by letters at the top of the worksheet.

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Row

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Appear horizontally and are identified by numbers on the left side of the worksheet window.

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Cell

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A cell is the intersection of a row and a column.

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Cell reference

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Each cell is identified by a unique cell reference.

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Active cell

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The cell in the worksheet in which you can type data is called the active cell.

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Name Box

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Located below the ribbon, displays the cell reference of the active cell.

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Formula Bar

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Appears to the right of the name box and displays a formulawhen the cell of a worksheet contains a calculated value.

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Formula

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Equation that calculates a new value from values currently in a worksheet.

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Range

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A group of selected cells is called a range.

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Adjacent Range

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All cells touch each other and form a rectange

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Range Reference

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Which lists both the cell in its upper-left corner and the cell in in its lower-right corner.

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Portrait orientation

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For a page turned so that its shorter side is at top and landscape.

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Landscape Orientation

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For a page turned so that its longer side is at top.