A spreadsheet is a program that displays data in a table called a worksheet. It is used to prepare budgets, financial statements, inventory management, and create charts. A worksheet is a grid with columns and rows that intersect to form cells, which can contain labels, values, or formulas. Formulas allow calculations to be performed on cell values and ranges. Worksheets have increased in size from earlier versions of Excel, and charts provide visual representations of worksheet data.

1. Understanding Spreadsheets

2. What is a spreadsheet?
A program that displays
data (text & numbers) in a
table called a worksheet

3. Uses of Spreadsheet
▪Prepare budgets
▪Financial statements
▪Inventory management
▪Create charts

4. What is a worksheet?
A grid with columns & rows; the
term worksheet is used
interchangeably with
spreadsheet

5. What is a cell?
The intersection of a row
and column

6. What 3 things can you
type into a cell?
▪Label = words or letters
▪Value = numbers
▪Formula – statement that
performs a calculation

7. What is a cell
range?
A group of cells that are closely
together

8. What are columns?
Vertical arrangements of cells;
identified by letters

9. What are rows?
Horizontal arrangement of cells;
identified by numbers

10. What is a worksheet tab?
▪ A tab that identifies each open
worksheet in a spreadsheet
program, located in the lower
left corner of the screen

11. Excel 2003 vs. Excel 2007
256 Columns 16,384 Columns
65,536 Rows 1,048,576 Rows

12. What is a Cell
Address (Reference)?
This is a column letter & row
number combination, such as
A1, B2

13. What is a name box?
Displays the name of the active
cell or range

14. What is a formula
bar?
Displays the data or formula
stored in the active cell

15. What is an active cell?
The cell in which you are
currently working (normally the
cell is surrounded by a black
border)

16. What are Operation
Symbols?
Instruct the computer as to
what mathematical
operations to perform

17. Operation Symbols
▪Addition (+)
▪Subtraction (-)
▪Multiplication (*)
▪Division (/)

18. What is a Chart?
Graphic representations used
to compare & contrast
worksheet data

19. What is sorting?
Organizing or rearranging data in
either ascending or descending
order

20. Definitions….
Sort Ascending – arranges records from
A to Z or smallest to largest
Sort Descending – arranges records
from Z to A or largest to smallest