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Excel is a spreadsheet program that uses workbooks containing worksheets made up of columns and rows. A workbook by default contains 3 worksheets labeled Sheet1, Sheet2, and Sheet3. Each worksheet is a grid made up of 65,536 rows labeled with numbers and 256 columns labeled with letters where spreadsheet data like text, numbers, and formulas can be entered into individual cells identified by their row and column intersection. Key interface elements of Excel include the title bar, menu bar, toolbar, formula bar, and navigation buttons to move between worksheets.

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Excel Screen Elements

Excel is a spreadsheet program that uses workbooks containing worksheets made up of columns and rows. A workbook by default contains 3 worksheets labeled Sheet1, Sheet2, and Sheet3. Each worksheet is a grid made up of 65,536 rows labeled with numbers and 256 columns labeled with letters where spreadsheet data like text, numbers, and formulas can be entered into individual cells identified by their row and column intersection. Key interface elements of Excel include the title bar, menu bar, toolbar, formula bar, and navigation buttons to move between worksheets.

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Franz B. Cabaňes BSCS B2-1AM

Excel Screen Element

Workbook
Also called a spreadsheet, the workbook is a unique file created by Excel XP.
Title bar

The title bar displays both the name of the application and the name of the spreadsheet.
Menu bar

The menu bar displays all of the menus available for use in Excel XP. The contents of
any menu can be displayed by left-clicking the menu name.
Toolbar
Some commands in the menus have pictures or icons associated with them. These
pictures may also appear as shortcuts in the toolbar.
Column headings

Each Excel spreadsheet contains 256 columns. Each column is named by a letter or
combination of letters.
Row headings

Each spreadsheet contains 65,536 rows. Each row is named by a number.


Name box

This shows the address of the current selection or active cell.


Formula bar

The formula bar isplays information entered—or being entered as you type—in the
current or active cell. The contents of a cell can also be edited in the formula bar.
Cell
A cell is an intersection of a column and row. Each cell has a unique cell address. In the
picture above, the cell address of the selected cell is B3. The heavy border around the
selected cell is called the cell pointer.
Navigation buttons and sheet tabs

Navigation buttons allow you to move to another worksheet in an Excel workbook. They
are used to display the first, previous, next, and last worksheets in the workbook.
Sheet tabs separate a workbook into specific worksheets. A workbook defaults to three
worksheets. A workbook must contain at least one worksheet.
Workbooks and worksheets
A workbook automatically shows in the workspace when you open Microsoft Excel XP.
Each workbook contains three worksheets. A worksheet is a grid of cells consisting of
65,536 rows by 256 columns. Spreadsheet information—text, numbers, or mathematical
formulas—is entered into different cells.

Column headings are referenced by alphabetic characters in the gray boxes that run
across the Excel screen, beginning with column A and ending with column IV.
Rows are referenced by numbers that appear on the left and then run down the Excel
screen. The first row is named row 1, while the last row is named 65536.
Important terms
A workbook is made up of three worksheets.
The worksheets are labeled Sheet1, Sheet2, and Sheet3.
Each Excel worksheet is made up of columns and rows.
In order to access a worksheet, click the tab that says Sheet#.

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